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Last modified by Kevin Wiki on 2026/05/18 15:44
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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.
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.