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>
Arch Linux cloud images disable SSH password authentication by default.
Added cloud-init directives to:
- Enable ssh_pwauth
- Set the darkforge user password via chpasswd (plaintext, non-expiring)
- Write /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/99-darkforge.conf enabling PasswordAuthentication
- Restart sshd after config is written
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tests now run inside a tmux session so you can disconnect and
reconnect without interrupting multi-hour test runs.
Changes:
- create-vm.sh: cloud-init no longer auto-runs tests, just provisions
packages and clones the repo. Installs a `darkforge-test` command
in /usr/local/bin that wraps run-in-vm.sh in tmux.
- run-in-vm.sh: detects when called as `darkforge-test` and re-execs
inside a tmux session named "darkforge". --tmux flag for internal use.
- README updated with tmux workflow (detach/reattach instructions).
Workflow:
ssh darkforge@<ip>
darkforge-test --quick # starts in tmux
Ctrl+B D # detach, go do other things
tmux attach -t darkforge # come back later
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
