Creating the autoinstall proxmox image guide

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Downloading prerequisites

• download the latest versions of ISO and autoinstall assistant:
  • ISO
  • proxmox-auto-install-assistant

Configure the answer.toml config

cp example.toml answer.toml
# edit the answer.toml
# Change the target disk to setup fx. `/dev/sda`,
#   fill your country, email, etc
#   (!) and ADD YOUR PUBLIC SSH KEY.

Install the prerequisites

Debian

sudo dpkg -i proxmox-auto-install-assistant*.deb

Archlinux

# install debtap for being able to install the debian packages in archlinux
yay -S --needed debtap
# update the debtap repos
sudo debtap -u

# enter the result name for the system package
# skip the other options
debtap proxmox-auto-install-assistant*.deb

# zst archive is the output of the previous command
# it contains the usual arch package
sudo pacman -U proxmox-auto-install-assistant*.zst

Create the image with autoinstall boot option and embedded answer file

# Validate you answer file
# Build the autoinstall proxmox image
proxmox-auto-install-assistant validate-answer answer.toml && \
proxmox-auto-install-assistant prepare-iso proxmox-ve_8.3-1.iso --fetch-from iso --answer-file answer.toml