Packer && Proxmox Automation PT1

[@christianlempa]

Thanks for sharing! Great one with the CICD pipeline, I need to add this too 😊

[@anjindevops]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Worked for me after some adjustments. Thanks for all.

[@heaton922]

Thanks for share. I'm a newbie from christian and find this treasure channel, love this.

[@brockhard]

I'm glad! Working on more. Also trying to figure out video editing so the videos should improve!

[@CTWilliams89]

I just went back and looked at my packer setup and also found out that it's deprecated and I need to use proxmox-iso. I'm looking forward to the ci/cd video. I've got it setup now but it still needs some work. Loving the content great stuff!!

[@brockhard]

Hahaha yeah what a pain, I can't believe it's deprecated already lol. Will have to figure out the iso implementation

[@makantavasouli]

Hi mate did you ever make the part 2 for this ?

[@ZiRo815]

1. Christian Lempa’s files 2. Unnecessary to add secrets to GitLab if you’re just going to run it locally

[@brockhard]

@@ZiRo815 that's why I shouted him out. Lol and he commented. You're totally right. You don't have to do it that way if you don't need secrets. I found if you want to learn how to secure things then you should practice it.

[@tabbabimarwen6937]

some help plz!! i got this error after the installation of the vm "detection authentication error :Increasing handshake attempts"

[@ReviewSmartTech]

Nice, wondering why you did not use proxmox-iso provider in packer?

[@brockhard]

You know I just didn't try it out haha if you have does it work better?

[@ReviewSmartTech]

​@@brockhard I'm encountering issues in the packer section of your repository. When I attempt the 'validate' command, I'm met with an error stating "proxmox is deprecated, please use proxmox-iso instead." I'm using packer version 1.9.2 on Windows 11. (you're on macOS). Can you confirm if your code aligns with the most recent packer version?

[@brockhard]

@@ReviewSmartTech it's crazy how fast things can depreciate. I did the video in Mac but I wrote the code using Linux. I'll have to work on updating the code to the proxmox-iso. It's on my list haha

[@CTWilliams89]

Revisiting this after a bit, I'm using the latest ubuntu image 22.04.3 my boot commands are exactly the same but my vm gets stuck on the choose language portion. Have you had any issues with the newer ubuntu image on your end? EDIT: nvm I'm a big dumb silly typo was messing everything up. Good news though I got it working and got ci/cd setup again in gitlab.

[@brockhard]

I have had days of not knowing why packer wasn't working hahahah my 5th time attempting this it just worked lol. I have not been successful with the cicd part. I use gitlab ci and currently just have a docker runner and it has issues connecting with proxmox for some reason.

[@CTWilliams89]

@@brockhard I had an issue using the http server so I mounted a cdrom with the http data and passed it that way. Id be more than happy to share my workaround.

[@arseniobrown7744]

Hey just found your channel i just have a question do you have a discord so we can pick your brain or other members can help each other out.

[@brockhard]

In the works!! Hopefully pretty soon