How to work with img?

[Shazams]

Hello. Interested in an image for kvm: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/bionic/release-20190320/

How can I make it work?

 

[t.lamprecht]

Hi, normally you can add such images by using "qm importdisk" CLI command.

Also, this is just a qcow2 file:

# file ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img
ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img: QEMU QCOW Image (v2), 2361393152 bytes

In general you could do something like

# qm create VMID --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 --ostype l26 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --memory 1024
# wget http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/bionic/release-20190320/ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img
# qm importdisk VMID ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img STORAGE-ID

Then add the new "unused disk" as attached disk, easiest done through he web interface.
May need to fixup "Boot order" in the VMs option tab, and then you should be able to start it.

 

[t.lamprecht]

it works, but it seems that those images are pretty poor regarding display support, serial socket works, but I get no display, so just do for create:

qm create 1781 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 --ostype l26 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --serial0 socket --vga serial0

(or add a serial port with type socket afterwards and set display option to it)

 

[Shazams]

Generally there is this:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cloud-Init_Support

I did it by analogy and according to your version, but it all ends in 'no bootable device'

 

[t.lamprecht]

ensure to go to options and (re)set the boot device to disk in the bootorder option.

 

[Shazams]

Is to blame.
Forgot to add to the download. Hanging on 'Booting from Hard Disk'

 

[Shazams]

Any other ideas, how to make it work?

 

[t.lamprecht]

As said, I also have no display output, but get a serial console working just fine.

 

[Sandbo]

Hi, normally you can add such images by using "qm importdisk" CLI command.

Also, this is just a qcow2 file:

# file ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img
ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img: QEMU QCOW Image (v2), 2361393152 bytes

In general you could do something like

# qm create VMID --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 --ostype l26 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --memory 1024
# wget http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/bionic/release-20190320/ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img
# qm importdisk VMID ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img STORAGE-ID

Then add the new "unused disk" as attached disk, easiest done through he web interface.
May need to fixup "Boot order" in the VMs option tab, and then you should be able to start it.

May I know what is storage-id here?

 

[Dominic]

storage-id as in name/ID of the storage definition in Proxmox VE, in other words what you see when you

• go to Datacenter->Storage or
• look at the resource tree on the left or
• type pvesm status into the command line interface

 

[Sandbo]

storage-id as in name/ID of the storage definition in Proxmox VE, in other words what you see when you

• go to Datacenter->Storage or
• look at the resource tree on the left or
• type pvesm status into the command line interface

Thanks, I am able to get an img attached.