cloud-init reads the seed on the first boot only, so the Linux launchers now
mount it just for the run that creates the overlay disk. The seed drive moves
from the config files to the launcher arguments.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A QEMU config file section cannot hold more than one hostfwd entry, so
the forwards move out of the ini files into qemu/<vm>/forwards.conf, one
"LABEL HOST_PORT GUEST_PORT" rule per line. The new vmforwards.py parses
them, skips rules whose host port is taken and builds the -netdev
argument, which every launcher now passes instead of relying on a
netdev section in the ini or on -nic.
The ini files move to qemu/<vm>/config.ini and qemu/<vm>/<os>-<arch>.ini.
The *_SSH_PORT / *_RDP_PORT variables and --rdp-port / --ssh-port still
replace the host port of the SSH and RDP rules.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The option downloads the media a launcher would fetch automatically and
exits without checking for QEMU, creating a VM disk or starting the VM:
the base image for Debian, AlmaLinux and Fedora, and the VirtIO tools
ISO for Windows 11.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YKxXLyiL7XJ3a9e8HmR2my
Let each run-*.py launcher take the VM directory (disk, seed ISO, UEFI
variables, PID file, console log) from the command line, taking
precedence over the *_STATE_DIR environment variable. Paths derived
from the state directory are now computed after argument parsing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01K1dybYsc36kf3gUPB7NuNB
Each run-*.py mirrors its run-*.sh counterpart: same options, environment
variables, messages and QEMU command line. Unlike the shell scripts, the
Python ports use a portable /usr/bin/env shebang.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01S8ZGHSJ5JogcTAYhPNxXTV
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