proxmox_virtual_environment_file tries to use all the available computer memory to upload a local image and crashes about terraform-provider-proxmox HOT 6 CLOSED

For that, and the system extension(s).

BTW, I'm also using this in the talos example at https://github.com/rgl/terraform-proxmox-talos.

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Hi @rgl, could you use proxmox_virtual_environment_download_file instead, to download directly to the proxmox host from a remote URL?

If not, you might need to switch the temp directory used by the provider from default /tmp to somewhere else, if /tmp is mounted to a ram drive on your host.

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The file is not available remotely. Its created locally, and only then it can be uploaded. So, I think I cannot use that resource.

Can the implementation of proxmox_virtual_environment_file be changed not to use a temporary file at all? And directly upload the local file?

PS Ah, its due to https://registry.terraform.io/providers/bpg/proxmox/latest/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file#important-notes.

I will try to trigger the SFTP branch instead

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Trying with content_type = "dump" as:

resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "talos" {
  datastore_id = "local"
  node_name    = "pve"
  content_type = "dump"
  overwrite    = false
  source_file {
    path      = "tmp/talos/talos-${var.talos_version}.img"
    file_name = "${var.talos_version}.img"
  }
}

produced an unexpected result:

roxmox_virtual_environment_file.talos: Creating...
proxmox_virtual_environment_file.talos: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
proxmox_virtual_environment_file.talos: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
╷
│ Warning: the datastore "local" does not support content type "dump"; supported content types are: [backup images iso rootdir snippets vztmpl]
│ 
│   with proxmox_virtual_environment_file.talos,
│   on main.tf line 45, in resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "talos":
│   45: resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "talos" {
│ 
╵
╷
│ Error: failed to read file from "local:dump/1.6.7.img"
│ 
│   with proxmox_virtual_environment_file.talos,
│   on main.tf line 45, in resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "talos":
│   45: resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "talos" {
│ 

It seems dump is no longer a valid content type for Proxmox 8.1.10. Is this expected?

Also, it tried to create a file named dump/1.6.7.img instead of talos-1.6.7.img (as defined by file_name = "${var.talos_version}.img"). oh my mistake... I did not set it correctly. sorry! this is working correctly after using file_name = "talos-${var.talos_version}.img".

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I ended up following https://registry.terraform.io/providers/bpg/proxmox/latest/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file#important-notes, and that did the trick for me. Sorry for all the noise!

The final result is at https://github.com/rgl/terraform-proxmox-upload-talos-img

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@rgl I glad you found the solution!

Just curious, why you're rebuilding talos image in the first place? I don't see much of customization in your image, except perhaps https://github.com/rgl/terraform-proxmox-upload-talos-img/blob/main/do#L34?

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