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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 -(% id="cke_bm_721114S" style="display:none" %)** **(%%)**clear bash history** to not leave any configuration in history, clear and disable history file before proceeding:
142 -
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 -
152 152  **qemu-guest-agent** is for allowing proxmox to query information from the VM such as IP address, shutdown commands, etc
153 153  
154 154  {{code language="bash"}}
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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 +**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same templat
164 164  
165 165  {{code language="bash"}}
166 166  cat /dev/null > /etc/machine-id
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169 169  
170 170  **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.
171 171  
172 -If you used a cloud-init base image it will have run the default cloudinit which installs and configures a bunch of systems.
173 173  
174 -{{code language="bash"}}
175 -cloud-init clean
176 -{{/code}}
177 -
178 178  This is a debian example of what we are looking for:
179 179  
180 180  {{code language="yaml"}}
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183 183  # A set of users which may be applied and/or used by various modules
184 184  # when a 'default' entry is found it will reference the 'default_user'
185 185  # from the distro configuration specified below
170 +users:
171 + - default
186 186  
187 187  # If this is set, 'root' will not be able to ssh in and they
188 188  # will get a message to login instead as the default $user
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196 196   # which has been a source of surprise.
197 197   preserve_sources_list: true
198 198  
199 -# manually managed resolv
200 -manage_resolv_conf: false
201 -
202 -package_update: true
203 -packages:
204 - - qemu-guest-agent
205 -
206 206  # The modules that run in the 'init' stage
207 207  cloud_init_modules:
208 208   - seed_random
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222 222  
223 223  # The modules that run in the 'config' stage
224 224  cloud_config_modules:
225 - - keyboard
226 226   - locale
227 227   - set-passwords
228 228   - grub-dpkg
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249 249   - final-message
250 250   - power-state-change
251 251  
252 -runcmd:
253 - - systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent.service
254 -
255 255  # System and/or distro specific settings
256 256  # (not accessible to handlers/transforms)
257 257  system_info:
258 258   # This will affect which distro class gets used
259 259   distro: debian
235 + # Default user name + that default users groups (if added/used)
236 + default_user:
237 + name: debian
238 + lock_passwd: True
239 + gecos: Debian
240 + groups: [sudo]
241 + # Disables password-less sudo commands for default/debian user
242 + sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) ALL"]
243 + shell: /bin/bash
260 260   # Other config here will be given to the distro class and/or path classes
261 261   paths:
262 262   cloud_dir: /var/lib/cloud/