diff --git a/playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml b/playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml
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+---
+- name: Deploy a virtual machine from a cloud init image
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  roles:
+    - ../roles/basic_proxmox_vm
+
+- name: Basic Proxmox guest deployment
+  hosts: all
+  remote_user: ansible
+  roles:
+    - ../roles/basic_postinstall
+  vars_files:
+    ../inventory/group_vars/all/secrets.yaml
+  vars:
+    ansible_user_passwd_hash: "{{ ansible_password | password_hash('sha512', 's3edscrj45e6r') }}"
+    user_passwd_hash: "{{ user_password | password_hash('sha512', 's3ed6123jhgcr') }}"
+
+  handlers:
+    - name: restart ssh-server
+      service:
+        name: ssh
+        state: restarted
+    
+    - name: restart sshd-server
+      service:
+        name: sshd
+        state: restarted
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diff --git a/roles/basic_proxmox_vm/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/basic_proxmox_vm/tasks/main.yaml
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+---
+- name: Create a new VM with minimal options
+  become: false
+  community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
+    validate_certs: false
+    node: proxmox-server
+    api_user: root@pam
+    api_host: 192.168.0.2
+    api_token_id: ansible
+    api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_token_secret }}"
+
+    clone: debian-13-cloud-init-template
+    newid: 1041
+    name: ansible-ci-test
+    storage: main
+    format: qcow2
+    full: true
+    timeout: 500
+
+- name: Tweak the hardware settings
+  become: false
+  community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
+    validate_certs: false
+    node: proxmox-server
+    api_user: root@pam
+    api_host: 192.168.0.2
+    api_token_id: ansible
+    api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_token_secret }}"
+
+    vmid: 1041
+    cores: 4
+    memory: 4096 # Minimal value for debian based OS for smooth workflow
+    update: true
+
+- name: Make sure the VM has started
+  become: false
+  community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
+    validate_certs: false
+    node: proxmox-server
+    api_user: root@pam
+    api_host: 192.168.0.2
+    api_token_id: ansible
+    api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_token_secret }}"
+
+    vmid: 1041
+    state: started
+
+- name: Sleep for 3 minutes to ensure that cloud-init's done its thing
+  become: false
+  ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+    timeout: 180
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  changed_when: false