VMDB2(1)

✨ NAME ✨

vmdb2 — bestie, it builds you a disk image with Debian already installed in it. iconic behavior honestly 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vmdb2 [--image=FILE] [--output=FILE] [--rootfs-tarball=FILE] [-h|--help]
[--version] [-v|--verbose] [--log=FILE] [FILE]... vmdb SPECFILE

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: vmdb2 reads a specification file that literally describes a disk image, and then it goes and builds that image for you. no cap.

That spec file? It's written in YAML syntax, and it's basically a list of steps. Each step is like a lil to-do item that tells vmdb2 what to do next. step by step, bestie, that's the whole personality 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -h, --help — shows you this help message and then dips out (exits). 🫶
• --image=FILE — use an existing image file/device, FILE. like, we're not starting from scratch, we're working with what already exists ✨
• --output=FILE — create a brand new image, FILE. oh and heads up: the size comes from the specification file, not from you, so don't come for me about it 👑
• --rootfs-tarball=FILE — store the rootfs cache tar archives in FILE. caching era, we love to see it 💖
• -v, --verbose — verbose output. she TALKS. she tells you everything. main character energy fr fr 📣
• --log=FILE — write log entries to FILE. and the default? default is to not write log files at all, so if you want receipts you gotta ask for them 💀
• --version — show the program's version number and exit. short, sweet, slays 🌟

🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

so like, to build a disk image, you'd do:

vmdb2 foo.vmdb --output foo.img -v --rootfs-tarball foo.tar.gz

look at her go. foo.vmdb goes in, foo.img comes out, -v so you can watch, and foo.tar.gz holding the rootfs cache. obsessed. 🍓

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• debootstrap(8).
• https://vmdb2.liw.fi/ — the website, go look 🦋
• /usr/share/doc/vmdb2/manual.html — the manual, right there on your own machine, no cap 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the <strong>VMDB2(1)</strong> manual page from the <strong>General Commands Manual</strong> section — group-chat-certified, facts fully intact, vibe immaculate. mwah 💜✨