# Quick Template Creation - Follow These Steps

## Step 1: Download Cloud Image (Already Done)
✅ Cloud image download script is ready

## Step 2: Upload to Proxmox

1. **Open Proxmox Web UI:**
   - URL: https://192.168.1.206:8006
   - Login with root credentials

2. **Navigate to Storage:**
   - Click: **Datacenter** → **pve** → **Storage** → **local**
   - Click **"Upload"** button (top right)

3. **Upload Image:**
   - Click **"Select File"**
   - Navigate to: `/tmp/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img`
   - Or if downloaded to project: `./downloads/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img`
   - Click **"Upload"**
   - Wait for upload to complete (2-3 minutes for ~2GB file)

## Step 3: Create VM from Image

1. **Click "Create VM"** (top right, purple button)

2. **General Tab:**
   - VM ID: **9000**
   - Name: **ubuntu-24.04-cloudinit**
   - Click **"Next"**

3. **OS Tab:**
   - Select: **"Do not use any media"**
   - Click **"Next"**

4. **System Tab:**
   - Keep defaults (Q35, UEFI is fine)
   - Click **"Next"**

5. **Disks Tab:**
   - **Delete the default disk** (click X on the disk)
   - Click **"Add"** → **"Hard Disk"**
   - Storage: **local**
   - **Import from:** Select the uploaded `.img` file from dropdown
   - Disk size: **20GB** (minimum, will be resized per VM later)
   - Click **"Add"**
   - Click **"Next"**

6. **CPU Tab:**
   - Cores: **2**
   - Click **"Next"**

7. **Memory Tab:**
   - Memory: **2048** MB
   - Click **"Next"**

8. **Network Tab:**
   - Bridge: **vmbr0**
   - Model: **VirtIO**
   - Click **"Next"**

9. **Confirm Tab:**
   - Review settings
   - Click **"Finish"**

## Step 4: Configure Cloud-Init

1. **Select VM 9000** in the left panel

2. **Go to "Options" tab**

3. **Click "Cloud-Init"** (or "QEMU Guest Agent" if Cloud-Init not shown)

4. **Configure:**
   - **User:** `ubuntu`
   - **Password:** (leave empty - we'll use SSH keys)
   - **SSH Public Keys:** Paste your public key:
     ```bash
     cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
     ```
     Copy the output and paste into the SSH Public Keys field
   - Click **"OK"**

## Step 5: Convert to Template

1. **Right-click on VM 9000** in the left panel

2. **Select "Convert to Template"**

3. **Confirm** the conversion

4. **Wait** for conversion to complete (1-2 minutes)

## Done!

Template is now ready. You can proceed with:
```bash
./scripts/recreate-vms-from-template.sh
```

## Quick Reference

- **Template ID:** 9000
- **Template Name:** ubuntu-24.04-cloudinit
- **Cloud Image:** ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
- **Storage:** local
- **Network:** vmbr0