recipe-14

Create a Proxmox-based Kubernetes Node Virtual Machine Template Using Packer

References

• Packer: Input Variables and local variables
• Cloud-Init: Data Sources - NoCloud
• phoenixNAP: How to Install Kubernetes on Ubuntu 22.04
• Terraform: Cloud Init Guide

Software Versions

• Proxmox Virtual Environment: 8.2.2
• Proxmmox Packer Plugin: 1
• Proxmox Terraform Provider: 3.0.1-rc1

Notes
Your virtual machine template needs a way of telling future instances where to boot from. This is the purpose of the 99-pve.cfg file. It defines where to look for cloud-init data.

Step 1. Install Proxmox.

Step 2. Login to your Proxmox server.

Step 3. Upload a copy of the latest Ubuntu image to your Proxmox server.

Step 4. Create an API token for the root user (uncheck the "Privilege Separation" box).

Step 5. Text goes here.

cd packer/
vim .env

Step 6. Text goes here.

export proxmox_api_url="http://192.168.1.175:8006/api2/json"
export proxmox_api_token_id="root@pam!packer"
export proxmox_api_token_secret="a02c7183-da32-4f33-bd56-18ed7b4f4666"
export PKR_VAR_proxmox_api_url=$proxmox_api_url
export PKR_VAR_proxmox_api_token_id=$proxmox_api_token_id
export PKR_VAR_proxmox_api_token_secret=$proxmox_api_token_secret
export TF_VAR_proxmox_api_url=$proxmox_api_url
export TF_VAR_proxmox_api_token_id=$proxmox_api_token_id
export TF_VAR_proxmox_api_token_secret=$proxmox_api_token_secret

Step 6. Initialize the packer directory for Packer-use.

packer init .

Step 7. Validate your Packer configuration.

packer validate .

You should get output similar to below.

The configuration is valid.

Step 8. Text goes here.

packer build .