https://polar-node.work/categories/proxmox/Recent content in Proxmox on polar-node // runbooksHugoen-usMon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://polar-node.work/posts/proxmox-cloud-init-template-creator/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://polar-node.work/posts/proxmox-cloud-init-template-creator/<h2 id="the-problem">The problem</h2> <p>There&rsquo;s something innate in some people — the drive to fix whatever is annoying. Annoying to some, but apparently default behavior for others.</p> <p>Since I started my journey with Proxmox, I was amazed by its capabilities, and every release improved on that foundation. But there was trouble in this newfound paradise: one of the most repetitive tasks was creating a VM almost identical to the previous one. Same base OS, same baseline packages, same manual clicking through the same wizard.</p>