---
name: "autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "autopkgtest"
version: "5.49"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud"
---

# autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud(1)

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

## 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).

- **--force-use-cached**

  Use cached image without verifying it against the currently published digests.

- **-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-virt-qemu/1.md), [**autopkgtest**(1)](/autopkgtest/1.md), **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.