Digital artwork depicting the concept of Cloud-init technology in a hypervisor environment. The image features a central, stylized cloud with intricate digital circuit patterns, symbolizing Cloud-init. Surrounding the cloud are interconnected, floating, semi-transparent cubes with glowing edges, each representing a hypervisor. Faint streams of binary code flow between these cubes, illustrating virtualization and connectivity. The background is a gradient of blue shades, representing technology and innovation, with subtle abstract digital patterns enhancing the futuristic theme.

Create a Debian Cloud-init Template on Proxmox

Cloud-init is the industry standard multi-distribution method for cross-platform cloud instance initialization. It is supported across all major public cloud providers, provisioning systems for private cloud infrastructure, and bare-metal installations. Using Proxmox templates in tandem with Cloud-init streamlines the process of launching new VMs. With this approach, a template can rapidly generate a new VM, and Cloud-init takes care of the initial setup during boot, reducing your tasks to simply setting up the hostname and initial user account....

<span title='2023-12-16 13:46:03 +0000 UTC'>16 December 2023</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;662 words&nbsp;·&nbsp;Aiden Arnkels-Webb