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#cloudImage

I'm making progress in changing Ambient so that using generic "cloud images" is feasible. Debian, for example, have some at https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/

The idea here is to avoid building and distributing a custom image for Ambient, to make it easier to run CI in different operating systems. As long an image supports cloud-init, Ambient needs to be able to use it. Not there yet, but making progress.

#Ambient #AmbientCI #cloudImage #continuousIntegration

quicktipp #101: Proxmox PVE: Using `virt-customize` (from `libguestfs-tools`) to inject the qemu-guest-agent into the Ubuntu cloudimage.

Other than i.e. the Fedora cloudimage, the stock Ubuntu cloudimage comes without the qemu-guest-agent preinstalled. Here's an easy way to add it using the `virt-customize` tool.

#proxmox #pve #proxmoxpve #qemu #ubuntu #cloudimage #cloudinit #qcow2 #virtualization #virt #vm #cloud

$# we are on a Promox PVE host $ cd /var/lib/vz/images/1124 # this is an "empty" VM (with cloud-init drive) that we want to use # as base for a new Ubuntu 24.04 cloudimage template $ ls vm-1124-cloudinit.qcow2 vm-1124-disk-0.qcow2 # to do so, we overwrite the empty disk with the stock Ubuntu 24.04 qcow2 cloudimage $ url='https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img' $ curl -o vm-1124-disk-0.qcow2 $url # other than i.e. the Fedora cloudimage, the Ubuntu cloudimage does not have # the qemu-guest-agent preinstalled, so we need to inject it # if needed install libguestfs-tools (not installed by default in PVE) $ apt install libugestfs-tools # and add to qemu-guest-agent package to the Ubuntu cloudimage $ virt-customize -a vm-1124-disk-0.qcow2 --install qemu-guest-agent [ 0.0] Examining the guest ... [ 3.4] Setting a random seed virt-customize: warning: random seed could not be set for this type of guest [ 3.4] Setting the machine ID in /etc/machine-id [ 3.4] Installing packages: qemu-guest-agent [ 13.9] Finishing off # now resize the disk to whatever your minimum size for new VMs should be # (you could also resize in the PVE webui, but doing it here will # give us an exact GB value, not a MB fractional value) $ qemu-img resize vm-1124-disk-0.qcow2 16G # now any VM cloned from this template VM will bootstrap itself via cloud-init # and automatically have the qemu-guest-agent preinstalled$