Infrastructure as Code: Packer Templates

A collection of Packer templates for automatically building "golden images" of virtual machines.

Requirements

• Packer - Ensure the Packer utility is installed on your system.
• Proxmox VE Access - Credentials are required to connect to the Proxmox API.

Configuration

Each template uses a variables file to store private data (credentials, Proxmox URL, etc.).

1. Navigate to the directory of the desired template (e.g., debian13-base).
2. Copy the example variables file, removing .example from the name.
3. Edit the created .pkrvars.hcl file with your details.

Usage

1. Change to the desired template's directory:

   cd debian13-base

2. Run the build with the following commands:

   packer init .
   packer validate .
   packer build .

Project Structure

Proxmox

• debian13-base: A base image for Debian 13.02 (Trixie).