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Last modified by Kevin Wiki on 2026/05/18 09:20
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139 139  After creating the VM and before making it into a template there are some programs and settings we want to ensure exists always.
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141 +(% id="cke_bm_721114S" style="display:none" %)** **(%%)**clear bash history** to not leave any configuration in history, clear and disable history file before proceeding:
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143 +{{code language="bash"}}
144 +unset HISTFILE
145 +export HISTSIZE=0
146 +export HISTFILESIZE=0
147 +
148 +sudo rm /.bash_history
149 +rm ~/.bash_history
150 +{{/code}}
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141 141  **qemu-guest-agent** is for allowing proxmox to query information from the VM such as IP address, shutdown commands, etc
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143 143  {{code language="bash"}}
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149 149  sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service
150 150  {{/code}}
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152 -**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same templat
163 +**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same template
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154 154  {{code language="bash"}}
155 155  cat /dev/null > /etc/machine-id
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156 156  cat /dev/null > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
157 157  {{/code}}
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159 -**cloud-init** is a great hook for installing or configuring programs or receiving variables from cloudinit CDROM drive. Making it easier to change IP, hostname, DNS, username/password, etc between VMs.
170 +**cloud-init** is a great hook for installing or configuring programs or receiving variables from cloudinit CDROM drive. Making it easier to change IP, hostname, DNS, username/password, etc between VMs
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172 +{{code language="bash"}}
173 +cloud-init clean
174 +{{/code}}
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162 162  This is a debian example of what we are looking for:
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