Virtual Machine Setup

Download the debian-12-generic-amd64.raw file from https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/.

1. Create the virtaul machine
2. Add a cloud-init drive on the VM
3. Import the cloud image: qm importdisk $VMID /mnt/pve/assets/template/iso/debian-12-generic-amd64.raw local-lvm --format qcow2
4. Setup cloud-init: qm set $VMID --cicustom "user=cloud-init:snippets/user.yaml,network=cloud-init:snippets/network.yaml"

Example config files:

user.yaml

#cloud-config
hostname: zsottvXX
manage_etc_hosts: true
fqdn: zsottvXX.zsnet.ca
user: zsadmin
ssh_authorized_keys:
  - ssh-rsa KEY COMMENT
chpasswd:
  expire: False
users:
  - default

# Setup ntp
ntp:
  enabled: true
  ntp_client: chrony
  servers: []
  pools:
    - time.zsnet.ca

# Add gnupg
bootcmd:
  - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -yq update
  - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -yq install gnupg

# Configure apt repositories
apt:
  primary:
    - arches: [default]
      uri: http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/debian/
  security:
    - arches: [default]
      uri: http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/debian-security/
  sources_list: |
    deb $PRIMARY $RELEASE main contrib
    deb $PRIMARY $RELEASE-updates main contrib
    deb $SECURITY $RELEASE-security main contrib

package_update: true
package_upgrade: true
package_reboot_if_required: true

# Install packages
packages:
  - qemu-guest-agent

network.yaml

version: 1
config:
  - type: physical
    name: eth0
    mac_address: 'xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc'
    subnets:
    - type: dhcp4
    - type: ipv6_slaac
  - type: nameserver
    address:
    - '2602:815:9000::53'
    - '2602:815:9000:1::53'
    search:
    - 'zsnet.ca'