[pve-devel] Feature idea: import cloud images as disks, or at VM creation

[DERUMIER, Alexandre]

I think it could be done with some kind of new naming for this kind of
disk,

like "template-....."  in the storage

to match current lxc behaviour.


I don't think we need to vm template itself inside this, only the disk.

then use could create a vm like

qm create <vmid> --iscsi0:template-.....



Maybe some kind of public image repo sync (like turnkey for lxc),
could be implemented too.



Le dimanche 23 avril 2023 à 17:39 -0500, Wolf Noble a écrit :
> 
> I concur that this (or something like it) would definitely make it
> easier to create new VMs….
> 
> what would the CLI / API implementation look like for this? 
> would new canned privilege levels need to exist?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Apr 23, 2023, at 04:18, Gilou via pve-devel
> > <pve-devel at lists.proxmox.com> wrote:
> 
> > Le 09/11/2021 à 03:03, Gilles Pietri a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > There's something I'd like to add to the UI, but I'd like some
> > input from others, or at least know how useful it may sound.
> > I'd like to be able to import cloud image from distributions.
> > My idea would be to add a qemu template type (could be raw to
> > start, but really anything that can be imported using qemu-img
> > could do), and use those when needed.
> > It could be through an to import the disk on an existing VM, or at
> > creation: instead of choosing a CD-Rom, we'd chose a template to
> > import as the main disk, and the size chosen later on would be used
> > to resize it.
> > What do you think? Is this dumb? Has anyone worked on such an idea?
> > I'm willing to start exploring adding a template type named Qemu
> > template or so, then working on using that to import a disk, then
> > improve the creation ui..
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is an "old" email from 2021, but the need has risen again, so,
> well, let's talk about it, if anybody cares!
> 
> What to do?
> - implement a QEMU disk template (next to ISO Images and Container
> templates?)
> - make it so you can importdisk easily that to a VM? Attach it, set
> it as a bootdisk, resize it?
> - add the option to do all that in the creation flow for a VM?
> - offer to add a cloud-init disk directly?
> - then maybe offer to set username/password/ssh key, or IP settings
> directly in the creation flow, as cloud-init data
> 
> We could even go as far as add in the template content handler a few
> "well-known" base images such as
> https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/
> https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/
> 
> All that would make self service crazily improved when using Proxmox,
> allowing to provide a great experience, starting from "empty" to a
> running VM, allowing us to "duplicate" the cool CT experience in VMs!
> 
> Plus, the base is already there ;)
> Or am I the only one seeing any interest int that?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gilou
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