# Super-Simple QEMU manager script > Designed for single user desktop / home server. Turn your server/desktop to DigitalOcean / Linode / Vultr with a super-simple script. - Easy setup: No dependency, no libvirt, no user/group/pool config. - Easy configuration: Simple list your VMs in config file. - Easy management: Everything in one single directory. - Easy customization: Just a naive bash script. Everyone knows how to customize. ## Dependency qemu, bash, sed Any of: aria2c / wget / curl > ArchLinux user: simply run `pacman -S cdrkit qemu-system-x86 qemu-base edk2-ovmf aria2` ## Usage 1. Download this repo to anywhere. 2. Modify `init.settings` and `runtime.settings`. 3. Add `* * * * * /path/to/your/cron-callback.sh` into your crontab. ## Supported cloudimg ||| | --- | --- | |Ubuntu 2204 LTS |`focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img` | |Arch Linux Rolling|`Arch-Linux-x86_64-cloudimg.qcow2`| ## Supported back image **Warning**: This is unofficial back image built by myself. It has preset username and password. **USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!**. ||| | --- | --- | |Windows 10 Pro 22H2|`win10pro-22h2-virtio-uefi.qcow2` | |Tiny10 Minimal 21H2|`win10-tiny10-virtio-uefi.qcow2` | ## FAQ ### SSH not working for my new VM Please wait for at least 3 minutes and try again. cloud-init is slow. ### My desired OS is not supported yet... You can still create a VM in other way (like plain qemu), and put the disk image into `data/vm/VM_NAME/disk.img`. Everything will work perfectly. Or you can also use an existing qcow2 image as base image. Put it into `data/base/` and use it in init.settings. ## Thanks ChatGPT