Whether you are an IT Administrator, Virtual Infrastructure Engineer, or an avid Home Lab enthusiast, one of the biggest time sinks we face is building, configuring and updating new servers.
There are many tools such as Ansible, Puppet and Windows DSC which administrators can use to configure servers once deployed, but getting a server to the point where it is ready for such tools to take over can take some time and effort.
These guides will provide methods and scripts which you can use to create preconfigured, ready-to-use server templates which can be deployed for production or personal use.
My goal is both to help readers create streamlined templates which are easy to use, lightweight (low CPU/RAM/storage requirements) and feature-rich, as well as to demystify the process of creating VM templates.
Current Guides
Debian 11 “Bullseye”
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS “Focal Fossa”
Alpine 3.15 (Development)
Disclaimer: I am happy to field questions, but offer no warranty or professional support for projects posted here. Posted projects use standard, non-proprietary methods available from respective OS vendors, package maintainers and distribution authors. Issues should be brought to attention of those entities as appropriate.
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