datastore doesn't support snippets error

[4r7if3x]

I followed the Cloud-Init guide precisely, but I'm getting the following error:

proxmox_virtual_environment_file.cloud_config: Creating...
╷
│ Warning: the datastore "local" does not support content type "snippets"; supported content types are: [backup iso vztmpl]
│ 
│   with proxmox_virtual_environment_file.cloud_config,
│   on proxmox.tf line 43, in resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "cloud_config":
│   43: resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "cloud_config" {
│ 
╵
╷
│ Error: failed to read file from "local:snippets/cloud-config.yaml"
│ 
│   with proxmox_virtual_environment_file.cloud_config,
│   on proxmox.tf line 43, in resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "cloud_config":
│   43: resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "cloud_config" {
│ 
╵

What am I doing wrong?

[bpg]

Hey @4r7if3x 👋🏼

Please check the docs. You need to manually enable the Snippets content type on the datastore before uploading them.

[4r7if3x]

Hey @4r7if3x 👋🏼

Please check the docs. You need to manually enable the Snippets content type on the datastore before uploading them.

oopsie, I missed that note... It would be great if it could be added to the guide too. Thanks for the quick response anyway.

[bpg]

@4r7if3x would you be up for opening an improvement PR? 🙂

The guide is located here. There are some conventions to be aware of, but it should be pretty straightforward.

[4r7if3x]

@bpg Thanks. One more question, somewhat related... The user_account object of initialization adds the credentials to the Cloud-Init tab of the Proxmox VM, but the OS is installed with the default "ubuntu" user. In one of your examples, I can see you defined the user in the cloud-configs snippet instead, but I like the former method better. Shouldn't that work to my expectations?

[bpg]

@4r7if3x yes, the example from the guide works:

OpenTofu used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

OpenTofu will perform the following actions:

  # proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image will be created
  + resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file" "ubuntu_cloud_image" {
      + content_type        = "iso"
      + datastore_id        = "local"
      + file_name           = (known after apply)
      + id                  = (known after apply)
      + node_name           = "pve"
      + overwrite           = true
      + overwrite_unmanaged = false
      + size                = (known after apply)
      + upload_timeout      = 600
      + url                 = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
      + verify              = true
    }

  # proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.ubuntu_vm will be created
  + resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_vm" "ubuntu_vm" {
      + acpi                    = true
      + bios                    = "seabios"
      + id                      = (known after apply)
      + ipv4_addresses          = (known after apply)
      + ipv6_addresses          = (known after apply)
      + keyboard_layout         = "en-us"
      + mac_addresses           = (known after apply)
      + migrate                 = false
      + name                    = "test-ubuntu"
      + network_interface_names = (known after apply)
      + node_name               = "pve"
      + on_boot                 = true
      + protection              = false
      + reboot                  = false
      + scsi_hardware           = "virtio-scsi-pci"
      + started                 = true
      + stop_on_destroy         = false
      + tablet_device           = true
      + template                = false
      + timeout_clone           = 1800
      + timeout_create          = 1800
      + timeout_migrate         = 1800
      + timeout_move_disk       = 1800
      + timeout_reboot          = 1800
      + timeout_shutdown_vm     = 1800
      + timeout_start_vm        = 1800
      + timeout_stop_vm         = 300
      + vm_id                   = (known after apply)

      + disk {
          + aio               = "io_uring"
          + backup            = true
          + cache             = "none"
          + datastore_id      = "local-lvm"
          + discard           = "on"
          + file_format       = (known after apply)
          + file_id           = (known after apply)
          + interface         = "virtio0"
          + iothread          = true
          + path_in_datastore = (known after apply)
          + replicate         = true
          + size              = 20
          + ssd               = false
        }

      + initialization {
          + datastore_id = "local-lvm"
          + upgrade      = (known after apply)

          + ip_config {
              + ipv4 {
                  + address = "172.16.10.1/24"
                  + gateway = "172.16.0.1"
                }
            }

          + user_account {
              + keys     = [
                  + "ssh-rsa REDACTED",
                ]
              + username = "notubuntu"
            }
        }

      + network_device {
          + bridge      = "vmbr0"
          + enabled     = true
          + firewall    = false
          + mac_address = (known after apply)
          + model       = "virtio"
          + mtu         = 0
          + queues      = 0
          + rate_limit  = 0
          + vlan_id     = 0
        }
    }

Plan: 2 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image: Creating...
proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image: Still creating... [30s elapsed]
proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image: Still creating... [40s elapsed]
proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file.ubuntu_cloud_image: Creation complete after 46s [id=local:iso/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img]
proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.ubuntu_vm: Creating...
proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.ubuntu_vm: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.ubuntu_vm: Creation complete after 15s [id=100]

Apply complete! Resources: 2 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
❯ ssh notubuntu@172.16.10.1
Warning: Permanently added '172.16.10.1' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-119-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/pro

 System information as of Wed Sep 18 20:52:02 UTC 2024

  System load:  0.97              Processes:             93
  Usage of /:   7.4% of 19.20GB   Users logged in:       0
  Memory usage: 39%               IPv4 address for eth0: 172.16.10.1
  Swap usage:   0%

Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.

0 updates can be applied immediately.

Enable ESM Apps to receive additional future security updates.
See https://ubuntu.com/esm or run: sudo pro status

The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.

To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

notubuntu@test-ubuntu:~$ 

[4r7if3x]

@bpg I realized that I cannot use user_account and user_data_file_id together. I used to do something like that in my shell script before switching to Terraform, so I thought I could do the same here.

[bpg]

Ah.. you used vendor data file in the script, but now user data file in the TF, which AFAIK overrides any other ciuser / cipassword settings.

[4r7if3x]

Ah.. you used vendor data file in the script, but now user data file in the TF, which AFAIK overrides any other ciuser / cipassword settings.

Ah, right. I just found out there's a vendor_data_file_id to use instead. All is good now, Thanks for your time!