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+[[!meta title="Debian image builder"]]
+
+vmdb2 builds disk image with Debian installed.
+
+[[About]] —
+[[Project]] —
+[[Download]] —
+[[Documentation|docs]] —
+[[Contact]] —
+[[News]]
+
+Latest news from the project:
+
+<div class="newslist">
+[[!inline pages="page(blog/*) and tagged(news)" 
+  limit=5 template=titlepage archive=yes trail=no feeds=no]]
+</div>
+
+
+# Example .vmdb file
+
+A .vmdb file defines how an image is built:
+
+    steps:
+      - mkimg: "{{ output }}"
+        size: 4G
+
+      - mklabel: msdos
+        device: "{{ output }}"
+
+      - mkpart: primary
+        device: "{{ output }}"
+        start: 1M
+        end: 10M
+        tag: unused
+
+      - mkpart: primary
+        device: "{{ output }}"
+        start: 10M
+        end: 100%
+        tag: rootfs
+
+      - kpartx: "{{ output }}"
+
+      - mkfs: ext4
+        partition: rootfs
+        label: smoke
+
+      - mount: rootfs
+
+      - unpack-rootfs: rootfs
+
+      - debootstrap: stretch
+        mirror: http://deb.debian.org/debian
+        target: rootfs
+        unless: rootfs_unpacked
+
+      - apt: install
+        packages:
+          - linux-image-amd64
+        tag: rootfs
+        unless: rootfs_unpacked
+
+      - cache-rootfs: rootfs
+        unless: rootfs_unpacked
+
+      - chroot: rootfs
+        shell: |
+          sed -i '/^root:[^:]*:/s//root::/' /etc/passwd
+          echo pc-vmdb2 > /etc/hostname
+
+      - grub: bios
+        tag: rootfs
+        console: serial