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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.
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141 -qemu-guest-agent is for allowing proxmox to query information from the VM such as IP address, shutdown commands, etc
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:
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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"}}
144 144  sudo apt update
145 145  sudo apt upgrade -y
146 146  sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y
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149 149  sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service
150 150  {{/code}}
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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.
163 +**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same template
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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 +
154 154  {{code language="yaml"}}
155 155  # The top level settings are used as module
156 156  # and system configuration.