Cloudinit Template

Installing libguestfs-tools only required once, prior to first run

sudo apt update -y sudo apt install libguestfs-tools -y

Remove existing image in case last execution did not complete successfully

rm focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img

Download ubuntu 20.04 clouinit img

wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/focal/current/focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img

Install quemu guest agent inside the img

sudo virt-customize -a focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img --install qemu-guest-agent

Create cloudinit vm

sudo qm create 9000 --name "ubuntu-2004-cloudinit-template" --memory 2048 --cores 2 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 sudo qm importdisk 9000 focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img local-lvm sudo qm set 9000 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --scsi0 local-lvm:vm-9000-disk-0 sudo qm set 9000 --boot c --bootdisk scsi0 sudo qm set 9000 --ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit sudo qm set 9000 --serial0 socket --vga serial0 sudo qm set 9000 --agent enabled=1

Convert to template

sudo qm template 9000

Clean up

rm focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img echo "next up, clone VM, then expand the disk" echo "you also still need to copy ssh keys to the newly cloned VM"