NAME

       autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud    -   Create   Ubuntu   cloud   image   based   VM   for
       autopkgtest-virt-qemu

SYNOPSIS

       autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud [options]

DESCRIPTION

       autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud downloads an Ubuntu cloud image  and  configures  it  for
       autopkgtest's QEMU runner (autopkgtest-virt-qemu):

       *   Resize  the  image  adding  20  GB  to  its  default size (you can change this with an
           option), which ought to be sufficient for most tests.

       *   Create an user "ubuntu" with password "ubuntu".

       *   Add apt sources for "restricted" and "multiverse" components.

       *   Create  an  init.d  script  to  start  a  root  shell  on  ttyS1  at  boot,  so   that
           autopkgtest-virt-qemu  can  be used without additional arguments or logging in through
           ttyS0.

           You can select release, architecture, apt proxy, etc. with options. The  defaults  are
           aimed at testing the development series of the architecture of your host system.

OPTIONS

       -a arch | --arch=arch
              Ubuntu  architecture  name,  e.  g.  "i386"  or "amd64". Default is the host system
              architecture.

       -r codename | --release=codename
              Ubuntu release code name, e. g. "trusty". Default is the current development series
              (this needs python-distro-info installed).

       -m URL | --mirror=URL
              Mirror for apt (default: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu).

       -p URL | --proxy=URL
              Proxy  for  apt. If you have an apt proxy configured on the local host, the VM will
              automatically use this; otherwise there is no default.

       --cloud-image-url=URL
              URL    from    where     to     download     the     cloud     images     (default:
              http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com).

       -s DISK_SIZE | --disk-size=DISK_SIZE
              Grow downloaded image by this size (default: 20G).

       -o DIR | --output-dir=DIR
              Output directory for generated image (default: current directory).

       -q command | --qemu-command=command
              QEMU  command  to  run. This defaults to the qemu-system-* that matches your system
              architecture.

       -v | --verbose
              Show VM guest and cloud-init output.

       --no-apt-upgrade
              Do not run apt-get dist-upgrade during initialization.

       --post-command=COMMAND
              Run shell command in the VM after the setup.

       --metadata=METADATA_FILE
              Use a custom cloud-init metadata file to initialize the cloud image VM.

       --userdata=USERDATA_FILE
              Use a custom cloud-init userdata file to initialize the cloud image VM.

       --timeout=SECONDS
              Timeout for cloud-init. Default is 3600 s.

       --ram-size=MiB
              VM RAM size in MiB. Default is 512 MiB.

       --cpus=CPUS
              VM number of CPUs. Default is 1.

CONFIGURATION FILES

       If you use lots of options, you can put parts of, or the whole command line  into  a  text
       file,  with one line per option. E. g. you can create a file trusty-i386.cfg with contents
       like

              -rtrusty
              -ai386
              --proxy=http://mysquid.mynetwork
              -v

       and then run

              autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud @trusty-i386.cfg

       The contents of the configuration file will be expanded in-place  as  if  you  would  have
       given  its contents on the command line. Please ensure that you don't place spaces between
       short options and their values, they would become a part of the argument value.

ENVIRONMENT

       If the $AUTOPKGTEST_KEEP_APT_SOURCES environment variable is set  to  a  non-empty  value,
       autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud  will  keep whatever /etc/apt/sources.list was set in the
       downloaded image.

       Otherwise, if the $AUTOPKGTEST_APT_SOURCES_FILE environment variable is set to a non-empty
       value,   for   example   AUTOPKGTEST_APT_SOURCES_FILE=/home/me/ubuntu/sources.list,   then
       autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud will read that file (on the host system) and  use  it  to
       populate  /etc/apt/sources.list in the virtual machine; or if the $AUTOPKGTEST_APT_SOURCES
       environment    variable    is    set    to    a    non-empty    value,     for     example
       AUTOPKGTEST_APT_SOURCES=$(cat                               /home/me/ubuntu/sources.list),
       autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud will write it directly into /etc/apt/sources.list in  the
       virtual machine.

       When  $AUTOPKGTEST_APT_SOURCES_FILE  or  $AUTOPKGTEST_APT_SOURCES  contain  sources in the
       deb822 format, then sources are written to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources  in  the
       virtual machine, rather than /etc/apt/sources.list.

SEE ALSO

       autopkgtest-virt-qemu(1),          autopkgtest(1),         http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com,
       /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/.

AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT

       autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud was written by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>

       This manpage  is  part  of  autopkgtest,  a  tool  for  testing  Debian  binary  packages.
       autopkgtest is Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Canonical Ltd and others.

       See  /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/CREDITS  for  the  list  of  contributors and full copying
       conditions.