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  1. itzurabhi revised this gist May 5, 2021. No changes.
  2. itzurabhi revised this gist Jul 14, 2020. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    # qemu boot
    ```sudo qemu-system-aarch64 -m 1024 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -nographic -pflash flash0.img -pflash flash1.img -drive if=none,file=ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -drive file=user-data.img,format=raw,id=cloud -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -netdev type=tap,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0```
    ```sudo qemu-system-aarch64 -m 1024 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -nographic -pflash flash0.img -pflash flash1.img -drive if=none,file=ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -drive file=user-data.img,format=raw,id=cloud -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -net user,hostfwd=tcp::30022-:22 -net nic -vnc :3```
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    ```

    # Prepare the EFI partition
    ```dd if=/dev/zero of=flash0.img bs=1M count=64
    ```
    dd if=/dev/zero of=flash0.img bs=1M count=64
    dd if=/usr/share/qemu-efi/QEMU_EFI.fd of=flash0.img conv=notrunc
    dd if=/dev/zero of=flash1.img bs=1M count=64
    ```
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    ssh_pwauth: True
    EOF
    ```
    #create a user-data image
    cloud-localds user-data.img user-data
    # create a user-data image to initialize the VM with
    ```cloud-localds user-data.img user-data```

    #download img
    ```wget "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
    # download ubuntu image

    ```
    wget "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
    # create a backup, VM will modify the image.
    cp ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img.orig
    ```

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    ```

    # Set the credentials for the user
    ```cat >user-data <<EOF
    ```
    cat >user-data <<EOF
    #cloud-config
    password: thepassword
    chpasswd: { expire: False }
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    # Install the dependecies
    sudo apt update

    ```sudo apt update
    sudo apt install qemu-system-arm qemu-system-mips qemu-efi-aarch64 qemu-kvm qemu-efi cloud-image-utils
    ```

    # Prepare the EFI partition
    dd if=/dev/zero of=flash0.img bs=1M count=64
    ```dd if=/dev/zero of=flash0.img bs=1M count=64
    dd if=/usr/share/qemu-efi/QEMU_EFI.fd of=flash0.img conv=notrunc
    dd if=/dev/zero of=flash1.img bs=1M count=64
    ```


    cat >user-data <<EOF
    # Set the credentials for the user
    ```cat >user-data <<EOF
    #cloud-config
    password: juniper2020
    password: thepassword
    chpasswd: { expire: False }
    ssh_pwauth: True
    EOF

    ```
    #create a user-data image
    cloud-localds user-data.img user-data

    #download img
    wget "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
    ```wget "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"
    cp ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img.orig
    ```



    # qemu boot
    sudo qemu-system-aarch64 -m 1024 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -nographic -pflash flash0.img -pflash flash1.img -drive if=none,file=ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -drive file=user-data.img,format=raw,id=cloud -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -netdev type=tap,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0
    ```sudo qemu-system-aarch64 -m 1024 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -nographic -pflash flash0.img -pflash flash1.img -drive if=none,file=ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -drive file=user-data.img,format=raw,id=cloud -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -netdev type=tap,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0```
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    # Install the dependecies
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install qemu-system-arm qemu-system-mips qemu-efi-aarch64 qemu-kvm qemu-efi cloud-image-utils

    # Prepare the EFI partition
    dd if=/dev/zero of=flash0.img bs=1M count=64
    dd if=/usr/share/qemu-efi/QEMU_EFI.fd of=flash0.img conv=notrunc
    dd if=/dev/zero of=flash1.img bs=1M count=64


    cat >user-data <<EOF
    #cloud-config
    password: juniper2020
    chpasswd: { expire: False }
    ssh_pwauth: True
    EOF

    #create a user-data image
    cloud-localds user-data.img user-data

    #download img
    wget "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img"



    # qemu boot
    sudo qemu-system-aarch64 -m 1024 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -nographic -pflash flash0.img -pflash flash1.img -drive if=none,file=ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -drive file=user-data.img,format=raw,id=cloud -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -netdev type=tap,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0