diff --git a/group_vars/proxmox.yml b/group_vars/proxmox.yml
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+---
+ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/install_proxmox.yml b/install_proxmox.yml
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+#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook
+---
+# install proxmox on top of debian 12 according to:
+# https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_12_Bookworm
+- name: Install + configure proxmox
+  hosts: proxmox
+  user: root
+  tasks:
+    - name: Fetch proxmox gpg key
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg
+        dest: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg
+        # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+        checksum: sha512:7da6fe34168adc6e479327ba517796d4702fa2f8b4f0a9833f5ea6e6b48f6507a6da403a274fe201595edc86a84463d50383d07f64bdde2e3658108db7d6dc87
+        # yamllint enable rule:line-length
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: "0644"
+    - name: Add Proxmox repository
+      ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
+        filename: proxmox
+        # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+        repo: deb [arch=amd64] http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription
+        # yamllint enable rule:line-length
+        state: present
+    - name: Upgrade
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        update_cache: true
+        upgrade: full
+    - name: Install proxmox kernel
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name: proxmox-default-kernel
+        state: present
+    - name: Inform the user to reboot if necessary
+      when: 'not "pve" in ansible_kernel'
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Need to reboot into PVE kernel!"
+    - name: Install packages which depend on pve kernel
+      when: '"pve" in ansible_kernel'
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name:
+          - chrony
+          - open-iscsi
+          - postfix
+          - proxmox-ve
+        state: present
+    - name: Remove debian packages
+      when: '"pve" in ansible_kernel'
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name:
+          - linux-image-amd64
+          - 'linux-image-6.1*'
+          - os-prober
+        state: absent
+    - name: Install misc useful packages
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name:
+          - btop
+          - htop
+          - ipmitool
+          - ncdu
+          - nut
+          - python3
+          - stress-ng
+          - tmux
+          - vim
+        state: present