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@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ HashiCorp
 ISOs
 bitop
 VMID
+kickstart
+VM

README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Download the **latest** release.
 
 ### Step 2 - Download the Guest Operating Systems ISOs
 
-1. Download the required guest operating system ISO images (e.g. `Rocky-9.0-x86_64-minimal.iso`).
+1. Download the required guest operating system ISO images (e.g. `Rocky-9.3-x86_64-minimal.iso`).
 2. Obtain the checksum type (e.g. `sha256`, `md5`, etc.) and checksum value for each guest operating system `.iso` image. This will be used in the build input variables.
 3. Upload the guest operating system `.iso` images to your Proxmox server.
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ If required, modify the configuration and scripts files.
 
 ## Build
 
-Initialize packer and start a build.
+Initialize packer and start a build. Packer creates a local HTTP server to provide the kickstart file for the VM. For this to work, the Proxmox server must be able to reach the host IP of the Packer host.
 
 > **Info:** Using the force flag will automatically remove existing _templates_ with a matching name or VMID.
 

rocky-9/server.auto.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ vm_id                      = 910
 vm_guest_os_keyboard = "de(nodeadkeys)"
 vm_guest_os_timezone = "Europe/Berlin"
 vm_cloud_init        = true
-vm_cloud_init_storage_pool = "storage01"
 vm_qemu_agent        = true
 
 // Proxmox Settings
 proxmox_iso_pool = "local:iso"
-proxmox_iso_file = "Rocky-9.0-x86_64-minimal.iso"
+proxmox_iso_file = "Rocky-9.3-x86_64-minimal.iso"
 
 proxmox_template_description = "Rocky Linux 9 Template"
 proxmox_template_name        = "rocky-9-cloud"

rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ packer {
   required_version = ">= 1.8.3"
   required_plugins {
     proxmox = {
-      version = "1.1.2"
+      version = "1.1.6"
       source  = "github.com/hashicorp/proxmox"
     }
   }
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ source "proxmox-iso" "rocky-linux-9" {
     disk_size    = "${var.vm_disk_size}"
     format       = "${var.proxmox_storage_format}"
     storage_pool = "${var.proxmox_storage_pool}"
-    storage_pool_type = "${var.proxmox_storage_pool_type}"
     type         = "scsi"
   }
 
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ source "proxmox-iso" "rocky-linux-9" {
   // Removable Media Settings
   iso_file       = "${var.proxmox_iso_pool}/${var.proxmox_iso_file}"
   http_content   = "${local.data_source_content}"
+  http_interface = "${var.http_interface}"
 
   // Boot and Provisioning Settings
   boot_wait = "10s"

rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl

@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ variable "proxmox_storage_pool" {
   default     = "local-lvm"
 }
 
-variable "proxmox_storage_pool_type" {
-  type        = string
-  description = "The type of the storage pool."
-  default     = "lvm-thin"
-}
-
 variable "proxmox_template_description" {
   type        = string
   description = "Description of the template, visible in the Proxmox interface."
@@ -110,7 +104,7 @@ variable "vm_cpu_cores" {
 variable "vm_cpu_type" {
   type        = string
   description = "The CPU type to emulate."
-  default     = "host"
+  default     = "x86-64-v2-AES"
 }
 
 variable "vm_mem_size" {
@@ -140,7 +134,7 @@ variable "vm_disk_thin_provisioned" {
 variable "vm_network_adapter_model" {
   type        = string
   description = "Model of the virtual network adapter."
-  default     = "e1000"
+  default     = "virtio"
 }
 
 variable "vm_network_adapter_bridge" {
@@ -173,6 +167,12 @@ variable "vm_qemu_agent" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "http_interface" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Name of the network interface that Packer gets HTTPIP from."
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 // Communicator Settings and Credentials
 variable "build_password" {
   type        = string