nbdkit-cdi-plugin(1)

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NAME

6       nbdkit-cdi-plugin - export a layer from a container image
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SYNOPSIS

9        nbdkit cdi [name=]NAME[:TAG|@DIGEST] [layer=N]
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DESCRIPTION

12       "nbdkit-cdi-plugin" (Containerized Data Importer plugin) is a plugin
13       for nbdkit(1) which downloads a container image using podman-pull(1)
14       and makes a single layer available over NBD.  The plugin is essentially
15       a convenient wrapper around podman(1) and jq(1) and requires both tools
16       to be installed.
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EXAMPLES

19       Given a Containerized Data Importer (CDI) registry image containing a
20       VM disk, you can export the whole layer using:
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22        $ nbdkit cdi docker://kubevirt/fedora-cloud-container-disk-demo
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24       The layer exported over NBD is a tar file:
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26        $ nbdcopy nbd://localhost - | file -
27        -: POSIX tar archive
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29       To export only the VM disk image in this layer, combine this plugin
30       with nbdkit-tar-filter(1).  In this example when you run file(1) on the
31       tar entry within the layer it shows that it is a QCOW2 file:
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33        $ nbdkit cdi docker://kubevirt/fedora-cloud-container-disk-demo \
34                --filter=tar tar-entry=./disk/downloaded \
35                --run 'nbdcopy "$uri" - | file -'
36        -: QEMU QCOW2 Image (v2), 4294967296 bytes
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PARAMETERS

39       [name=]NAME[:TAG|@DIGEST]
40           The name or URI of the container image.  This is passed to
41           podman-pull(1).
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43           "name=" is a magic config key and may be omitted in most cases.
44           See "Magic parameters" in nbdkit(1).
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46       layer=N
47           Export the N'th layer (instead of layer 0).
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

50       "TMPDIR"
51           A temporary copy of the layer is created in "TMPDIR".  If this
52           environment variable is not set then /var/tmp is used instead.
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FILES

55       $plugindir/nbdkit-cdi-plugin.so
56           The plugin.
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58           Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $plugindir.
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VERSION

61       "nbdkit-cdi-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.22.
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AUTHORS

69       Richard W.M. Jones
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COPYRIGHT

72       Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

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