Category: LXC

Debian 13 (Trixie) LXC Container Image for Proxmox 8 and Proxmox 9

(2025-08-24):
It’s now been several weeks since the release of Debian 13 (Trixie), but there is still no official LXC container template for it from Proxmox. Back when Debian 13 was in its final freeze stage, I had already created an early template ( debian-13-standard_13.x-beta_lxc_proxmox_amd64.tar.gz ) so I and also you could start testing. Since then, I’ve prepared a proper final version to share with the community, as many of you guys asked me to create one. This image is based on the official Proxmox Debian 12 (Bookworm) container template, which I upgraded to Debian 13 (Trixie). The result is a clean, ready-to-use LXC template that behaves just like the official ones and works on both Proxmox 8 and 9. If you want to get started with Debian 13 inside containers, simply place the template in your Proxmox storage and create a new container as usual. This saves the time and .... [read more]

Debian 13 (Trixie) Beta LXC Container Image for Proxmox 8 and Proxmox 9

(2025-07-31):
With Proxmox 9 now officially released as the first beta version and based on Debian Trixie, and the final Debian 13 release just a few days away, it makes sense to start preparing and testing early. Especially in virtualized environments like Proxmox, it’s helpful to evaluate upcoming systems before they become the new stable default. I’ve noticed that there isn’t a widely available LXC container template for Debian Trixie yet. Since I wanted to begin testing some setups myself, I decided to create a Debian Trixie-based LXC template image that can be used on both Proxmox 8 and Proxmox 9 installations. This makes it easy to spin up containers running Debian 13 without having to build the template from scratch. If you’re curious about how your applications behave on the next major Debian release or if you’re planning future upgrades, this should save you some time and effort. To use .... [read more]

Proxmox Cloud Image and Bare-Metal Auto Installation Image

(2025-07-17):
Testing & Automating Proxmox Deployments Over the last few months, I’ve been asked quite a few times how I test my Ansible modules and ProxLB setup in an automated, reproducible way. Especially when working on new features or debugging something deeper, having a clean and quickly deployable Proxmox instance is incredibly useful. The same question often comes up in another form too: “How can I spin up Proxmox on a bare-metal machine without going through the ISO installer step by step?” or “Is there a Proxmox Cloud Image that I can just boot up like with Ubuntu or Debian?” Up until now, there hasn’t really been a good out-of-the-box solution for this: at least not one that is quick, reliable, and can be integrated easily into automation pipelines. That’s why I went ahead and built exactly that: a prebuilt, ready-to-use Proxmox 8.4 image for both bare-metal auto-installations and cloud environments .... [read more]

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