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@@ -40,3 +40,40 @@ Misc documentation on kvmx and qemu. * https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1810000 qemu system emulator crashed when using xhci usb controller + +## Manually resizing an image + +Nowadays this can be done with `kvmx growpart <device> <partition> <additional_size>`, but +here goes some manual procedures if needed. + +* Image resize action, doing something like this, thanks to + https://ahelpme.com/linux/online-resize-of-a-root-ext4-file-system-increase-the-space/ + + # poweroff + kvmx poweroff $guest + + # resize image + qemu-img resize `kvmx list_image $guest` +5G + + # power up + kvmx up $guest + + # ensure parted is installed + #sudo apt-get install -y parted + kvmx ssh $guest sudo apt-get install -y cloud-guest-utils + + # resize virtual machine root fs - while the partition is mounted! + # this parted command currently need to be done manually + #echo resizepart 2 -1 | kvmx ssh $guest sudo parted /dev/vda + + # See https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/373063/auto-expand-last-partition-to-use-all-unallocated-space-using-parted-in-batch-m + # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/190317/gnu-parted-resizepart-in-script#202872 + # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/1270203 + # https://techtitbits.com/2018/12/using-parteds-resizepart-non-interactively-on-a-busy-partition/ + # https://serverfault.com/questions/870594/resize-partition-to-maximum-using-parted-in-non-interactive-mode + #kvmx ssh $guest sudo parted /dev/vda resizepart 2 -1 Yes + kvmx ssh $guest sudo growpart /dev/vda 2 + + kvmx ssh $guest sudo resize2fs /dev/vda2 + kvmx ssh $guest sudo touch /forcefsck + kvmx restart $guest |