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vmdb2 builds disk image with Debian installed.
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# 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