pa-vm-kvm-10.1.0.qcow2 is the base image for the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) designed for KVM-based hypervisors PAN-OS version 10.1.0
Like its physical counterparts, the VM-Series uses a unique architecture that analyzes traffic in a single pass to identify applications, users, and content simultaneously. pa-vm-kvm-10.1.0.qcow2
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw pa-vm-kvm-10.1.0.qcow2 pa-vm-kvm-10.1.0.raw pa-vm-kvm-10
Here's an example command to start a VM with the pa-vm-kvm-10.1.0.qcow2 image: pa-vm-kvm-10.1.0.qcow2
pa-vm-kvm-10.1.0.qcow2 is a virtual disk image file that is used by QEMU to store the operating system, applications, and data of a virtual machine (VM). The .qcow2 extension indicates that it is a QEMU Copy-On-Write (COW) image file, which is a type of virtual disk image that allows for efficient storage and management of virtual machine data.