diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+**/hv.vcenter.yaml
+**/ova.bootstrap.yaml
+**/pb.secrets.yaml
+**/pwdfile
diff --git a/deployment/playbook.yml b/deployment/playbook.yml
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+- hosts: localhost
+  vars_files:
+    - vars/ova.bootstrap.yaml
+    - vars/hv.vcenter.yaml
+    - vars/pb.secrets.yaml
+  tasks:
+
+  - name: Deploy VM from OVA-template
+    community.vmware.vmware_deploy_ovf:
+      hostname: "{{ hv.hostname }}"
+      username: "{{ hv.username }}"
+      password: "{{ secrets.hv.password }}"
+      validate_certs: no
+      datacenter: "{{ hv.datacenter }}"
+      folder: "{{ hv.folder }}"
+      cluster: "{{ hv.cluster }}"
+      name: airgapped-k8s-meta1
+      datastore: "{{ hv.datastore }}"
+      disk_provisioning: thin
+      networks:
+        "LAN": "{{ hv.network }}"
+      power_on: yes
+      ovf: "{{ appliance.path }}/{{ appliance.filename }}"
+      deployment_option: cp1w1ws0
+      properties:
+        metacluster.fqdn: k8s.lab
+        metacluster.vip: 192.168.154.125
+        metacluster.token: "{{ secrets.appliance.installtoken }}"
+        # guestinfo.hostname: _default
+        metacluster.password: "{{ secrets.appliance.password }}"
+        guestinfo.ipaddress: 192.168.154.126
+        guestinfo.prefixlength: '24'
+        guestinfo.dnsserver: 192.168.154.225
+        guestinfo.gateway: 192.168.154.1
+        # workloadcluster.name: _default
+        workloadcluster.vip: 192.168.154.130
+        ippool.startip: 192.168.154.135
+        ippool.endip: 192.168.154.140
+        workloadcluster.nodetemplate: ubuntu-2204-kube-v1.30.0
+        workloadcluster.nodesize: small
+        # workloadcluster.additionaldisk: '75'
+        guestinfo.rootsshkey: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAiRc7Og+cRJGFwdUzgpX9YqvVenTk54N4kqM7emEfYHdsJLMjKQyxr8hklHmsam5dzxx3itFzc6SLf/ldJJ2JZuzE5FiCqUXXv4UFwN6HF5xqn7PTLicvWZH93H4m1gOlD5Dfzi4Es34v5zRBwbMScOgekk/LweTgl35jGKDgMP5DjGTqkPf7Ndh9+iuQrz99JEr8egl3bj+jIlKjScfaQbbnu3AJIRwZwTKgw0AOkLliQdEPNLvG5/ZImxJG4oHV9/uNkfdJObLjT1plR1HbVNskV5fuRNE/vnUiWl9jAJ1RT83GOqV0sQ+Q7p214fkgqb3JPvci/s0Bb7RA85hBEQ== bessems.eu
+        hv.fqdn: "{{ hv.hostname }}"
+        hv.username: "{{ hv.username }}"
+        hv.password: "{{ secrets.hv.password }}"
+        ldap.fqdn: _unused
+        ldap.dn: _unused
+        ldap.password: _unused
diff --git a/deployment/requirements.yaml b/deployment/requirements.yaml
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+collections:
+# - ansible.posix
+# - ansible.utils
+# - community.general
+- community.vmware