Deploy Scanner Instance using UI: Cockpit Web Console

To deploy the Scanner instances, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Cockpit web console and click Virtual Machines.
  2. Enter the details such as Connection, Name, Installation Source Type and so on.
    For example,
    Name - enter the name of the VM  
    Installation Source Type - select 'Existing Disk Image'  
    Installation Source - select the source where the imported image is available (make sure you change the owner&group of Image to qemu)  chown qemu:qemu qVSA-X.X.XX-X.qcow2 
  3. Click Create.

    note down VM Id.

    After the initial boot-up messages, the Scanner console is displayed where you need to enter the Personalization Code received in Step 1: Add your Virtual Scanner.

  4. To activate the scanner, follow the steps mentioned in Step 4: Personalize the Scanner

Next Step

Step 4: Personalize the Scanner