[SOLVED] Bash script create windows 11 VM

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Hello,
I've been working on trying to automate the building of windows VM's in proxmox but I keep running into the same issue when I do it with a bash script.

Code: 
#!/bin/bash

# Configuration variables
NODE="pve"
VMID="1022"                    # Change this to your desired VM ID
VM_NAME="win11-test"           # Change this to your desired VM name
VM_MEMORY="4096"              # Memory in MB
VM_CORES="2"                  # Number of CPU cores
VM_SOCKET="1"                 # Number of CPU sockets
STORAGE="local-lvm"           # Storage location
DISK_SIZE="130G"              # Disk size
ISO_STORAGE="/mnt/pve/nfs/template/iso"           # Storage location for ISOs
WIN_ISO="Win11_23H2_x64v2_auto.iso"         # Windows ISO filename
VIRTIO_ISO="virtio-win-0.1.240.iso"   # VirtIO drivers ISO filename
OS_TYPE="win11"               # Options: win11, win10, win8, win7, w2k22, w2k19, w2k16, w2k12, w2k8

# Function to check if VM ID already exists
check_vmid() {
    if qm status $VMID &>/dev/null; then
        echo "Error: VM ID $VMID already exists"
        exit 1
    fi
}

# Function to check storage availability
check_storage() {
    if ! pvesm status | grep -q "^$STORAGE"; then
        echo "Error: Storage '$STORAGE' not found"
        exit 1
    fi
}

# Function to check ISO files
check_isos() {
    if [ ! -f "/mnt/pve/nfs/template/iso/$WIN_ISO" ]; then
        echo "Warning: Windows ISO not found at /var/lib/vz/template/iso/$WIN_ISO"
    fi
    if [ ! -f "/mnt/pve/nfs/template/iso/$VIRTIO_ISO" ]; then
        echo "Warning: VirtIO ISO not found at /var/lib/vz/template/iso/$VIRTIO_ISO"
    fi
}

# Run checks
check_vmid
check_storage
check_isos

# Create and add main disk using VirtIO Block
echo "Creating disk with size $DISK_SIZE..."
pvesm alloc $STORAGE $VMID vm-$VMID-disk-2 $DISK_SIZE || {
    echo "Error: Failed to create disk"
    qm destroy $VMID
    exit 1
}

# Create VM
echo "Creating VM with ID $VMID..."
qm create $VMID --name $VM_NAME --memory $VM_MEMORY --cores $VM_CORES --sockets $VM_SOCKET --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
qm set $VMID --ostype "$OS_TYPE"

qm set $VMID --virtio0 $STORAGE:vm-$VMID-disk-2

# Add Windows installation media
qm set $VMID --ide2 nfs:iso/$WIN_ISO,media=cdrom

# Add VirtIO drivers
qm set $VMID --ide3 nfs:iso/$VIRTIO_ISO,media=cdrom

# Configure boot order (CD-ROM first, then disk)
#qm set $VMID --boot c --bootdisk virtio0
#qm set $VMID --boot order='ide2;ide3;virtio0'

# Enable QEMU Guest Agent
qm set $VMID --agent enabled=1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1

#create TPM
pvesm alloc local-lvm 1022 vm-1022-disk-1.raw 4M

#create EFI Disk
pvesm alloc local-lvm 1022 vm-1022-disk-0.qcow2 4M

# Add TPM support (required for Windows 11)
echo "Configuring Windows 11 specific settings (TPM, UEFI)..."
qm set $VMID --tpmstate0 local-lvm:vm-1022-disk-1.raw,size=4M,version=v2.0
qm set $VMID --machine q35
qm set $VMID --bios ovmf
qm set 1022 --efidisk0 local-lvm:vm-1022-disk-0.qcow2,size=528K,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=1

# Configure boot order (CD-ROM first, then disk)
qm set $VMID --boot c --bootdisk virtio0
qm set $VMID --boot order='ide2;ide3;virtio0'

# Configure CPU type for better performance
qm set 1022 --cpu cputype=host

# Add tablet device for better mouse handling
qm set 1022 --tablet 1

echo "VM $VMID created successfully. Before starting the VM, ensure:"
echo "1. Windows ISO ($WIN_ISO) is present in $ISO_STORAGE:iso/"
echo "2. VirtIO drivers ISO ($VIRTIO_ISO) is present in $ISO_STORAGE:iso/"
echo ""
echo "During Windows installation, when prompted for drivers, browse the VirtIO ISO (IDE3) and select:"
echo "- For storage: /viostor/w10/amd64/"
echo ""
echo "To download the latest VirtIO drivers:"
echo "wget https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio/virtio-win.iso -O /var/lib/vz/template/iso/virtio-win.iso"
echo ""
echo "To start the VM:"
echo "qm start $VMID"

When I attempt to start the VM after using this bash script I get the following error:

guest has not initialized the the display (yet)
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Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
 
somebodyoverthere said:
exactly what it says in the message

Code: 
 guest has not initialized the the display (yet)

where exactly in the bash script is the display part?

https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#qm_display

no ssd=1, no balloon for memory

Try to view the contents of the conf files from /etc/pve/nodes/pve/qemu-server of vms that are working
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I removed the display part that I had as it was giving the exact same error. So I removed it and got the same errors. Tried several other display settings none work.

Code: 
qm set 1022 --vga std,memory=16
 
After a few more tests I found the following. It happens only when I attempt to make the windows VM use efi boot disk and bios type OVMF. Is there something wrong with how I'm building the EFI disk and attaching it?
 
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