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+How to mount a qcow2 disk image
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+
+This is a quick guide to mounting a qcow2 disk images on your host server. This is useful to reset passwords,
+edit files, or recover something without the virtual machine running.
+
+**Step 1 - Enable NBD on the Host**
+    
+    modprobe nbd max_part=8
+
+**Step 2 - Connect the QCOW2 as network block device**
+
+    qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 /var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2
+
+**Step 3 - Find The Virtual Machine Partitions**
+
+    fdisk /dev/nbd0 -l
+
+**Step 4 - Mount the partition from the VM**
+
+    mount /dev/nbd0p1 /mnt/somepoint/
+
+**Step 5 - After you done, unmount and disconnect**
+
+    umount /mnt/somepoint/
+    qemu-nbd --disconnect /dev/nbd0
+    rmmod nbd