README.md

docker2boot

docker2boot creates a bootable disk from either a Docker image or a config yaml file

Features

	status
dns	Y
cloud-init	Y
network	Y
ssh	TODO

Platforms

	bios	uefi	console	network
qemu	Y	Y	Y	Y
openstack	Y	Y	Y	Y
aws	Y	y	Y	Y
gce	todo	todo	todo	todo

Build

sudo apt-get install libguestfs-tools cloud-utils

make build to produce docker2boot.

Run and boot

prerequisite

To run guestfish without sudo, use:

sudo chmod 0644 /boot/vmlinuz*

see guestfish faq for more information.

Run

1. Create bootable image from a docker image

(optional) Build the reference docker image binc/myos:lastest

cd ./images
make

Convert it to bootable image disk.img

./docker2boot -image binc/myos:latest -out disk.img

2. Create a bootable image from config yaml

./docker2boot -config config.yaml -out disk.img

To Boot the created disk.img:

make boot

You can login the console with root:root and curl www.google.com. VM is ready for use.

docker image

d2bimage="binc/d2b:v$(cat VERSION)"
docker run -v $(pwd):$(pwd) \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    ${d2bimage} \
    -config $(pwd)/config.yaml \
    -output $(pwd)/disk.img \