#!/bin/bash #Create template #args: # vm_id # vm_name # file name in the current directory function create_template() { #Print all of the configuration echo "Creating template $2 ($1)" #Create new VM #Feel free to change any of these to your liking qm create "$1" --name "$2" --ostype l26 #Set networking to default bridge qm set "$1" --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 #Set display to serial qm set "$1" --serial0 socket --vga serial0 #Set memory, cpu, type defaults #If you are in a cluster, you might need to change cpu type qm set "$1" --memory 2048 --cores 2 --cpu host #Set boot device to new file qm set "$1" --scsi0 ${storage}:0,import-from="$(pwd)/$3",discard=on #Set scsi hardware as default boot disk using virtio scsi single #qm set $1 --boot order=scsi0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-single qm set "$1" --boot order=scsi0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci #Enable Qemu guest agent in case the guest has it available qm set "$1" --agent enabled=1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1 #Add cloud-init device qm set "$1" --ide2 ${storage}:cloudinit #Set CI ip config #IP6 = auto means SLAAC (a reliable default with no bad effects on non-IPv6 networks) #IP = DHCP means what it says, so leave that out entirely on non-IPv4 networks to avoid DHCP delays qm set "$1" --ipconfig0 "ip6=auto" #Import the ssh keyfile qm set "$1" --sshkeys "${ssh_keyfile}" #If you want to do password-based auth instaed #Then use this option and comment out the line above #qm set $1 --cipassword password #Add the user qm set "$1" --ciuser "${username}" #Resize the disk to 8G, a reasonable minimum. You can expand it more later. #If the disk is already bigger than 8G, this will fail, and that is okay. qm disk resize "$1" scsi0 16G #Make it a template qm template "$1" #Remove file when done #rm "$3" mv "$3" /var/lib/vz/template/iso } #Path to your ssh authorized_keys file #Alternatively, use /etc/pve/priv/authorized_keys if you are already authorized #on the Proxmox system export ssh_keyfile="$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub" #Username to create on VM template export username=sbxadmin #Name of your storage export storage=local-lvm #The images that I've found premade #Feel free to add your own ## Debian #Buster (10) (really old at this point) #wget "https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/buster/latest/debian-10-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" #create_template 900 "temp-debian-10" "debian-10-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" #Bullseye (11) (oldoldstable) #wget "https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/latest/debian-11-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" #create_template 901 "temp-debian-11" "debian-11-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" #Bookworm (12) (oldstable) wget "https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" create_template 902 "temp-debian-12" "debian-12-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" #Trixie (13) (stable) wget "https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/trixie/latest/debian-13-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" create_template 903 "temp-debian-13" "debian-13-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2" #Sid (unstable) #wget "https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/sid/daily/latest/debian-sid-genericcloud-amd64-daily.qcow2" #create_template 909 "temp-debian-sid" "debian-sid-genericcloud-amd64-daily.qcow2" ## Ubuntu #20.04 (Focal Fossa) LTS (really old at this point) #wget "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/focal/release/ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" #create_template 910 "temp-ubuntu-20-04" "ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" #22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) LTS ##wget "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" ##create_template 911 "temp-ubuntu-22-04" "ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" #24.04 (Noble Numbat) LTS wget "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" create_template 912 "temp-ubuntu-24-04" "ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" ## Fedora 41 #wget https://mirror.accum.se/mirror/fedora/linux/releases/41/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-Generic-41-1.4.x86_64.qcow2 #create_template 921 "temp-fedora-37" "Fedora-Cloud-Base-Generic-41-1.4.x86_64.qcow2" ## Fedora 42 wget https://mirror.accum.se/mirror/fedora/linux/releases/42/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-Generic-42-1.1.x86_64.qcow2 create_template 922 "temp-fedora-38" "Fedora-Cloud-Base-Generic-42-1.1.x86_64.qcow2" ## Rocky Linux #Rocky 8 latest #wget "http://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/images/x86_64/Rocky-8-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2" #create_template 930 "temp-rocky-8" "Rocky-8-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2" #Rocky 9 latest #wget "http://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2" #create_template 931 "temp-rocky-9" "Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2" ## Alpine Linux #Alpine 3.22.0 #wget "https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.22/releases/cloud/generic_alpine-3.22.0-x86_64-bios-cloudinit-r0.qcow2" #create_template 940 "temp-alpine-3.22" "generic_alpine-3.22.0-x86_64-bios-cloudinit-r0.qcow2" ## FreeBSD #FreeBSD 14.2 RELEASE #Despite the images being named CLOUDINIT, they do not actually use cloud-init #the default account is freebsd password freebsd #wget "https://download.freebsd.org/releases/VM-IMAGES/14.2-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-BASIC-CLOUDINIT.ufs.qcow2.xz" #xz -d -v "FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-BASIC-CLOUDINIT.ufs.qcow2.xz" #create_template 960 "temp-freebsd-14.2" "FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-BASIC-CLOUDINIT.ufs.qcow2"