Automation in Proxmox: Unattended installation and infrastructure as code based on the helper scripts

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First of all: @tteck , what a great job! Many thanks for that.

I run Proxmox as my homelab with two mini PCs, each containing three SSDs (NVME with Proxmox installation and two SATA SSDs as ZFS mirror) and a separate PBS (Proxmox Backup Server). My goals include high availability and the ability to restore data. So far everything has worked wonderfully, although I have no technical background.

I wonder if any of you have gone a step further and set up an unattended installation (infrastructure as code)? My understanding is that @tteck has already taken the first step in this direction with its help scripts. The individual containers or VMs are created in an automated way as far as possible. However, if the application already existed on another server (or the server or container was newly set up), the configuration and any data still have to be imported manually.

Do you think it would be useful to think about how to further automate this process in your own Homelab? This would increase the efficiency of recovery and reduce potential errors. I think this would be especially useful for non-technical users like me, although I don't know how to implement it just yet. It would be interesting to know if any of you already have experience or ideas in this direction. Let's have a discussion about it!