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Variables Reference

Proxmox API

Name Type Default Description
pve_api_url string - URL of Proxmox API (e.g. https://pve:8006/api2/json)
pve_api_user string - API username (e.g. terraform@pam)
pve_api_password string - API password
pve_api_tls_verify bool true Verify TLS certificate

Infrastructure

Name Type Default Description
pve_cluster_node string - Target Proxmox node name
pve_datastore string - Storage backend for VM disks
pve_folder_path string - VM pool/folder in Proxmox
pve_network string - Network bridge (e.g. vmbr101)

VM Configuration

Name Type Default Validation Description
vm_count number 1 1-5 Number of VMs to create
vm_name string - - Base name (multi-VM adds suffix: name-2, name-3)
vm_notes string - - VM description shown in Proxmox UI
vm_template string - - Template to clone from

Compute

Name Type Default Validation Description
vm_num_cpus number 2 2,4,6,8,10,12,16 CPU cores
vm_num_sockets number 1 - CPU sockets
vm_memory number 4096 1024,2048,4096,8192 Memory in MB
vm_numa bool true - Enable NUMA

Storage

Name Type Default Validation Description
vm_disk_size string "32G" 20G,32G,64G,96G,128G,196G,256G Disk size
vm_bootdisk string "virtio0" - Boot disk slot
vm_storage_controller string "virtio-scsi-pci" - SCSI controller type

Firmware and OS

Name Type Default Description
vm_firmware string "seabios" BIOS firmware type
vm_os_type string "l26" Guest OS type for Proxmox optimizations
vm_guest_agent number 1 QEMU guest agent (0=disabled, 1=enabled)
vm_onboot bool true Start VM when Proxmox node boots

Network

Name Type Default Description
vm_network_type string "virtio" Network card model
vm_network_address0 string "ip=dhcp" Cloud-init IP configuration
vm_macaddr string null MAC address (auto-generated if null)

SSH Provisioner

Name Type Default Description
vm_ssh_user string "" SSH username for post-clone provisioning
vm_ssh_password string "" SSH password for post-clone provisioning

The SSH provisioner sets the hostname and regenerates the machine-id after cloning.