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17 17  
18 18  To view the available LXC templates:
19 19  
20 +{{code language="bash"}}
20 20  pveam list
22 +{{/code}}
23 +
21 21  === Download Templates ===
22 22  
23 23  Use the pveam download command to import templates to the local storage:
24 24  
28 +{{code language="bash"}}
25 25  pveam download local ubuntu-22.04-standard_22.04-1_amd64.tar.gz
26 26  pveam download local ubuntu-24.04-standard_24.04-1_amd64.tar.zst
27 27  pveam download local debian-12-standard_11.7-1_amd64.tar.zst
32 +{{/code}}
33 +
28 28  Once downloaded, these templates can be used to create new LXC containers from the Proxmox web interface or via CLI.
29 29  
30 30  == VM Template from Ubuntu Cloud Image ==
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33 33  
34 34  === Download Ubuntu Cloud Image ===
35 35  
36 -Download the official Ubuntu 24.04 cloud image:
42 +Download the official Ubuntu 24.04 cloud [[image:]]
37 37  
44 +{{code language="bash"}}
38 38  wget http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
46 +{{/code}}
47 +
39 39  === Create the Virtual Machine ===
40 40  
41 41  Create a new VM with ID 910 (you can pick any unused ID):
42 42  
52 +{{code language="bash"}}
43 43  qm create 910 -name template-ubuntu-jammy -memory 2048 -net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 -cores 2 -sockets 1
54 +{{/code}}
55 +
44 44  === Import and Attach the Disk ===
45 45  
46 46  Choose the correct storage (replace nvme if you use a different storage name):
47 47  
60 +{{code language="bash"}}
48 48  qm importdisk 910 ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img nvme
49 49  qm set 910 -scsihw virtio-scsi-pci -virtio0 nvme:vm-910-disk-0
63 +{{/code}}
64 +
50 50  === Configure the VM ===
51 51  
67 +{{code language="bash"}}
52 52  qm set 910 -serial0 socket
53 53  qm set 910 -boot c -bootdisk virtio0
54 54  qm set 910 -agent 1
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57 57  qm set 910 -vga qxl
58 58  qm set 910 -ide2 nvme:cloudinit
59 59  qm resize 910 virtio0 +8G
76 +{{/code}}
77 +
78 +
60 60  If your disk is using SCSI instead of virtio, resize like this:
80 +
81 +{{code language="bash"}}
61 61  qm resize 910 scsi0 +8G
83 +{{/code}}
84 +
62 62  === Convert the VM into a Template ===
63 63  
87 +{{code language="bash"}}
64 64  qm template 910
89 +{{/code}}
90 +
65 65  Now you can use this template to clone new VMs instantly.
66 66  
93 +== Bash Script to Automate Setup ==
94 +
95 +Install the above using bash script below
96 +
97 +=== setup_proxmox_templates.sh ===
98 +
99 +{{code language="bash"}}
100 +#!/bin/bash
101 +
102 +# Exit on errors
103 +set -e
104 +
105 +echo "Downloading LXC templates..."
106 +pveam download nvme ubuntu-22.04-standard_22.04-1_amd64.tar.zst
107 +pveam download nvme ubuntu-24.04-standard_24.04-2_amd64.tar.zst
108 +pveam download nvme alpine-3.21-default_20241217_amd64.tar.xz
109 +pveam download nvme debian-12-standard_12.7-1_amd64.tar.zst
110 +
111 +echo "Downloading Ubuntu cloud image..."
112 +wget -N http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
113 +
114 +echo "Creating VM Template..."
115 +qm create 910 -name template-ubuntu-jammy -memory 2048 -net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 -cores 2 -sockets 1 && 1
116 +
117 +# qm importdisk 910 ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img nvme
118 +# qm set 910 -scsihw virtio-scsi-pci -scsi0-virtio0 nvme:910/vm-910-disk-0
119 +qm set 910 -scsihw virtio-scsi-pci -scsi0 nvme:0,import-from=/mnt/nvmestorage/template/iso/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
120 +
121 +qm set 910 -serial0 socket
122 +qm set 910 -boot c -bootdisk virtio0
123 +qm set 910 -agent 1
124 +qm set 910 -hotplug disk,network,usb
125 +qm set 910 -vcpus 1
126 +qm set 910 -vga qxl
127 +qm set 910 -ide2 nvme:cloudinit
128 +# qm resize 910 scsi0 +8G
129 +
130 +read -p "Confirm converting to template by pressing Enter"
131 +qm template 910
132 +
133 +echo "Templates setup complete."
