Changes for page proxmox
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... ... @@ -138,9 +138,20 @@ 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-agentisfor allowingproxmoxtoqueryinformationfromthe VMsuchasIPaddress,shutdowncommands,etc141 +(% id="cke_bm_721114S" style="display:none" %)** **(%%)**clear bash history** to not leave any configuration in history, clear and disable history file before proceeding: 142 142 143 143 {{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"}} 144 144 sudo apt update 145 145 sudo apt upgrade -y 146 146 sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y ... ... @@ -149,8 +149,23 @@ 149 149 sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service 150 150 {{/code}} 151 151 152 - cloud-init is a great hook forinstallingorconfiguring programsor receiving variablesfrom cloudinit CDROM drive. Making it easiertochange IP, hostname,DNS, username/password, etc between VMs.163 +**reset machine-id** to not have overlapping ids from same template 153 153 165 +{{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 +If you used a cloud-init base image it will have run the default cloudinit which installs and configures a bunch of s 173 + 174 +{{code language="bash"}} 175 +cloud-init clean 176 +{{/code}} 177 + 178 +This is a debian example of what we are looking for: 179 + 154 154 {{code language="yaml"}} 155 155 # The top level settings are used as module 156 156 # and system configuration. ... ... @@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ 157 157 # A set of users which may be applied and/or used by various modules 158 158 # when a 'default' entry is found it will reference the 'default_user' 159 159 # from the distro configuration specified below 160 -users: 161 - - default 162 162 163 163 # If this is set, 'root' will not be able to ssh in and they 164 164 # will get a message to login instead as the default $user ... ... @@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ 172 172 # which has been a source of surprise. 173 173 preserve_sources_list: true 174 174 199 +# manually managed resolv 200 +manage_resolv_conf: false 201 + 202 +package_update: true 203 +packages: 204 + - qemu-guest-agent 205 + 175 175 # The modules that run in the 'init' stage 176 176 cloud_init_modules: 177 177 - seed_random ... ... @@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ 191 191 192 192 # The modules that run in the 'config' stage 193 193 cloud_config_modules: 225 + - keyboard 194 194 - locale 195 195 - set-passwords 196 196 - grub-dpkg ... ... @@ -217,20 +217,14 @@ 217 217 - final-message 218 218 - power-state-change 219 219 252 +runcmd: 253 + - systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent.service 254 + 220 220 # System and/or distro specific settings 221 221 # (not accessible to handlers/transforms) 222 222 system_info: 223 223 # This will affect which distro class gets used 224 224 distro: debian 225 - # Default user name + that default users groups (if added/used) 226 - default_user: 227 - name: debian 228 - lock_passwd: True 229 - gecos: Debian 230 - groups: [sudo] 231 - # Disables password-less sudo commands for default/debian user 232 - sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) ALL"] 233 - shell: /bin/bash 234 234 # Other config here will be given to the distro class and/or path classes 235 235 paths: 236 236 cloud_dir: /var/lib/cloud/