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proxmox: add VM automation with OpenTofu and Ansible

Add automated workflow for building and deploying NixOS VMs on Proxmox including template2 host configuration, Ansible playbook for image building/deployment, and OpenTofu configuration for VM provisioning with cloud-init.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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main.tf

proxmox: add VM automation with OpenTofu and Ansible

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README.md

proxmox: add VM automation with OpenTofu and Ansible

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terraform.tfvars.example

proxmox: add VM automation with OpenTofu and Ansible

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variables.tf

proxmox: add VM automation with OpenTofu and Ansible

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vm.tf

proxmox: add VM automation with OpenTofu and Ansible

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README.md

OpenTofu Configuration for Proxmox

This directory contains OpenTofu configuration for managing Proxmox VMs.

Setup

Create a Proxmox API token:
- Log into Proxmox web UI
- Go to Datacenter → Permissions → API Tokens
- Click Add
- User: root@pam, Token ID: terraform
- Uncheck "Privilege Separation"
- Save the token secret (shown only once)

Configure credentials:

cd terraform
cp terraform.tfvars.example terraform.tfvars
# Edit terraform.tfvars with your Proxmox details

Initialize OpenTofu:
```
tofu init
```
Test connection:
```
tofu plan
```

Files

main.tf - Provider configuration and test data source
variables.tf - Variable definitions
terraform.tfvars.example - Example credentials file
terraform.tfvars - Your actual credentials (gitignored)