This is a handy script to speed up the creation of Ubuntu Cloud templates that can be configured through Cloud-Init in ProxMox VE server virtualization management solution .
The script needs be executed directly on a ProxMox host. It also requires the installation of libguestfs-tools package. The presence of the package will be verified.
The script should be executed in the ProxMox host running as root. Running it without arguments will create an Ubuntu Cloud 24.04 template.
pm-tpl-create.sh| Argument | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| -h | Help | N/A |
| -v | vmid | 9000 |
| -t | Template name | ubuntu-2404-cloudinit-template |
| -m | Memory | 1024 Kb |
| -c | Cores | 1 |
| -r | Cloud images repository. | https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/ |
| -i | Image name. | noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img |
Creating an Ubuntu Cloud 24.04 (Noble Numbat)
pm-tpl-create.sh -t "ubuntu-24-04-tpl" \
-r https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/ \
-i noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img Default values used by the script
UBUNTU_REPO="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/"
UBUNTU_IMG="focal-noble-cloudimg-amd64.img"
VMID=9000
TEMPLATE_NAME="ubuntu-2404-cloudinit-template"
MEMORY=1024
CORES=1The value can be redefined using optional arguments.
Downloads selected Ubuntu cloud image.
wget "$UBUNTU_REPO/$UBUNTU_IMG"Installs QEMU guest agent into the image.
virt-customize -a $UBUNTU_IMG --install qemu-guest-agentConfigures images with parameters.
qm create $VMID --name $TEMPLATE_NAME --memory $MEMORY --cores $CORES --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
qm importdisk $VMID $UBUNTU_IMG local-lvm
qm set $VMID --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --scsi0 local-lvm:vm-$VMID-disk-0
qm set $VMID --ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit
qm set $VMID --boot c --bootdisk scsi0
qm set $VMID --serial0 socket --vga serial0
qm set $VMID --agent enabled=1
qm template $VMIDAdrian Dantas @adriandantas
Create Proxmox cloud-init template - https://www.yanboyang.com/clouldinit/