【inst.sh】how to reinstall a vps from linux to almalinux cloudimage (supports mainstream linux qcow2)

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today we managed to reinstall debian to other cloudimage based linux dists
(alma,centos,rocky,debian,ubuntu,etc..)

compared with those other install scripts, inst.sh still utilize the cut-edge "streaming/unzipping techniques" based on online reinstalling theories and implentments,thus

• keep the whole reinstallation process go smoothly with small memory footprints requirements
• and provide a uniform usage facade for users

for qcow2 streaminga nd unzipping ,that is nbdcopy and nbdkit/qemu-nbd

let us begin to play it:
(your src linux should be debian based dists,like debian,ubuntu,kali,etc)

wget -qO- inst.sh|bash -s - -t https://down.idc.wiki/Image/realServer-Template/2024-08-05/qcow2/almalinux8.qcow2

(we use the almalinux cloudimage as target,but all qcow2 directlinks found on https://down.idc.wiki/Image/realServer-Template/2024-08-05/qcow2/ are useable)

after reinstalling done, if all is correctly finished,the root passwords is inst.sh
while reinstalling, you can also go to http://yourvpspublicip for realtime online vnc view

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enjoy it and star us:

the github repo: https://github.com/minlearn/inst
res: https://down.idc.wiki/Image/realServer-Template/2024-08-05/qcow2/