aleksul · December 13, 2021 13:48 · Dec 13, 2021
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+# download ubuntu-cloud image
+# NOTE: ubuntu-server won't properly work with cloud-init for some reason
+wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/focal/current/focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
+
+# NOTE: no need for sudo because we already login as root
+
+# install image customization tool
+apt update -y && apt install libguestfs-tools -y
+
+# install qemu-guest-agent inside of image
+virt-customize -a focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img --install qemu-guest-agent
+
+# (optionally) edit cloud.cfg
+# I usually add "package_update: true" and "packages: \n - nano \n - curl \n - wget"
+# more examples: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/examples.html
+export EDITOR=nano
+virt-edit -a focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
+
+# NOTE: proxmox docs for further steps: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cloud-Init_Support
+
+# create VM (number=100) with 2 cores, 2GB of RAM, and default networking
+qm create 100 --memory 2048 --cores 2 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
+
+# import image as a disk
+# NOTE: you might want to change "local-lvm" to "local-zfs"
+qm importdisk 100 focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img local-lvm
+qm set 100 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --scsi0 local-lvm:vm-100-disk-0
+
+# set up cloud-init
+qm set 100 --ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit
+qm set 100 --serial0 socket --vga serial0
+
+# set boot order
+qm set 100 --boot c --bootdisk scsi0
+
+# enable qemu-guest-agent
+qm set 100 –-agent 1
+
+# convert VM into a template
+qm template 100