Resizing KVM disk image can be a bit tricky. One example is a disk image that contains two partition the root and swap which is on the second partition. Now to be able to extend the root partition, the swap should be moved somewhere at the end of the disk image. After that, the root [...]

Update Feb 22, 2012: I just found out another ‘cool’ tool at http://keminglabs.com/vagrant-ec2/ using vagrant for local image and with EC2 instance. Vagrant is a productive tool in building and distributing virtual images for development. 1. Setup Virtualbox 2. Setup RVM 3. Install Ruby 1.9.2 inside RVM 4. Install Vagrant 5. Install chef (optional) Once [...]