Proxmox Packer jammy.pkr.hcl error

[jessefmoore]

I tried switching the source to QEMU but no go... I have updated the credentials file as mentioned in video and even moved it into the ubuntu-server-jammy directory just incase that was an issue.

OUTPUT HERE: serveradmin@ansible:~/boilerplates/packer/proxmox/ubuntu-server-jammy$ sudo packer build ubuntu-server-jammy.pkr.hcl

Error: Unset variable "proxmox_api_url"

A used variable must be set or have a default value; see https://packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/syntax for details.

Error: Unset variable "proxmox_api_token_id"

A used variable must be set or have a default value; see https://packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/syntax for details.

Error: Unset variable "proxmox_api_token_secret"

A used variable must be set or have a default value; see https://packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/syntax for details.

Error: Unknown source type proxmox

on ubuntu-server-jammy.pkr.hcl line 108: (source code not available)

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THANK YOU for your help and cool video!

[jessefmoore]

never mind solved it. basically, swap out qcow2 with raw and proxmox to proxmox-iso AND here is the command for others.

packer build -var-file=credentials.pkr.hcl ubuntu-server-jammy.pkr.hcl

Ubuntu Server jammy

---

Packer Template to create an Ubuntu Server (jammy) on Proxmox

Variable Definitions

variable "proxmox_api_url" { type = string }

variable "proxmox_api_token_id" { type = string }

variable "proxmox_api_token_secret" { type = string sensitive = true }

Resource Definiation for the VM Template

source "proxmox-iso" "ubuntu-server-jammy" {

# Proxmox Connection Settings
proxmox_url = "${var.proxmox_api_url}"
username = "${var.proxmox_api_token_id}"
token = "${var.proxmox_api_token_secret}"
# (Optional) Skip TLS Verification
insecure_skip_tls_verify = true

# VM General Settings
node = "cyber"
vm_id = "400"
vm_name = "ubuntu-server-jammy"
template_description = "Ubuntu Server jammy Image"

# VM OS Settings
# (Option 1) Local ISO File
iso_file = "local:iso/ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso"
# - or -
# (Option 2) Download ISO
#iso_url = "https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04/ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso"
#iso_checksum = "84aeaf7823c8c61baa0ae862d0a06b03409394800000b3235854a6b38eb4856f"
iso_storage_pool = "local"
unmount_iso = true

# VM System Settings
qemu_agent = true

# VM Hard Disk Settings
scsi_controller = "virtio-scsi-pci"

disks {
    disk_size = "20G"
    format = "raw"
    storage_pool = "local-lvm"
    storage_pool_type = "lvm"
    type = "virtio"
}

# VM CPU Settings
cores = "1"

# VM Memory Settings
memory = "2048" 

# VM Network Settings
network_adapters {
    model = "virtio"
    bridge = "vmbr0"
    firewall = "false"
} 

# VM Cloud-Init Settings
cloud_init = true
cloud_init_storage_pool = "local-lvm"

# PACKER Boot Commands
boot_command = [
    "<esc><wait>",
    "e<wait>",
    "<down><down><down><end>",
    "<bs><bs><bs><bs><wait>",
    "autoinstall ds=nocloud-net\\;s=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ ---<wait>",
    "<f10><wait>"
]
boot = "c"
boot_wait = "5s"

# PACKER Autoinstall Settings
http_directory = "http" 
# (Optional) Bind IP Address and Port
# http_bind_address = "0.0.0.0"
# http_port_min = 8802
# http_port_max = 8802

ssh_username = "serveradmin"

# (Option 1) Add your Password here
# ssh_password = "your-password"
# - or -
# (Option 2) Add your Private SSH KEY file here
ssh_private_key_file = "~/.ssh/ansiblehost"

# Raise the timeout, when installation takes longer
ssh_timeout = "20m"

}

Build Definition to create the VM Template

build {

name = "ubuntu-server-jammy"
sources = ["proxmox-iso.ubuntu-server-jammy"]

# Provisioning the VM Template for Cloud-Init Integration in Proxmox #1
provisioner "shell" {
    inline = [
        "while [ ! -f /var/lib/cloud/instance/boot-finished ]; do echo 'Waiting for cloud-init...'; sleep 1; done",
        "sudo rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*",
        "sudo truncate -s 0 /etc/machine-id",
        "sudo apt -y autoremove --purge",
        "sudo apt -y clean",
        "sudo apt -y autoclean",
        "sudo cloud-init clean",
        "sudo rm -f /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/subiquity-disable-cloudinit-networking.cfg",
        "sudo rm -f /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml",
        "sudo sync"
    ]
}

# Provisioning the VM Template for Cloud-Init Integration in Proxmox #2
provisioner "file" {
    source = "files/99-pve.cfg"
    destination = "/tmp/99-pve.cfg"
}

# Provisioning the VM Template for Cloud-Init Integration in Proxmox #3
provisioner "shell" {
    inline = [ "sudo cp /tmp/99-pve.cfg /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-pve.cfg" ]
}

# Add additional provisioning scripts here
# ...

}