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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 -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.
152 +**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same template
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 +
154 154  {{code language="yaml"}}
155 155  # The top level settings are used as module
156 156  # and system configuration.
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160 160  users:
161 161   - default
162 162  
163 -
164 164  # If this is set, 'root' will not be able to ssh in and they
165 165  # will get a message to login instead as the default $user
166 166  disable_root: true
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173 173   # which has been a source of surprise.
174 174   preserve_sources_list: true
175 175  
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 -
188 188  # The modules that run in the 'init' stage
189 189  cloud_init_modules:
190 190   - seed_random
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204 204  
205 205  # The modules that run in the 'config' stage
206 206  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
220 220  
221 221  # The modules that run in the 'final' stage
222 222  cloud_final_modules:
223 223   - package-update-upgrade-install
224 - - fan
225 - - landscape
226 - - lxd
227 227   - write-files-deferred
228 - - puppet
229 - - chef
230 - - mcollective
231 - - salt-minion
232 - - reset_rmc
233 233   - scripts-vendor
234 234   - scripts-per-once
235 235   - scripts-per-boot
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236 236   - scripts-per-instance
237 237   - scripts-user
238 238   - ssh-authkey-fingerprints
239 - - keys-to-console
230 +# - keys-to-console
240 240   - install-hotplug
241 - - phone-home
232 +# - phone-home
242 242   - final-message
243 243   - power-state-change
244 244  
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252 252   name: debian
253 253   lock_passwd: True
254 254   gecos: Debian
255 - groups: [adm, audio, cdrom, dialout, dip, floppy, plugdev, sudo, video]
256 - sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"]
246 + groups: [sudo]
247 + # Disables password-less sudo commands for default/debian user
248 + sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) ALL"]
257 257   shell: /bin/bash
258 258   # Other config here will be given to the distro class and/or path classes
259 259   paths:
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265 265   primary: https://deb.debian.org/debian
266 266   security: https://deb.debian.org/debian-security
267 267   ssh_svcname: ssh
268 -
269 269  {{/code}}
270 270  
271 271