CloudInit no bootable device Proxmox 6.1-3

[fenpaws]

This is an english version of an existing german topic, you can find it here.

So here is my problem, I have a fresh Proxmox 6.1-3 VE Server and I wanted to make a template with Cloud-Init.
I followed the instructions 1:1 provided by the Wiki and created my first template.

Here is what i did:
I downloaded the bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.img and imported it to my local-vm. That worked out without a problem, but I noticed that the name of the drive was a bit different from what I expected.

The Wiki entry told me to import vm-9000-disk-1, but the import created vm-9000-disk-0. So I adapted it to vm-9000-disk-0 and ran the command.

Everything else worked out fine.
Well, besides the creation of a clone. That is where I'm stuck now.

I created two kinds of clones, a Linked one, and a Full Clone. I started both and got the same result for both Clones.

no bootable device found

I'm new to Proxmox and KVM/QEMU in general, so please excuse my lack of knowledge.

 

[dcsapak]

can you post the vm config ? (qm config ID)

 

[fenpaws]

Here you go, I dint know which one you want so I copied the config for all. Template, Linked and Full

Template:

boot: d
ide2: local-lvm:vm-9000-cloudinit,media=cdrom
memory: 2048
net0: virtio=BE:CF:A3:22:68:DA,bridge=vmbr0
scsi0: local-lvm:base-9000-disk-0,size=2252M
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
serial0: socket
smbios1: uuid=cbf91d3d-1cf0-4ebc-a37d-d4dc1e79f16f
template: 1
vga: serial0
vmgenid: 72c8f58a-5bb2-4151-bf4b-3fba76fc4a95

Linked Clone:

boot: d
ide2: local-lvm:vm-101-cloudinit,media=cdrom,size=4M
memory: 2048
name: Docker01
net0: virtio=02:1E:9B:43:D9:41,bridge=vmbr0
scsi0: local-lvm:vm-101-disk-0,size=2252M
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
serial0: socket
smbios1: uuid=a61ea138-7358-4cc6-86fb-756d80161d86
vga: serial0
vmgenid: 0cfc3019-8bc5-401d-ad3b-ce187d585337

Full Clone

boot: d
ide2: local-lvm:vm-102-cloudinit,media=cdrom,size=4M
memory: 2048
name: Docker02
net0: virtio=AE:16:B0:CD:E2:D8,bridge=vmbr0
scsi0: local-lvm:vm-102-disk-0,size=2252M
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
serial0: socket
smbios1: uuid=0ca6443a-ffd9-4c67-ad6b-9f66ab527d57
vga: serial0
vmgenid: c5722d02-5f80-4785-855f-931a83ca8645

 

[dcsapak]

you did not set the 'bootdisk' parameter

eg.

qm set 9000 -bootdisk scsi0

edit:
also you only boot from the cd image, not from the harddisk:

qm set 9000 -boot c

 

[fenpaws]

Hm, the only entry I could find in the wiki about the bootdisk is qm set 9000 --boot c --bootdisk scsi0. But I tried your addition and this is the config now. (I do these command for all VMs and the Template.)
Still nothing.

boot: c
bootdisk: scsi0
ide2: local-lvm:vm-101-cloudinit,media=cdrom,size=4M
memory: 2048
name: Docker
net0: virtio=0A:02:44:02:82:D1,bridge=vmbr0
scsi0: local-lvm:vm-101-disk-0,size=2252M
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
serial0: socket
smbios1: uuid=6e211ce9-b420-434e-93da-6883a1fc8f01
vga: serial0
vmgenid: c731350a-9f1a-4b18-b668-94641bb57d37

but it still wont boot. Same error message.

 

[dcsapak]

just tested here, works without problems:

wget bionic-.....
qm create 20000
qm importdisk 20000 bionic-..... local
qm set 20000 -bootdisk scsi0 -boot c -scsi0 local:20000/vm-20000-disk-0.raw
qm start

 

[fenpaws]

I will try it again, maybe the image download was broken or something.

 

[fenpaws]

I tried this again, this time without converting it to a Template. Still, nothing.
This is the config for the VM

boot: c
bootdisk: scsi0
memory: 2048
net0: virtio=36:A8:5B:9F:E5:77,bridge=vmbr0
scsi0: local-lvm:vm-9000-disk-0,size=2252M
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=75ec2510-a1f3-42fc-b19b-ebe607cf289e
vmgenid: cffcf5bc-fa37-4c46-975c-e83f01b669a4

 

[fenpaws]

Okay, so I did a bit of testing, after a few days of frustration and I found a solution.

It seems like something goes wrong when I try to use .img images. So I tried something else, I looked if there were any other disk files I could use and found .vmdk files. I tried it out and it worked without any problems.

Now I still don't know what the issue really is, but for now i go with that solution.

 

[HeikoBe]

I had a similar issue while trying to import old versions of qcow2 (0.1.0) Images, which where named xxx.img.
As long as I tried to import them the way the were, I ended up with the message: not a bootable device.

After reading your post I simply renamed the images giving them the ending .qcow2 and guess what, it works.