better support VM image file extensions for config.ini private_hub= about virt-lightning HOT 2 CLOSED

I was specifically thinking about the ~/.config/virt-lightning/config.ini file and the private_hub directive.

I forgot about the missing cloud-init, I did try it once, out of stubbornness. That kinda makes this out of scope / non-trivial. Only would be useful to test Ubuntu VM's before the public hub gets updated.

Thanks @goneri

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Hi @jerzerisz!

The .img extension of the Ubuntu images is not really a problem. There is already a redirection in place, See: https://github.com/virt-lightning/virt-lightning/blob/main/virt-lightning.org/etc/caddy/conf.d/virt-lightning.org.conf#L44-L53

For the .xz extension of the FreeBSD image, it's a bit more complicated. But the first problem is that they don't include cloud-init in their images. We won't be able to configure the VM when it starts. The images from https://bsd-cloud-image.org/ come with cloud-init and work fine.

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