regenerate cloud init image using ansible

dasblabla

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Hi, I want to deploy from a Proxmox Host a VM that is convertet to a template to clone other VMs out of these. the Templating role works fine but if i clone the template with ansible, starting the VM and want to sign in the preset login combi don´t work, but if i click on the "Regenerate Image" Button manually in gui and than start the VM the right login combi is used. Is there something I have to add to my ansible role to regenerate the image or is there a preset to do in some config file in proxmox?

This is the template generator:

YAML:
---
  - name: download cloud image
    get_url:
      url: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/focal/current/focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
      dest: /home/user/focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img

  - name: Create empty VM using Cloud-Init
    community.general.proxmox_kvm:
      node: pve
      api_user: root@pam
      api_password: "{{ lookup('keepass', 'pveroot', 'password') }}"
      api_host: pve
      name: testvm-template
      scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
      scsi:
       scsi0: 'local-lvm:1,format=raw'
      ide:
        ide2: 'local:cloudinit,format=qcow2'
      bootdisk: scsi0
      ciuser: user
      cipassword: hallowelt
      net:
        net0: 'virtio,bridge=vmbr0'
      ipconfig:
        ipconfig0: 'ip=192.168.56.230/24'
      proxmox_default_behavior: compatibility

  - name: import init disk
    ansible.builtin.command:
      cmd: "qm importdisk 100 /home/user/focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img local-lvm"
      creates: "/dev/mapper/pve-vm--100--disk--1"


  - name: attache base image disk
    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
      path: /etc/pve/local/qemu-server/100.conf
      regexp: '^scsi0:.*'
      line: 'scsi0: local-lvm:vm-100-disk-1'

  - name: make vm to template
    community.general.proxmox_kvm:
      node: pve
      api_user: root@pam
      api_password: "{{ lookup('keepass', 'pveroot', 'password') }}"
      api_host: pve
      vmid: 100
      name: testvm-template
      scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
      ide:
        ide2: 'local:cloudinit,format=qcow2'
      bootdisk: scsi0
      ciuser: user
      cipassword: hallowelt
      proxmox_default_behavior: compatibility
      template: yes
      update: yes


and here are the clone role:
YAML:
---
  - name: Clone VM
    community.general.proxmox_kvm:
      api_user: root@pam
      api_password: "{{ lookup('keepass', 'pveroot', 'password') }}"
      api_host: pve
      clone: testvm-template
      name: testvm-clone2
      node: pve
      storage: local-lvm
      format: raw
      timeout: 500
      net:
        net0: "virtio,bridge=vmbr0"
      ipconfig:
        ipconfig0: "ip=192.168.56.201/24"
      ciuser: user
      cipassword: hallowelt
 
Hi @dasblabla,

did you find a solution yet? Im also interested in this topic. Re-generating the cloud-init template for a Windows VM is currently the only way for me to get the Windows VM deployment via Ansible running. But I still did not find any solution to automatically re-generating the cloud-init template for Windows VMs.
 
We analyzed the Proxmox API call which is called when you click on "VM --> Cloud-Init --> Regenerate Template". The call consists of two steps:
  1. Remove cloud-init drive from VM
  2. Attach cloud-init drive to VM
So the according Ansilbe code is the following:
YAML:
- name: "Regenerate cloud-init image - Step 1"
  proxmox_api:
    endpoint: "/nodes/{{ proxmox_node }}/qemu/{{ virtual_machine.vm_id }}/config"
    method: post
    host: "{{ proxmox_api_host}}"
    user: "{{ proxmox_api_user }}"
    password: "{{ proxmox_api_password }}"
    parameters:
      ide0: 'none,media=cdrom'
    verify_ssl: false
  delegate_to: "127.0.0.1"
  when: "virtual_machine.os_type == 'win10'"
  tags: "regenerate_image"

- name: "Regenerate cloud-init image - Step 2"
  proxmox_api:
    endpoint: "/nodes/{{ proxmox_node }}/qemu/{{ virtual_machine.vm_id }}/config"
    method: post
    host: "{{ proxmox_api_host}}"
    user: "{{ proxmox_api_user }}"
    password: "{{ proxmox_api_password }}"
    parameters:
      ide0: '{{ proxmox_cloud_init_default_storage }}:cloudinit'
    verify_ssl: false
  delegate_to: "127.0.0.1"
  when: "virtual_machine.os_type == 'win10'"
  tags: "regenerate_image"

Therefore I used the following Ansible plugin: https://github.com/robinelfrink/ansible-proxmox-api
 

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