Fediversity/proxmox/README.md
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# Infra
## Provisioning VMs with an initial configuration
NOTE[Niols]: This is very manual and clunky. Two things will happen. In the near
future, I will improve the provisioning script to make this a bit less clunky.
In the future, orchestration will be able to communicate with Proxmox directly and
everything will become much cleaner.
1. Choose names for your VMs. It is recommended to choose `fediXXX`, with `XXX`
above 100. For instance, `fedi117`.
2. Add a basic configuration for the machine. These typically go in
`infra/machines/<name>/default.nix`. You can look at other `fediXXX` VMs to
find inspiration.
2. Add a file for each of those VM's public keys, eg.
```
touch keys/systems/fedi117.pub
```
Those files need to exist during provisioning, but their content matters only
when updating the machines' configuration.
FIXME: Remove this step by making the provisioning script not fail with the
public key does not exist yet.
3. Run the provisioning script:
```
sh infra/proxmox-provision.sh fedi117
```
The script can take several ids at the same time. It requires some
authentication options and provides several more. See `--help`.
4. (Optional) Add a DNS entry for the machine; for instance `fedi117.abundos.eu
A 95.215.187.117`.
5. Grab the public host keys for the machines in question, and add it to the
repository. For instance:
```
ssh fedi117.abundos.eu 'sudo cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub' > keys/systems/fedi117.pub
```
FIXME: Make the provisioning script do that for us.
7. Regenerate the list of machines:
```
sh infra/machines.md.sh
```
Commit it with the machine's configuration, public key, etc.
8. At this point, the machine contains a very basic configuration that contains
just enough for it to boot and be reachable. Go on to the next section to
update the machine and put an actual configuration.
FIXME: Figure out why the full configuration isn't on the machine at this
point and fix it.
## Removing an existing VM
See `infra/proxmox-remove.sh --help`.