Issue with Proxmox Autoinstaller

[mosespray]

I am trying to use the Autoinstaller. I created my answer.toml file and have created the modified iso file. It boots fine and runs until it gets to the line "root-password".

I get:

ERROR: Autoinstaller setup error: Failed parsing answer file: TOML parse error at line 7 column 1.
7. root-password = "12345678"
^^^^^^^^^^^^
unknown field 'root-password', expected one of 'country', 'fqdn'...

I thought that maybe it didn't like my password so I set it to 12345678 as in the example, no luck.
Finally, I actually cut and pasted the actual example and it still gave me an error:

[global]
keyboard = "de"
country = "at"
fqdn = "pveauto.testinstall"
mailto = "mail@no.invalid"
timezone = "Europe/Vienna"
root-password = "12345678"
root-ssh-keys = [
    "ssh-ed25519 AAAA..."
]

[network]
source = "from-dhcp"

[disk-setup]
filesystem = "zfs"
zfs.raid = "raid1"
disk-list = ["sda", "sdb"]

[post-installation-webhook]
url = "https://my.endpoint.local/postinst"
cert-fingerprint = "AA:E8:CB:95:B1:..."

[first-boot]
source = "from-iso"
ordering = "before-network"

 

[bbgeek17]

There seems to be an inconsistency in the documentation where both root-password and root_password are mentioned.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Automated_Installation

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[mosespray]

Looking at the source code indicates that both are used there too. Although, root_password seems to be the variable names.

 

[bbgeek17]

The code mostly references root_password, give it a try
https://github.com/proxmox/pve-installer

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[mosespray]

So, apparently at some point the code and documentation parted ways. It seems that many of the options that used to be separated with a "-" are now expected to be separated with a "_".

Some examples: root_password, disk_list, filter_match, just to name a few. Is there somewhere that I can submit this for review? I assume I shouldn't just change it on the wiki.

 

[bbgeek17]

I assume I shouldn't just change it on the wiki.

You can't

Is there somewhere that I can submit this for review?

I suspect when it's business hours in Europe @Thomas Lamprecht might notice and take action.
If no one from the stuff replies here, you can always submit https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/ report

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[cheiss]

What ISO version are you using?
The kebap-case keys are only available since 8.4-1, as documented in the Answer file format changes section.

There seems to be an inconsistency in the documentation where both root-password and root_password are mentioned.

That's a good spot, some remaining occurences of the old name. I'll fix them up soon.