diff --git a/trustedimage/README.md b/trustedimage/README.md
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+Generate and build AMD-SEV-SNP attestable VM disk images for GCP or Azure
+
+## Dependencies
+
+To run build and upload disk images, you'll need
+- [packer](https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/tutorials/docker-get-started/get-started-install-cli)
+- [gcloud](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install-sdk) (to make GCP disk images)
+- [az](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) (to make Azure disk images)
+
+Then you'll also need to install the `qemu` plugin for packer, run
+```
+packer init template.pkr.hcl
+```
+
+Finally, you'll have to configure credentials and projects for the cloud provider you want to build
+disk images on. See azure_config.example or gcp_config.example.
+
+## Building
+
+`make build/gcp_version` will create a GCP disk image 
+`make build/azure_version` will create an Azure disk image 
+`make` will default to the GCP version
diff --git a/trustedimage/gcp.sh b/trustedimage/gcp.sh
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function rm_blob() {
 }
 trap rm_blob EXIT
 $GCLOUD storage cp ../host/main gs://$GCP_BUCKET/svr3-$VERSION
-tar --transform="s/$(basename $FROM)/disk.raw/" --format=oldgnu -cvf - -C $(dirname $FROM) $(basename $FROM) | pv -f | pigz >gcp.tar.gz
+tar --transform="s/$(basename $FROM)/disk.raw/" --format=oldgnu -cvf - -C $(dirname $FROM) $(basename $FROM) | pigz >gcp.tar.gz
 if [ -z "$GCP_JUMPHOST" ]; then
   $GCLOUD storage cp ./gcp.tar.gz $BLOB
 else
diff --git a/trustedimage/template.pkr.hcl b/trustedimage/template.pkr.hcl
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+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    qemu = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/qemu"
+    }
+  }
+}