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updated instructions on how to obtain the OVA from the rpm file #3172

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Expand Up @@ -54,9 +54,20 @@ Prerequisites:

To use the appliance proceed as follows:

1. Download [the ova image above](#current-status)
2. Either use the ova in combination with hosted-engine or extract the ova image
3. When the image is booted
1. Download [the ovirt appliance rpmfile above](#current-status)
2. On a RPM based Linux system you can simply install the RPM and you'll find the OVA under /usr/share/ovirt-engine-appliance/ **OR**
3. Use rpm2cpio to extract the file. Such as:
```
rpm2cpio ovirt-engine-appliance-4.5-20240131072037.1.el9.x86_64.rpm | cpio -imdv
./etc/ovirt-hosted-engine/10-appliance.conf
./usr/share/doc/ovirt-engine-appliance
./usr/share/doc/ovirt-engine-appliance/ovirt-engine-appliance-manifest-rpm
./usr/share/ovirt-engine-appliance
./usr/share/ovirt-engine-appliance/ovirt-engine-appliance-4.5-20240131072037.1.el9.ova
3116974 blocks
```
4. Deploy the OVA as normal
5. When the OVA is booted
1. When the assistant comes up, set a root password
2. Login as root
3. Start the Engine configuration using: `engine-setup --offline --config-append=ovirt-engine-answers`
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