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---
title: AutoQEMU - automate installation and SSH setup of ISO OS images
date: 2021-02-07
updated_at: 2022-03-06
layout: post
lang: en
ref: autoqemu-automate-installation-and-ssh-setup-of-iso-os-images
video: true
---
After reading begriffs "[Tips for stable and portable software]", the
"Begriffs Buildfarm?" section caught my attention, as this is something I would
be interested in.
After emailing the author, a [public thread] began on the subject.
As we discussed how it could be done, I decided to experiment with the idea of
automating the setup of virtual environments with QEMU.
This screencast is a simple demo of automating the installation of
Alpine Linux 3.12.3 standard x86_64 with AutoQEMU[^AutoQEMU], which is nothing
more than POSIX sh, [expect] scripts and Makefiles glued together.
[^AutoQEMU]: The solution was a little too brittle to scale, and some
distributions proved to be particularly problematic. I've [archived] my
progress if you're interested in what I've done, and maybe wish to continue.
As of this writing, I just worked on it for 2~3 days, so everything is still
pretty ad-hoc.
The commands from the screencast were[^script-command]:
[^script-command]: Only now, writing again what I ran on the screencast I thought that I should have tried something like [script](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/script.1.html). Maybe next time (thanks [klaatu](https://gnuworldorder.info/) for the tip!).
```shell
pushd `mktemp -d`
git clone https://euandre.org/git/autoqemu .
make
make install PREFIX=$HOME/.local
autoqemu ssh alpine
```
It assumes that `$HOME/.local/bin` is in `$PATH`.
[Tips for stable and portable software]: https://begriffs.com/posts/2020-08-31-portable-stable-software.html
[public thread]: https://talk.begriffs.com/pipermail/friends/2021-February/001263.html
[archived]: https://euandre.org/static/attachments/autoqemu.tar.gz
[expect]: https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index
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