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packer-proxmox
This repository provides infrastructure-as-code examples to automate the creation of virtual machine images on Proxmox using HashiCorp Packer and the Packer Plugin for Proxmox. All examples are written in the HashiCorp Configuration Language HCL2
.
This project is inspired by bitop/packer-templates.
Requirements
Packer:
- HashiCorp Packer
- HashiCorp Packer Plugin for Proxmox (
proxmox-iso
)
Required plugins are automatically downloaded during the packer init
phase. These plugins are placed in the same directory as your Packer executable /usr/local/bin
or $HOME/.packer.d/plugins
.
Configuration
Step 1 - Download the release
Download the latest release.
Step 2 - Download the Guest Operating Systems ISOs
- Download the required guest operating system ISO images (e.g.
Rocky-9.3-x86_64-minimal.iso
). - 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. - Upload the guest operating system
.iso
images to your Proxmox server.
Step 3 - Configure the Variables
All available variables are defined in the variables.pkr.hcl
files. They can be overwritten using environment variables or in the server.auto.pkrvars.hcl
file.
Step 4 - Modify the Configurations and Scripts (Optional)
If required, modify the configuration and scripts files.
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.
packer init rocky-9/
packer build -force rocky-9/
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.