22.09.2025 1:11, David Pasek:
Hi,
I'm studying bhyve virtualization and have a question.
I've created my first image from running VM with the command ...
vm image create -d fbsd-test fbsd-13
The image was stored in the directory $vm_dir/images/
I would expect to be stored at $vm_dir/.img/
Is it expected behavior?
If so, what is the purpose of $vm_dir/.img/ directory?
From vm-bhyve(8):
img [-d datastore] [url] List all the cloud-
init images currently stored in the $vm_dir/.img
directory. This
is often useful during guest installation, allowing you to
copy
and paste the image filename.
For example
# vm img
https://download.freebsd.org/releases/VM-IMAGES/14.3-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-amd64-BASIC-CLOUDINIT-zfs.raw.xz
# vm img
# vm create -s 20G -i FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-amd64-BASIC-CLOUDINIT-zfs.raw
testvm
Thanks.
