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proxmox-debian-install

Install Debian Buster and Proxmox on top of it.

Installs Debian 10 (Buster) via standard RackN BootEnv install, using preseed/package based (Debian Installer, d-i) method.

Once install completes, while still inside Debian Installer, update the system, add the Proxmox repositories, provide a minimal preseed set of answers (for Samba and Postfix packages), and then do a Proxmox install of the latest stable version.

The special stage flexiflow-debian-install is added to this workflow. By setting the Param proxmox/flexiflow-debian-install to your target machine, the individually listed Tasks will be injected in to the Workflow dynamically.

This is used to flexibly inject network config/reconfig Tasks to allow for dynamic use of the workflow. For example, setting the Param proxmox/flexiflow-debian-install as follow (in JSON example):

["network-convert-interface-to-bridge"]

Will inject that named task to modify the network by converting the Boot interface to be enslaved by the Bridge for Virtual Machines.

Another example (again, in JSON format):

["network-convert-interface-to-bridge","network-add-nat-bridge"]

This will perform the primary boot interface conversion to be enslaved by the bridge, but also bring up a NAT Masquerade bridge to attach machines to.