virt-builder Debian 8 (Jessie) image

Debian 8 was released a couple of days ago, and you can now install it through virt-builder.

Use --notes to read the release notes:

$ virt-builder debian-8 --notes

To build an image:

$ virt-builder debian-8 \
    --firstboot-command "dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server"

To boot it under libvirt:

$ virt-install --import \
  --name debian-8 --ram 2048 \
  --disk path=debian-8.img,format=raw --os-variant=debianwheezy

(At some point --os-variant=debianjessie will work, but virt-install doesn’t support it yet)

Update: This is how I ended up running Debian 8:

$ virt-builder debian-8 \
    --size=30G \
    --root-password PASSWORD \
    --edit '/etc/apt/sources.list: s/wheezy/jessie/g' \
    --run-command '
      apt-get -y install debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring
      apt-key update
    ' \
    --install emacs,nfs-common,sudo \
    --edit '/etc/ssh/sshd_config:
              s/^#PermitEmptyPasswords no/PermitEmptyPasswords yes/' \
    --firstboot FIRSTBOOT.sh
    --run-command 'update-rc.d virt-sysprep-firstboot defaults' \
    --run-command 'killall dbus-daemon cgmanager ||:'