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+title: The Beginning
+date: 2024-01-20T19:47:46+01:00
+draft: true
+tags: 
+- Homelab
+- Kubernetes
+- Proxmox
+- Terraform
+- Ansible
+categories: 
+- Technology
+cover:
+  image: "images/posts/homelab/beginning.png"
+  alt: "The cover image for the post"
+  relative: false 
+---
+
+# Create a template in proxmox
+
+Connect to your proxmox server with an account that can do the commands below via ssh
+
+Download the latest image of the ubuntu cloud image available here: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/
+```shell
+wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/20240104/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
+```
+
+Create a new virtual machine
+```shell
+qm create 9999 --memory 8192 --core 4 --name ubuntu-cloud --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
+```
+
+Import the downloaded Ubuntu disk to VMs storage
+```shell
+qm importdisk 9999 noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img VMs
+```
+
+Attach the new disk to the vm as a scsi drive on the scsi controller
+```shell
+qm set 9999 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --scsi0 VMs:vm-9999-disk-0
+```
+
+Add cloud init drive
+```shell
+qm set 9999 --ide2 VMs:cloudinit
+```
+
+Make the cloud init drive bootable and restrict BIOS to boot from disk only
+```shell
+qm set 9999 --boot c --bootdisk scsi0
+```
+
+Add serial console
+```shell
+qm set 9999 --serial0 socket --vga serial0
+```
+
+Create template
+```shell
+qm template 9999
+```
+
+# Use terraform to setup three initial machines
+
+Customize the deployment vars to your liking
+
+Initialize your project
+```shell
+terraform init
+```
+
+Plan the deployement
+```shell
+terraform plan
+```
+
+Apply the deployment
+```shell
+terraform apply
+```
+
+Notes: Sometimes the apply steps stays running despite the VMs being deployed entirely in this case
+1 - Cancel the Terraform job with ctrl+c 
+
+Try to connect to each machine via ssh you should not need password and you must accept 
+```shell
+ssh <USER>@<IP>
+```
+
+# Use ansible to setup the nodes
+
+First follow the first playbook then follow this one follow this https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s-ansible
+
+The first playbook installs required dependencies and also creates a storage path for longhorn
+
+The second installs k3s in HA mode
+
+# Install argocd via helm and ansible
+
+run the following to make sure ansible helm module is installed:
+```shell
+ansible-galaxy collection install kubernetes.core 
+```
+
+run the setup initial kube playbook
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