virt-sysprep — Reset, unconfigure, or customize a virtual machine image. This command can be used on a virtual mach

How to use the virt-sysprep command: Reset, unconfigure, or customize a virtual machine image. This command can be used on a virtual machine or directly on a virtual machine disk image. Note: You may need to pass --connect URI to the commands or set up the URI in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/libvirt.conf. More information: <https://libguestfs.org/virt-sysprep.1.html>.

virt-sysprep — Reset, unconfigure, or customize a virtual machine image. This command can be used on a virtual machine or directly on a virtual machine disk image. Note: You may need to pass --connect URI to the commands or set up the URI in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/libvirt.conf. More information: <https://libguestfs.org/virt-sysprep.1.html>.

List all supported operations (default enabled operations are indicated with asterisks):

virt-sysprep --list-operations

Run only the specified operations:

sudo virt-sysprep {{[-d|--domain]}} {{vm_name}} --operations {{operation1,operation2,...}}

Remove sensitive system data from a virtual machine image (operations marked as default):

sudo virt-sysprep {{[-a|--add]}} {{path/to/image.qcow2}}

Specify a virtual machine by its name and run all enabled operations but don't actually apply the changes:

sudo virt-sysprep {{[-d|--domain]}} {{vm_name}} {{[-n|--dry-run]}}

Reset NetworkManager network configurations, persistent MAC mappings, and the hostname to avoid network conflicts:

sudo virt-sysprep {{[-d|--domain]}} {{vm_name}} --operations machine-id,net-hwaddr,net-hostname,net-nmconn,customize --hostname {{new_hostname}}

Set the root password for a disk image:

sudo virt-sysprep {{[-a|--add]}} {{path/to/image.qcow2}} --operations customize --root-password password:{{new_password}}

Inject a new user with a defined password and add them to the sudo group:

sudo virt-sysprep {{[-a|--add]}} {{path/to/image.qcow2}} --run-command 'useradd -m {{username}} && echo {{username}}:{{password}} | chpasswd && usermod -aG sudo {{username}}'

Install specific package(s) on a disk image (use --update to upgrade all installed packages to latest):

sudo virt-sysprep {{[-a|--add]}} {{path/to/image.qcow2}} --operations customize --network --install {{package_name1,package_name2,...}}

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