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Steps for preparing an OpenSUSE 15.6 VM created from the official cloud images for Ansible management.

## VM Preparation

### DNS Config

Use `yast` or edit `/etc/sysconfig/network/config` to set the DNS-server

> [OpenSUSE Documentation](https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Configure_DNS)

### Python

A new Python version is required, install `python312` using `zypper`

### Guest Tools

Mount the guest-tools ISO  
Run the install script with `./install.sh -m sles -d 15`

## Generic Ansible preparation

1. Generate a Yggdrasil private key
2. Create VM in Netbox