Unable to create Ubuntu VM

[JZambranoIT]

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Running the script to create the Ubuntu VM generates an error on line 406 when pvesm alloc is run:

Please let me know what other data is needed on my end. I am on PVE 8.0.4 with a zfs volume consisting of three 1TB ssd that other vm's are able to use fine. For example I was able to create a Debian VM (using the amazing script from tteck) without issues.

i7-4930K (6 cores, 12 threads)
64GB RAM
Two 128GB SSD in ZFS RaidZ for redundancy of the host OS
Basic AMD GPU for video out

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Default Settings

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Running the script using default or advanced (advanced using the same settings as default) causes the script to fail on line 406. No other steps needed to reproduce.

[FrodoVDR]

Could it be that you don't have local lvm storage?
I had the same problem in the last few days in the script local-lvm is hardwired for the cloud init volume, this would have to be dynamically adapted to the same storage that is used to install the VM.

[tteck]

The script runs without any problems from this end.

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Using Default Settings
Using Virtual Machine ID: 111
Using Machine Type: i440fx
Using Disk Cache: None
Using Hostname: ubuntu
Using CPU Model: KVM64
Allocated Cores: 2
Allocated RAM: 2048
Using Bridge: vmbr0
Using MAC Address: 02:39:54:6E:DB:44
Using VLAN: Default
Using Interface MTU Size: Default
Start VM when completed: no
Creating an Ubuntu 22.04 VM using the above default settings
 ✓ Using local-lvm for Storage Location.
 ✓ Virtual Machine ID is 111.
 ✓ https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/jammy/20231027/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
 ✓ Downloaded jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
 ✓ Created a Ubuntu 22.04 VM (ubuntu)
 ✓ Completed Successfully!

Setup Cloud-Init before starting 

More info at https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/discussions/2072 

[JZambranoIT]

Could it be that you don't have local lvm storage? I had the same problem in the last few days in the script local-lvm is hardwired for the cloud init volume, this would have to be dynamically adapted to the same storage that is used to install the VM.

This is likely the issue:

I dont have a local-lvm and that explains why the Debian VM script ran fine, since it doesnt use cloud init.

Any suggestions on how i can create a local-lvm volume?

Quick edit - I believe local-lvm is created when installing proxmox and so my question above is more about how to get around this since I am using zfs and it created a local-zfs volume instead.

[tteck]

@FrodoVDR has a good point, download the script and remove line 411, create the VM the add CloudInit drive.

Proxmox/vm/ubuntu-vm.sh

Line 411 in 946114f

-ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit \

[tteck]

Maybe I should remove that from the script and instruct people to add the CloudInit drive. Thoughts?

[JZambranoIT]

Maybe I should remove that from the script and instruct people to add the CloudInit drive. Thoughts?

I am personally a big fan of leaving it in as I plan to use this script for template purposes.

I was able to make the edit to line 411 and still get the same error:

[tteck]

Take a look at #1628

[JZambranoIT]

Take a look at #1628

Yeah I had a stray vm disk named 101.

I removed it and am able to create the VM.

Regarding leaving the cloud init portion in I support it, maybe just make it a step where a user specifies where to create the cloudinit disk. This way users can put it wherever they want.

[tteck]

Testing -ide2 ${STORAGE}:cloudinit \

[tteck]

That fixed the issue.

[JZambranoIT]

That fixed the issue.

Thank you so much, bought ya a coffee!