Start Your DevOps Project: Proxmox + Cloud-Init + Terraform Setup (Step-by-Step)

Welcome to the first Video of our beginner-friendly DevOps project! 🎯 In this video, we’ll prepare your environment to automate virtual machines using Proxmox, Terraform, and Cloud-Init. Whether you're setting up your home lab or building a CI/CD stack, this is your starting point.

📋 What You’ll Learn in This Video:
How to prepare a Debian 12 Cloud-Init template on Proxmox

How to install Terraform on your local Linux machine

How to generate SSH keys for VM access

🖥️ Host Requirements:
✅ Proxmox VE installed

✅ Internet access on Proxmox

✅ Local development machine (Linux/Mac)

🧰 Commands Used in This Video:
1️⃣ Download Debian Cloud Image:
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wget https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2
2️⃣ Create Cloud-Init Template on Proxmox:
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qm create 9000 --name debian-12-cloudinit --memory 2048 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
qm importdisk 9000 debian-12-genericcloud-amd64.qcow2 local-lvm
qm set 9000 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --scsi0 local-lvm:vm-9000-disk-0
qm set 9000 --ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit
qm set 9000 --boot c --bootdisk scsi0
qm set 9000 --serial0 socket --vga serial0
qm template 9000
💻 Install Terraform (Debian/Ubuntu):

✅ Verify Terraform:
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brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform
terraform -v
🔐 Generate SSH Key Pair:
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ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "you@example.com"
Keys created:
~/.ssh/id_rsa
~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

🔔 What’s Next?
In Next Video, we’ll use Terraform to automatically spin up VMs using this template and integrate Ansible for provisioning.

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