The Arch Linux cloud image ignores Proxmox's --ciuser/--cipassword
and the cloud-init chpasswd module depending on version. The previous
approach had three conflicting methods fighting each other.
Fixed by:
- Removed --ciuser/--cipassword from qm set (they conflict with snippet)
- Removed chpasswd cloud-init module (unreliable on Arch)
- Set users: [] to disable cloud-init's default user module
- ALL user setup now done via runcmd (runs as root, always works):
- Sets root password to 'darkforge' as fallback
- Creates darkforge user via useradd + chpasswd
- Grants passwordless sudo via /etc/sudoers.d/
- Enables PermitRootLogin yes as safety net
- Package install via explicit pacman commands instead of packages: module
(Arch cloud-init packages module can be unreliable)
- Added pacman-key --init/--populate before package install
Login credentials:
user: darkforge password: darkforge
user: root password: darkforge (fallback)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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