diff --git a/build_rocky8.sh b/build_rocky8.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5e7855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_rocky8.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+packer build \
+  -var proxmox_node=hp-desktop \
+  -var proxmox_username="root@pam" \
+  -var proxmox_password=password \
+  -var proxmox_url=https://192.168.0.1:8006/api2/json \
diff --git a/rocky8/inst.ks b/rocky8/inst.ks
index 56ad346..aa5ea3a 100644
--- a/rocky8/inst.ks
+++ b/rocky8/inst.ks
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ network  --bootproto=dhcp --ipv6=auto --activate
 network  --hostname=localhost.localdomain
 repo --name="AppStream" --baseurl=file:///run/install/repo/AppStream
 # Root password
-rootpw Packer
+rootpw $6$iURlXPBRzfcBcMll$kvHvSzFZK9NCauVwgJT.hpZF.0b4V4nqcb1Vj237QkP5JwgonFwrUwySCskth5T5hNjmsXqxuzlX.2G53eIc21 --iscrypted
 # Run the Setup Agent on first boot
 firstboot --disabled
 # Do not configure the X Window System
diff --git a/rocky8/packer.json.pkr.hcl b/rocky8/packer.json.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..face18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rocky8/packer.json.pkr.hcl
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+
+variable "centos_image" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "Rocky-8.7-x86_64-dvd1.iso"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_iso_pool" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "vmdata1_nas_nfs:iso"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_node" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "pve1"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_password" {
+  type    = string
+  default = ""
+}
+
+variable "vm_password" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "" 
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_storage_format" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "qcow2"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_storage_pool" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "vmdata1_nas_nfs"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_storage_pool_type" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "directory"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_url" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "https://192.168.1.51:8006/api2/json"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_username" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "root@pam"
+}
+
+variable "template_description" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "Rocky Linux 8 Template"
+}
+
+variable "template_name" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "RockyLinux8Template"
+}
+
+variable "version" {
+  type    = string
+  default = ""
+}
+
+source "proxmox" "autogenerated_1" {
+  boot_command = ["<tab> text inst.ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/inst.ks<enter><wait>"]
+  boot_wait    = "10s"
+  cores        = "2"
+  disks {
+    disk_size         = "8G"
+    format            = "${var.proxmox_storage_format}"
+    storage_pool      = "${var.proxmox_storage_pool}"
+    storage_pool_type = "${var.proxmox_storage_pool_type}"
+    type              = "scsi"
+  }
+  http_directory           = "rocky8"
+  insecure_skip_tls_verify = true
+  iso_file                 = "${var.proxmox_iso_pool}/${var.centos_image}"
+  memory                   = "2048"
+  network_adapters {
+    bridge    = "vmbr1"
+    vlan_tag  = "20"
+    model     = "virtio"
+    firewall  = false
+  }
+  node                 = "${var.proxmox_node}"
+  os                   = "l26"
+  password             = "${var.proxmox_password}"
+  proxmox_url          = "${var.proxmox_url}"
+  scsi_controller      = "virtio-scsi-single"
+  ssh_password         = "${var.vm_password}"
+  ssh_port             = 22
+  ssh_timeout          = "30m"
+  ssh_username         = "root"
+  template_description = "${var.template_description}"
+  template_name        = "${var.template_name}"
+  unmount_iso          = true
+  username             = "${var.proxmox_username}"
+  vm_id                = 517
+}
+
+build {
+  sources = ["source.proxmox.autogenerated_1"]
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = ["yum install -y cloud-init qemu-guest-agent cloud-utils-growpart gdisk", "shred -u /etc/ssh/*_key /etc/ssh/*_key.pub", "rm -f /var/run/utmp", ">/var/log/lastlog", ">/var/log/wtmp", ">/var/log/btmp", "rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/*", "unset HISTFILE; rm -rf /home/*/.*history /root/.*history", "rm -f /root/*ks", "passwd -d root", "passwd -l root"]
+    only   = ["proxmox"]
+  }
+
+}