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