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.
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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
To install virt-customize: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libguestfs-tools $ which virt-customize /usr/bin/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 default directory for libvirt
$ sudo cp debian-10-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/d10c.qcow2