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How to mount a qcow2 disk image

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

	#!/bin/sh

	# Credits: http://stackoverflow.com/a/750191

	git filter-branch -f --env-filter "
	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='Newname'
	GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='new@email'
	GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='Newname'
	GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='new@email'
	" HEAD

	[Unit]
	Description=consul agent
	Requires=network-online.target
	After=network-online.target

	[Service]
	EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
	Environment=GOMAXPROCS=2
	Restart=on-failure
	ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/consul agent $CONSUL_OPTS -data-dir=/var/lib/consul