134 +{{/code}}
135 +
136 +
137 += VM runtime setup =
138 +
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 +
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 +**qemu-guest-agent** is for allowing proxmox to query information from the VM such as IP address, shutdown commands, etc
144 +
145 +{{code language="bash"}}
146 +sudo apt update
147 +sudo apt upgrade -y
148 +sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y
149 +
150 +sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent.service
151 +sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service
152 +{{/code}}
153 +
154 +**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same template
155 +
156 +{{code language="bash"}}
157 +cat /dev/null > /etc/machine-id
158 +cat /dev/null > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
159 +{{/code}}
160 +
161 +**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
162 +
163 +{{code language="bash"}}
164 +cloud-init clean
165 +{{/code}}
166 +
167 +This is a debian example of what we are looking for:
168 +
169 +{{code language="yaml"}}
170 +# The top level settings are used as module
171 +# and system configuration.
172 +# A set of users which may be applied and/or used by various modules
173 +# when a 'default' entry is found it will reference the 'default_user'
174 +# from the distro configuration specified below
175 +
176 +# If this is set, 'root' will not be able to ssh in and they
177 +# will get a message to login instead as the default $user
178 +disable_root: true
179 +
180 +# This will cause the set+update hostname module to not operate (if true)
181 +preserve_hostname: false
182 +
183 +apt:
184 + # This prevents cloud-init from rewriting apt's sources.list file,
185 + # which has been a source of surprise.
186 + preserve_sources_list: true
187 +
188 +# manually managed resolv
189 +manage_resolv_conf: false
190 +
191 +package_update: true
192 +packages:
193 + - qemu-guest-agent
194 +
195 +# The modules that run in the 'init' stage
196 +cloud_init_modules:
197 + - seed_random
198 + - bootcmd
199 + - write-files
200 + - growpart
201 + - resizefs
202 + - disk_setup
203 + - mounts
204 + - set_hostname
205 + - update_hostname
206 + - update_etc_hosts
207 + - ca-certs
208 + - rsyslog
209 + - users-groups
210 + - ssh
211 +
212 +# The modules that run in the 'config' stage
213 +cloud_config_modules:
214 + - keyboard
215 + - locale
216 + - set-passwords
217 + - grub-dpkg
218 + - apt-pipelining
219 + - apt-configure
220 + - ntp
221 + - timezone
222 + - disable-ec2-metadata
223 + - runcmd
224 +
225 +# The modules that run in the 'final' stage
226 +cloud_final_modules:
227 + - package-update-upgrade-install
228 + - write-files-deferred
229 + - scripts-vendor
230 + - scripts-per-once
231 + - scripts-per-boot
232 + - scripts-per-instance
233 + - scripts-user
234 + - ssh-authkey-fingerprints
235 +# - keys-to-console
236 + - install-hotplug
237 +# - phone-home
238 + - final-message
239 + - power-state-change
240 +
241 +runcmd:
242 + - systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent.service
243 +
244 +# System and/or distro specific settings
245 +# (not accessible to handlers/transforms)
246 +system_info:
247 + # This will affect which distro class gets used
248 + distro: debian
249 + # Other config here will be given to the distro class and/or path classes
250 + paths:
251 + cloud_dir: /var/lib/cloud/
252 + templates_dir: /etc/cloud/templates/
253 + package_mirrors:
254 + - arches: [default]
255 + failsafe:
256 + primary: https://deb.debian.org/debian
257 + security: https://deb.debian.org/debian-security
258 + ssh_svcname: ssh
259 +{{/code}}
260 +
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68 68  )))
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