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title: "Coriolis – How to migrate VMs from VMware to OpenStack using the Web interface"
wp_id: 37739
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# Coriolis – How to migrate VMs from VMware to OpenStack using the Web interface

Beside the [command line interface (CLI)](coriolis-vmware-to-oracle-vm-cli.md), Coriolis provides a web UI designed for a guided user experience.

To begin with, just point the browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Edge) to the address of your Coriolis VM. The website uses a self signed certificate by default, so you might want to add a security exception in your browser.

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Welcome.png) You can use the “admin” user to login with the password randomly generated during the deployment. To retrieve the password, just connect to the VM using **SSH**(default credentials:**root / coriolis**) and run:

```text
grep OS_PASSWORD /etc/kolla/admin-openrc.sh
```

Once logged in, click on “**Cloud Endpoints**”:

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Endpoints.png)

### Creating an endpoint for OpenStack

After clicking on “**New**” you will see all available cloud endpoint options currently installed, for example:

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Create-Endpoint.png) Choose “**OpenStack**” and provide all the required data. Make also sure to set “**Allow Untrusted**” to “**Yes**” if your OpenStack API endpoint uses a HTTPS self signed certificate.

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Create-OpenStack-Endpoint-2.png) Once done, click “**Save**”. This will create the endpoint and trigger a validation of the data by attempting a connection to the OpenStack API.

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Validating-Endpoint.png)

### Creating an endpoint for VMware vSphere

You can repeat the same procedure choosing "**VMware**" and provide the required data. Also in this case make sure to set “**Allow Untrusted**” to “**Yes**” if your VMware vSphere API endpoint uses a self signed certificate.

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Create-VMware-Endpoint.png)

Like in the previous case, clicking “**Save**” will create the endpoint and trigger the connection validation.

### Configuring a replica for a VM from vSphere to OpenStack

Click on “**Replicas**” and choose “**New**”. You will be greeted by an introductory screen:

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-Replica-1.png)

Click “**Next**” and select the source endpoint (**VMware**):

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-Replica-2.png)

Click “**Next**” and choose the target endpoint (**OpenStack**):

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-Replica-3-OpenStack.png) After clicking “**Next**” again, it’s time to select the VM(s) to migrate. You can apply filters on the name to simplify the search:

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-replica-5.png) Click “**Next**” to set the OpenStack specific options, starting with the name of the **flavor** to be used: ![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-replica-6-OpenStack.png) Clicking once more “**Next**” will bring you to the **Network Mapping** , where for each network used by the VM(s) on the source cloud we need to select a matching network on the target. This is where the VMs will be connected after being migrated. ![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-replica-7-OpenStack.png) Click “**Next**” and you will see the **scheduling** options:

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-replica-8.png) One more “**Next**” and you have a final confirmation screen:

![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-replica-9-OpenStack.png) Click “**Finish**” and the replica will start executing: ![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-New-replica-10-OpenStack.png) You can now click on the replica to see the execution details: ![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Replica-Execution-OpenStack.png) Once completed, the replica can be executed incrementally multiple times to update the replicated content (this is typically scheduled, e.g. hourly, daily, weekly, etc).

### Migrating the VM from the replica

From the replica details, you can click on “**Migrate Replica**” to get the VM(s) running on OpenStack: ![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Migrate-Replica-OpenStack.png)

You can click on “**View Migration Status**” to watch the migration progress. The "**migrations**" view can also be reached through the main menu (click on the top left icon). ![](_static/images/Coriolis-Web-Migrate-Replica-2-OpenStack.png) Once completed, the migration status will change accordingly:

![](_static/images/Corolis-Web-Migration-completed-OpenStack.png) Congratulations, your VM is now running and accessible from the OpenStack Horizon dashboard: ![](_static/images/Corolis-Web-Migration-completed-Horizon.png)