A sample tool for inspecting a disk image file, e.g. vmdk, vdi, qcow, etc., to determine which operating system and applications it contains.

To inspect a disk image file:

python3 inspect.py foo.vmdk

or

./inspect.py foo.vmdk

./inspect.py --help

usage: inspect.py [-h] [-b {libvmdk,nbdfuse}] [-v] image

Tool for inspecting a disk image file to determine which operating
system and applications it contains.

positional arguments:
  image                 disk image file to inspect

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -b {libvmdk,nbdfuse}, --backend {libvmdk,nbdfuse}
                        used backend for mounting disk image files in
                        the local filesystem (default: nbdfuse)
  -v, --verbose         print debug messages

• Python >= 3.9

• Debian 11 Bullseye (recommended)

• lklfuse

  $ sudo apt install build-essential flex bison bc libfuse-dev libarchive-dev xfsprogs python git
  $ git clone https://github.com/lkl/linux.git
  $ cd linux
  $ echo "CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y" >> arch/lkl/configs/defconfig
  $ make -C tools/lkl
  $ sudo cp tools/lkl/lklfuse /usr/local/bin

• nbdfuse + qemu-nbd (qcow2, vdi, vmdk, etc.) or libvmdk >= 20210807 (vmdk only)

  $ sudo apt install qemu-utils nbdfuse

  $ sudo apt install build-essential libfuse-dev
  $ wget https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/releases/download/20210807/libvmdk-alpha-20210807.tar.gz
  $ tar xfv libvmdk-alpha-20210807.tar.gz
  $ cd libvmdk-20210807/
  $ ./configure
  $ make
  $ sudo make install
  $ sudo ldconfig

• libvslvm >= 20210807

  $ sudo apt install build-essential libfuse-dev
  $ wget https://github.com/libyal/libvslvm/releases/download/20210807/libvslvm-experimental-20210807.tar.gz
  $ tar xfv libvslvm-experimental-20210807.tar.gz
  $ cd libvslvm-20210807/
  $ ./configure
  $ make
  $ sudo make install
  $ sudo ldconfig

• pyparted

  $ sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-dev libparted-dev pkg-config
  $ pip3 install pyparted

• python-registry

  $ sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
  $ pip3 install python-registry

• python3-rpm >= 4.16.1.3

  $ sudo apt install build-essential python3 python3-dev python3-pip zlib1g-dev libgcrypt20-dev libmagic-dev libpopt-dev libsqlite3-dev libarchive-dev
  $ wget https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/rpm/releases/rpm-4.16.x/rpm-4.16.1.3.tar.bz2
  $ tar xfv rpm-4.16.1.3.tar.bz2
  $ cd rpm-4.16.1.3/
  $ ./autogen.sh --enable-python --enable-bdb=no --enable-bdb-ro --enable-sqlite=yes --enable-ndb --without-lua --disable-plugins
  $ make
  $ sudo make install
  $ sudo ldconfig
  $ cd python && sudo python3 setup.py install