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Last modified by Kevin Wiki on 2026/05/18 15:44
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138 138  
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.
140 140  
141 -**qemu-guest-agent** is for allowing proxmox to query information from the VM such as IP address, shutdown commands, etc
141 +qemu-guest-agent is for allowing proxmox to query information from the VM such as IP address, shutdown commands, etc
142 142  
143 143  {{code language="bash"}}
144 144  sudo apt update
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149 149  sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service
150 150  {{/code}}
151 151  
152 -**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same template
152 +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.
153 153  
154 -{{code language="bash"}}
155 -cat /dev/null > /etc/machine-id
156 -cat /dev/null > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
157 -{{/code}}
158 -
159 -**clear bash history** to not leave any configuration in history
160 -
161 -
162 -**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
163 -
164 -{{code language="bash"}}
165 -cloud-init clean
166 -{{/code}}
167 -
168 -This is a debian example of what we are looking for:
169 -
170 170  {{code language="yaml"}}
171 171  # The top level settings are used as module
172 172  # and system configuration.
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176 176  users:
177 177   - default
178 178  
163 +
179 179  # If this is set, 'root' will not be able to ssh in and they
180 180  # will get a message to login instead as the default $user
181 181  disable_root: true
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188 188   # which has been a source of surprise.
189 189   preserve_sources_list: true
190 190  
176 +# If you use datasource_list array, keep array items in a single line.
177 +# If you use multi line array, ds-identify script won't read array items.
178 +# Example datasource config
179 +# datasource:
180 +# Ec2:
181 +# metadata_urls: [ 'blah.com' ]
182 +# timeout: 5 # (defaults to 50 seconds)
183 +# max_wait: 10 # (defaults to 120 seconds)
184 +
185 +
186 +
187 +
191 191  # The modules that run in the 'init' stage
192 192  cloud_init_modules:
193 193   - seed_random
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207 207  
208 208  # The modules that run in the 'config' stage
209 209  cloud_config_modules:
207 + - snap
208 + - ssh-import-id
209 + - keyboard
210 210   - locale
211 211   - set-passwords
212 212   - grub-dpkg
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216 216   - timezone
217 217   - disable-ec2-metadata
218 218   - runcmd
219 + - byobu
219 219  
220 220  # The modules that run in the 'final' stage
221 221  cloud_final_modules:
222 222   - package-update-upgrade-install
224 + - fan
225 + - landscape
226 + - lxd
223 223   - write-files-deferred
228 + - puppet
229 + - chef
230 + - mcollective
231 + - salt-minion
232 + - reset_rmc
224 224   - scripts-vendor
225 225   - scripts-per-once
226 226   - scripts-per-boot
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227 227   - scripts-per-instance
228 228   - scripts-user
229 229   - ssh-authkey-fingerprints
230 -# - keys-to-console
239 + - keys-to-console
231 231   - install-hotplug
232 -# - phone-home
241 + - phone-home
233 233   - final-message
234 234   - power-state-change
235 235  
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243 243   name: debian
244 244   lock_passwd: True
245 245   gecos: Debian
246 - groups: [sudo]
247 - # Disables password-less sudo commands for default/debian user
248 - sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) ALL"]
255 + groups: [adm, audio, cdrom, dialout, dip, floppy, plugdev, sudo, video]
256 + sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"]
249 249   shell: /bin/bash
250 250   # Other config here will be given to the distro class and/or path classes
251 251   paths:
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257 257   primary: https://deb.debian.org/debian
258 258   security: https://deb.debian.org/debian-security
259 259   ssh_svcname: ssh
268 +
260 260  {{/code}}
261 261  
262 262