How to automatically update vm templates

[Cameronsplaze]

Hi All!
Is it possible to update templates automatically? I'm guessing I'd need to clone the vm, update the os, then create the template over the old one. I'd like to do it for both windows/linux templates too.
My use case is, If all the vm needs to do is update, I can keep it on a MUCH more secure network. Then each night, have the vm that's actually serving my friends, shut down and re-clone from the updated/secure one. I'd also need persistent on some of the directories, (save things like repos for gitlab), so I'll need a way to mount volumes in on the new clone. Is something like this possible/feasible?

Thanks!!

 

[alexskysilk]

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/bulk-template-download.27655/post-323704

 

[Cameronsplaze]

That looks like it's for bulk downloading templates from somewhere else. I see pveam (https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pveam.1.html), which definitely looks handy, but can it start vm's from templates? It looks specifically template-related to me...