qcowmount(1)

NAME

qcowmount — mounts a QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

qcowmount is a utility to mount a QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file

qcowmount is part of the libqcow package. libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file format

source a QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file mount_point the directory to serve as mount point

The options are as follows:

-h

shows this help

-k keys

specify the keys formatted in base16

-p password

specify the password (or passphrase)

-v

verbose output to stderr, while qcowmount will remain running in the foreground

-V

print version

-X extended_options

extended options to pass to sub system

ENVIRONMENT

None

FILES

None

EXAMPLES

# qcowmount image1.qcow2 /mnt/qcow
qcowmount 20260626

DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

SEE ALSO

qcowinfo(1)

AUTHORS

Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>

BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind on the project issue tracker: https://github.com/libyal/libqcow/issues

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010-2026, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.