motd proxmox

[Othmane]

Hello, I want to change Change the greeting when an SSH connection to all lxc vps content, I can update a screenshot of what it looks like!


SCREEN : http://prntscr.com/gphypv
(The screen comes from a video on the internet!)

 

[pabernethy]

Edit /etc/motd. Probably for every existing container. You can create a new container, edit the file to your liking and declare the container a template. This way you don't need to make the edit for future containers but just use the new template.

 

[Othmane]

I would like to see this happen for the next containers

 

[Othmane]

Is it possible ?

 

[pabernethy]

create a new container, edit the file to your liking and declare the container a template. This way you don't need to make the edit for future containers but just use the new template.

btw, there's an edit function in the forum, so you don't have to post twice.

 

[Othmane]

/ etc / motd when I edit the file it is done on the main dedicated server and not the vps content ...

 

[pabernethy]

That's not what I meant.

1. Create a new container from the template you normally use. Or, if you already use a custom template, skip this step.
2. In that container edit /etc/motd to your liking.
3. If it isn't already a template, make a backup of the container, and move it to a storage that can contain templates. E.g. /var/lib/vz/template/cache. Remember to rename the file to not include the id.
4. Create future VPS containers from that template. They will inherit all settings.

 

[pabernethy]

make a backup of the container, and move it to a storage that can contain templates. E.g. /var/lib/vz/template/cache. Remember to rename the file to not include the id.

 

[Othmane]

Ok thank you !

 

[DerDanilo]

Where and when does PVE write the content for /etc/motd? I tried to overwrite it and add some internal support related information. But it is overwritten every time the machine boots.

Thanks!

 

[dcsapak]

that is the pvebanner service, it should be possble to disable that with
systemctl disable pvebanner
this is not tested though

 

[DerDanilo]

Where can one find the template for the banner service (if accessable)? I'd rather have it enabled and update the template then disabling it.

 

[dcsapak]

pvebanner is a perl script which generates the motd (there is no template)
path is /usr/bin/pvebanner

 

[DerDanilo]

Thanks ! Will have a look at it. Was looking for this since it didn't seem to update the motd message even if the host IP changed or the gui IP is different from the cluster ip.