Replace 4 per-node auto-install ISOs (~4GB) with 2 generic ISOs
(~2GB) served by an HTTP answer server that routes per-node configs
by MAC address.
New flow:
1. Deterministic MAC addresses assigned per node (AA:BB:CC:00:VV:NN)
2. Per-MAC answer.toml files generated in answers/ directory
3. HTTP answer server (slothcroissant/proxmox-auto-installer-server)
managed by Terraform, serves answer files on port 8000
4. Generic ISOs prepared with --fetch-from http --url pointing to
the answer server
5. PVE installer POSTs system info, server matches MAC to answer file
Benefits:
- 50% reduction in ISO disk/tmp usage (2 ISOs instead of 4)
- Faster ISO preparation (2 builds instead of 4)
- Answer files can be updated without rebuilding ISOs
- First-boot script embedded in generic ISO via --on-first-boot
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Major provisioning pipeline changes:
Terraform:
- Add kreuzwerker/docker provider to manage iSCSI and NFS storage
containers alongside PVE VMs in a single Terraform config
- New storage.tf with Docker container, image, and volume resources
- docker_host_ip variable for PVE nodes to reach storage services
Provisioning:
- Replace docker-compose storage management with Terraform
- Replace create-api-token.sh with wait-for-pve.sh (IP discovery +
API readiness + auth verification only — no token creation)
- Tests use root@pam credentials, not API tokens
Cleanup:
- Replace preflight-cleanup.sh loop with terraform destroy
- Supports version filtering: cleanup 9 destroys only PVE 9 resources
- Full cleanup also removes config.json and tfvars
New commands:
- taint [8|9|all]: marks VMs for recreation on next provision
- dev.ps1 -Reprovision: runs taint before provision to force VM rebuild
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Clint Branham