Version: 2.0

Create instance Snapshot

Install qemu guest agent

Linux

Before using the snapshot feature, please install package qemu-guest-agent on your instance

ubuntu@demo:~$ sudo apt install -y qemu-guest-agent

ubuntu@demo:~$ sudo systemctl status qemu-guest-agent
● qemu-guest-agent.service - LSB: QEMU Guest Agent startup script
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-11-26 05:54:44 UTC; 16s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
   CGroup: /system.slice/qemu-guest-agent.service
           └─11934 /usr/sbin/qemu-ga --daemonize -m virtio-serial -p /dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0

Nov 26 05:54:44 demo systemd[1]: Starting LSB: QEMU Guest Agent startup script...
Nov 26 05:54:44 demo systemd[1]: Started LSB: QEMU Guest Agent startup script.

Windows

Download qemu installer for Windows and run the installer inside the folder guest-agent . It is Optional if you are using our Windows cloud image from here

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