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
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Create a new keychain item, enter the Keychain Item Name as mutt
, the Account Name as your gmail email address and then enter your password, then add the keychain item.
If you're using Google 2-step auth, you'll need to generate an Application-specific password from your Google Account settings and enter that as the password.