#!/bin/bash set -e # Exit on any error set +x # Disable command echoing, remove if you want to see commands # Default Variables (Can be overridden with command-line arguments) IMG_URL="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" IMG_NAME="noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" VM_ID=8000 VM_NAME=${2:-ubuntu-cloudinit2404} # Default to "ubuntu-cloudinit2404", can be overridden by passing an argument MEMORY=2048 CORES=2 STORAGE=${1:-proxmox} # Default to "proxmox", can be overridden by passing an argument # Function to check if a command failed check_command() { if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Error: $1 failed." exit 1 fi } # Function to delete existing VM if it exists delete_existing_vm() { if qm status $VM_ID &> /dev/null; then echo "Deleting existing VM with ID $VM_ID..." qm destroy $VM_ID --purge check_command "Deleting existing VM" fi } # Step 1: Delete existing VM if it exists delete_existing_vm # Step 2: Download Ubuntu Cloud Image echo "Downloading Ubuntu Cloud Image..." wget $IMG_URL -O $IMG_NAME check_command "Downloading Ubuntu Cloud Image" # Step 3: Create a new virtual machine echo "Creating a new virtual machine with name $VM_NAME..." qm create $VM_ID --memory $MEMORY --core $CORES --name $VM_NAME --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 check_command "Creating virtual machine" # Step 4: Import the downloaded Ubuntu disk to specified storage echo "Importing the downloaded Ubuntu disk to storage ($STORAGE)..." qm disk import $VM_ID $IMG_NAME $STORAGE check_command "Importing disk to storage" # Step 5: Identify the unused disk and attach it to the VM as a SCSI drive on the SCSI controller echo "Attaching the imported disk to the VM..." DISK_ID=$(qm config $VM_ID | grep "^unused" | awk -F ':' '{print $1}') qm set $VM_ID --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --scsi0 ${STORAGE}:vm-${VM_ID}-disk-0 qm set $VM_ID --delete $DISK_ID check_command "Attaching disk to VM" # Step 6: Add cloud init drive echo "Adding cloud init drive..." qm set $VM_ID --ide2 $STORAGE:cloudinit check_command "Adding cloud init drive" # Step 7: Make the cloud init drive bootable and restrict BIOS to boot from disk only echo "Making cloud init drive bootable and restricting BIOS..." qm set $VM_ID --boot c --bootdisk scsi0 check_command "Setting boot options" # Step 8: Add serial console echo "Adding serial console..." qm set $VM_ID --serial0 socket --vga serial0 check_command "Adding serial console" # Step 9: Echo template creation commands for later manual execution echo "Suggested command for creating a template:" echo "qm template $VM_ID" echo "Script completed successfully! Don't forget to create the template when you're ready with:" echo "qm template $VM_ID"