Arch Cloud VM Setup

This repository contains scripts to quickly set up and launch an Arch Linux virtual machine using QEMU/KVM with cloud-init. The VM will have a user account with sudo privileges configured automatically. No Vagrant or Multipass is required.

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Contents

• arch-cloud.sh — Setup script: downloads Arch cloud image, creates cloud-init configuration, and generates a helper script start.sh.
• start.sh — Generated by arch-cloud.sh; launches the VM with the parameters you configured.

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Prerequisites

Your host system must have:

• QEMU/KVM installed
• openssl for password hashing
• genisoimage or mkisofs to create the cloud-init ISO
• Sufficient RAM, CPU, and disk space for the VM
• Linux host with KVM support (/dev/kvm available)

Install dependencies (Debian/Ubuntu example)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system genisoimage openssl
  sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd