What does this stuff do?

Packer is a tool that can create Virtual Machine templates from code. This repository hosts the code for a customized templates used in Siempie's home environment using the Proxmox Hypervisor.

Template

Inside the template packer does:

• Install updates
• Install tools; curl, qemu-guest agent, sudo and wget.
• Install Ansible user with private key
• Clean guest (machine-id, logs, apt cache, etc)

Other information to know:

• Template hostname: localhost

• packer username: packer

• packer password: packer

• Ubuntu 24 Template: VM ID 999

More info: https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/docs/intro

OS	VM Name	VM ID
Ubuntu 24	ubuntu.template.siempie.internal	999

Install packer

Install packer on your system:
https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/tutorials/docker-get-started/get-started-install-cli

Variables

Copy the variables.pkrvars.hcl.example file to variables.pkrvars.hcl and change the variables.

Initialize the project and install the proxmox provider

packer init -var-file variables.pkrvars.hcl ubuntu24/packer.pkr.hcl

Usage

Ubuntu 24

packer build -force -var-file variables.pkrvars.hcl ubuntu24/packer.pkr.hcl

Note: the -force flag removes an already existing VM or Template with the same ID (999).