I skipped some steps while I made my last Debian template that was causing issues for some users, but I've added them here. By the advice of a viewer I used a cloud image to create a second template. It didn't work so well for my installation, although it has worked for me on another proxmox machine before. The link to the cloud image directions: 0:00 Intro 0:26 Installing from ISO 7:13 Installing wanted packages 8:00 Creating and enabling a swap file 9:32 Fixing old mistakes -Clearing machine-id and ssh keys 12:29 Disabling the root user and securing ssh 14:37 Adding cloud-init drive and creating template 15:36 Installing from cloud image 17:32 Downloading cloud image and importing to VM 20:20 Adding cloud-init drive and booting from cloud image 21:47 Installing wanted packages 22:12 A little clean up 24:16 Results 29:43 Outro 30:36 Outtake