VIRT-CLOUD-FETCH(1)

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version 26.10 Β· 2 versions
, in arch rolling, centos-stream 10

πŸ’– VIRT-CLOUD-FETCH β€” NAME πŸ’–

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for virt-cloud-fetch 26.10 β€” and yes, the whole entire point of this icon is download cloud images ✨ like that's it, that's the job, and it does it flawlessly πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

usage: virt-cloud-fetch [-h] [--imgdir DIR] [--list] [--fedora VER]
       [--fedora-uki VER] [--centos VER] [--rhel VER]
              [--alma VER] [--ubuntu VER] [--nightly] [--cleanup]

(no cap, the indentation is literally like that in the original, she's quirky like that πŸŽ€)


🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: you want a cloud image. you open this. you tell it which distro and which version. it goes and gets it. download cloud images β€” periodt, that's the vibe πŸ’œ

✨ options: ✨

here's the whole menu, bestie, and every single one of them is a lil moment πŸ‘‘

  • -h, --help β€” shows this help message and then dips ✌️
  • --imgdir DIR β€” puts your downloads in DIR (the default is /vmdisk/iso/distro, fyi β€” that's the eom default fr fr)
  • --list β€” lists the cloud images chillin' in /vmdisk/iso/distro πŸ‘€
  • --fedora VER β€” downloads fedora VER πŸ“
  • --fedora-uki VER β€” downloads fedora VER but the UKI variant bestie, she's different πŸ’…
  • --centos VER β€” downloads centos stream VER
  • --rhel VER β€” downloads rhel VER πŸ”₯
  • --alma VER β€” downloads almalinux VER
  • --ubuntu VER β€” downloads ubuntu VER 🌈
  • --nightly β€” uses the latest nightly build for rhel (she's living on the edge, main character energy honestly)
  • --cleanup β€” removes stale images 🧹✨ like we are NOT keeping expired vibes in this house

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

  • VIRT_DISTRO_IMGDIR β€” the default cloud image directory πŸŽ€ (yes, this is the env var that decides where your lil image collection lives, iykyk)

πŸ‘‘ AUTHOR πŸ‘‘

the icon behind all of this: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> β€” absolute legend, we stan 🫢


and that's the whole manual, bestie!! virt-cloud-fetch 26.10, dated October 2026 β€” see you in the group chat, mwah πŸ’‹πŸŽ€πŸ’–

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