Get node id

[dennyreiter]

Is there an easy way to determine what the node id is? I'm working on an Ansible script where a template is created to then create a VM. Since I have multiple nodes, I would like to create the template with a unique vmid, for instance the template on node 1 would be 8001, on node 4 would be 8004, etc. I was hoping for something by running

pvesm

to retrieve the value. The closest I've found so far is a list from

pvesh get /cluster/status

Thanks

 

[bbgeek17]

pvesh is the way to go, does the output not provide you what you want?

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[dennyreiter]

I'm basically looking for something that will return '4' so I know what node this is.

 

[bbgeek17]

root@pve-1:~# pvesh get /cluster/status --output-format json|jq --arg HOST $HOSTNAME '.[]|select(.name == $HOST)|.nodeid'
1

PS I have doubts about the entire approach of trying to tie semi-random numerical IDs , but if thats what you'd like to do - do it.

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[Dwightsune]

I’ve run into this before with Proxmox too. If you’re looking to pull the node ID, pvesh get /cluster/status should give you the node info, and from there, you can figure out which node is which. As for using a template with a unique vmid per node, you can definitely automate it with something like Ansible.
If you're still having trouble and want an easy way to check if everything's legit, I've found that using something like idanalyzer.com can help verify data authenticity when you're automating things, especially when you’re managing multiple nodes.