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+- name: Create Proxmox template from Debian cloud image (no VM clone)
+  hosts: nodito
+  become: true
+  vars_files:
+    - ../../infra_vars.yml
+    - nodito_vars.yml
+
+  vars:
+    # Defaults (override via vars_files or --extra-vars as needed)
+    debian_cloud_image_url: "https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/trixie/20251006-2257/debian-13-genericcloud-amd64-20251006-2257.qcow2"
+    debian_cloud_image_filename: "debian-13-genericcloud-amd64-20251006-2257.qcow2"
+    debian_cloud_image_dest_dir: "/var/lib/vz/template/iso"
+    debian_cloud_image_dest_path: "{{ debian_cloud_image_dest_dir }}/{{ debian_cloud_image_filename }}"
+
+    proxmox_template_vmid: 9001
+    proxmox_template_name: "debian-13-cloud-init"
+    proxmox_template_memory_mb: 1024
+    proxmox_template_sockets: 1
+    proxmox_template_cores: 1
+    proxmox_template_bridge: "vmbr0"
+    proxmox_template_cpu_type: "host"
+    proxmox_template_disk_size_gb: 10
+
+    # Cloud-init defaults applied at template level (optional). You can override per-VM later.
+    proxmox_ciuser: "counterweight"            # Default login user to create; distro default may already exist
+    proxmox_sshkey_path: "/home/{{ new_user }}/.ssh/authorized_keys"  # Path to pubkey file for cloud-init injection
+    proxmox_ci_upgrade: true             # If true, run package upgrade on first boot
+
+    # Storage to import disk into; use existing storage like local-lvm or your ZFS pool name
+    proxmox_image_storage: "{{ zfs_pool_name }}"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Verify Proxmox VE is running
+      command: pveversion
+      register: pve_version_check
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: pve_version_check.rc != 0
+
+    
+
+    - name: Ensure destination directory exists for cloud image
+      file:
+        path: "{{ debian_cloud_image_dest_dir }}"
+        state: directory
+        mode: '0755'
+
+    - name: Check if Debian cloud image already present
+      stat:
+        path: "{{ debian_cloud_image_dest_path }}"
+      register: debian_image_stat
+
+    - name: Download Debian cloud image (qcow2)
+      get_url:
+        url: "{{ debian_cloud_image_url }}"
+        dest: "{{ debian_cloud_image_dest_path }}"
+        mode: '0644'
+        force: false
+      when: not debian_image_stat.stat.exists
+
+    - name: Check if VMID already exists
+      command: qm config {{ proxmox_template_vmid }}
+      register: vmid_config_check
+      failed_when: false
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Determine if VM is already a template
+      set_fact:
+        vm_already_template: "{{ 'template: 1' in vmid_config_check.stdout }}"
+      when: vmid_config_check.rc == 0
+
+    - name: Create base VM for template (no disk yet)
+      command: >
+        qm create {{ proxmox_template_vmid }}
+        --name {{ proxmox_template_name }}
+        --numa 0 --ostype l26
+        --cpu cputype={{ proxmox_template_cpu_type }}
+        --cores {{ proxmox_template_cores }}
+        --sockets {{ proxmox_template_sockets }}
+        --memory {{ proxmox_template_memory_mb }}
+        --net0 virtio,bridge={{ proxmox_template_bridge }}
+      when:
+        - vmid_config_check.rc != 0
+
+    - name: Import Debian cloud image as disk to storage
+      command: >
+        qm importdisk {{ proxmox_template_vmid }}
+        {{ debian_cloud_image_dest_path }}
+        {{ proxmox_image_storage }}
+      register: importdisk_result
+      changed_when: '"Successfully imported disk" in importdisk_result.stdout'
+      when:
+        - vmid_config_check.rc != 0 or not vm_already_template
+
+    - name: Build consolidated qm set argument list (simplified)
+      set_fact:
+        qm_set_args: >-
+          {{
+            [
+              '--scsihw virtio-scsi-pci',
+              '--scsi0 ' ~ proxmox_image_storage ~ ':vm-' ~ proxmox_template_vmid ~ '-disk-0',
+              '--ide2 ' ~ proxmox_image_storage ~ ':cloudinit',
+              '--ipconfig0 ip=dhcp',
+              '--boot c',
+              '--bootdisk scsi0',
+              '--serial0 socket',
+              '--vga serial0',
+              '--agent enabled=1',
+              '--ciuser ' ~ proxmox_ciuser,
+              '--sshkey ' ~ proxmox_sshkey_path
+            ]
+            + (proxmox_ci_upgrade | bool
+               | ternary(['--ciupgrade 1'], []))
+          }}
+      when:
+        - vmid_config_check.rc != 0 or not vm_already_template
+
+    - name: Apply consolidated qm set
+      command: >
+        qm set {{ proxmox_template_vmid }} {{ qm_set_args | join(' ') }}
+      when:
+        - vmid_config_check.rc != 0 or not vm_already_template
+
+    - name: Resize primary disk to requested size
+      command: >
+        qm resize {{ proxmox_template_vmid }} scsi0 {{ proxmox_template_disk_size_gb }}G
+      when:
+        - vmid_config_check.rc != 0 or not vm_already_template
+
+    - name: Convert VM to template
+      command: qm template {{ proxmox_template_vmid }}
+      when:
+        - vmid_config_check.rc == 0 and not vm_already_template or vmid_config_check.rc != 0
+
+    - name: Show resulting template configuration
+      command: qm config {{ proxmox_template_vmid }}
+      register: final_template_config
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Debug final template config
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ final_template_config.stdout }}"
+