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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 -(% id="cke_bm_721114S" style="display:none" %)** **(%%)**clear bash history** to not leave any configuration in history, clear and disable history file before proceeding:
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 -unset HISTFILE
145 -export HISTSIZE=0
146 -export HISTFILESIZE=0
147 -
148 -sudo rm /.bash_history
149 -rm ~/.bash_history
150 -{{/code}}
151 -
152 -**qemu-guest-agent** is for allowing proxmox to query information from the VM such as IP address, shutdown commands, etc
153 -
154 -{{code language="bash"}}
155 155  sudo apt update
156 156  sudo apt upgrade -y
157 157  sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y
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160 160  sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service
161 161  {{/code}}
162 162  
163 -**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.
164 164  
165 -{{code language="bash"}}
166 -cat /dev/null > /etc/machine-id
167 -cat /dev/null > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
168 -{{/code}}
169 -
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
171 -
172 -{{code language="bash"}}
173 -cloud-init clean
174 -{{/code}}
175 -
176 -This is a debian example of what we are looking for:
177 -
178 178  {{code language="yaml"}}
179 179  # The top level settings are used as module
180 180  # and system configuration.