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== Copy cloud image to default directory for libvirt == == Copy cloud image to images directory for libvirt ==

How to import Cloud Image to Virtual Machines on Debian 10

THIS IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS.

YOU MAY BE EXPECTED TO SEE A CONSTANT CHANGES FOR NEXT FEW HOURS.

Contents

  1. How to import Cloud Image to Virtual Machines on Debian 10
    1. Download the latest Debian 10 cloud image in qcow2 format
    2. Reset root password on cloud image
    3. Copy cloud image to images directory for libvirt

Download the latest Debian 10 cloud image in qcow2 format

$ curl -L -O https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/buster/latest/debian-10-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2
$ du -sh *.qcow2
223M    debian-10-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2

Reset root password on cloud image

You can ignore warning

You system might not have install virt-customize

To install virt-customize: 

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install libguestfs-tools
$ which virt-customize
/usr/bin/virt-customize

To reset root password with virt-customize: 

$ virt-customize -a debian-10-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2 --root-password password:debian
[   0.0] Examining the guest ...
[  22.9] Setting a random seed
virt-customize: warning: random seed could not be set for this type of
guest
[  23.0] Setting the machine ID in /etc/machine-id
[  23.0] Setting passwords
[  26.9] Finishing off

Copy cloud image to images directory for libvirt

$ sudo cp debian-10-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/d10c.qcow2