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+# fluencelabs.provider.vm_sandboxing
+
+Installs pre-requisites and bootstraps a VM for workload sandboxing purposes.
+
+## Usage
+
+See this [example](https://github.com/fluencelabs/ansible/blob/main/example/)
+
+## Role Variables
+
+See
+[defaults/](https://github.com/fluencelabs/ansible/blob/main/roles/vm_sandboxing/defaults)
+for details and examples.
+
+#### `vm_remote_host`
+
+- Host target to sent meta information on VM startup.
+- type: string
+- default:
+  ```yml
+  vm_libvirt_user: info-catcher.fluence.dev
+  ```
+
+#### `vm_name`
+
+- libvirt domain name
+- type: string
+- default:
+  ```yml
+  vm_name: sandbox
+  ```
+
+#### `vm_image_url`
+
+- QEMU image image URL to download
+- type: string
+
+#### `vm_image_local_path`
+
+- The image path to use bootstraping the VM
+- type: string
+
+#### `vm_libvirt_user`
+
+- default debian-based distros user for libvirt
+- type: string
+- default:
+  ```yml
+  vm_libvirt_user: libvirt-qemu
+  ```
+
+#### `vm_libvirt_group`
+
+- default debian-based distros group for libvirt
+- type: string
+- default:
+  ```yml
+  vm_libvirt_group: kvm
+  ```
+
+#### `vm_bridge_name`
+
+- default bridge interface name
+- type: string
+- default:
+  ```yml
+  vm_bridge_name: br422442
+  ```
+
+#### `vm_physical_iface`
+
+- Physical interface to put into the VM bridge (Must be set!)
+- type: string
+
+#### `vm_mac`
+
+- generated MAC address for the VM
+- type: string
+- default: autogenerated
+
+#### `vm_uuid`
+
+- generated UUID address for the VM
+- type: string
+- default: autogenerated
+
+#### `vm_ram`
+
+- generated UUID address for the VM
+- type: number
+- default:
+  ```yml
+  vm_ram: 1048576
+  ```
diff --git a/roles/vmsandboxing/defaults/main.yml b/roles/vmsandboxing/defaults/main.yml
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+vm_remote_host: info-catcher.fluence.dev
+vm_name: sandbox
+vm_image_url: https://fluence-os-images.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/sandbox/latest/image.qcow2
+vm_image_local_path: /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/images/{{ vm_name }}.qcow2
+vm_libvirt_user: libvirt-qemu
+vm_libvirt_group: kvm
+vm_bridge_name: br422442
+# vm_physical_iface: "dummy0"  # Physical network interface to be added to the bridge # TBD
+vm_mac: "{{ '52:54:00' | community.general.random_mac(seed=inventory_hostname) }}"
+vm_uuid: "{{ '123' | to_uuid }}"
+vm_ram: 1048576  # RAM size in KiB (1 GiB)
+
+vm_template: |
+  <domain type='kvm'>
+    <name>{{ vm_name }}</name>
+    <uuid>{{ vm_uuid }}</uuid>
+    <memory unit='KiB'>{{ vm_ram }}</memory>
+    <vcpu placement='static'>{{ vm_cores }}</vcpu>
+    <os>
+      <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.9'>hvm</type>
+      <boot dev='hd'/>
+    </os>
+    <devices>
+      <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+        <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+        <source file='{{ vm_image_local_path }}'/>
+        <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
+      </disk>
+      <interface type='bridge'>
+        <mac address='{{ vm_mac }}'/>
+        <source bridge='{{ bridge_name }}'/>
+        <model type='virtio'/>
+        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+      </interface>
+      <console type='pty'>
+        <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+      </console>
+    </devices>
+  </domain>
diff --git a/roles/vmsandboxing/handlers/main.yml b/roles/vmsandboxing/handlers/main.yml
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+handlers:
+  - name: restart libvirtd
+    service:
+      name: libvirtd
+      state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/vmsandboxing/meta/main.yml b/roles/vmsandboxing/meta/main.yml
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+galaxy_info:
+  namespace: fluencelabs
+  role_name: vm_sandboxing
+  license: Apache-2.0
+  author: Roman Nozdrin
+  description: Install and setup Fluence-specific VM sandboxing method
+  issue_tracker_url: https://github.com/fluencelabs/ansible/issues
+  min_ansible_version: "2.12"
+
+  platforms:
+    - name: Ubuntu
+      versions:
+        - jammy
+    - name: Debian
+      versions:
+        - bookworm
+
+  galaxy_tags:
+    - fluence
+    - web3
+
diff --git a/roles/vmsandboxing/tasks/00-preflight.yml b/roles/vmsandboxing/tasks/00-preflight.yml
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+- name: check "vm_remote_host" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_remote_host is defined
+      - vm_remote_host is string
+      - vm_remote_host | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_name" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_name is defined
+      - vm_name is string
+      - vm_name | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_image_url" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_image_url is defined
+      - vm_image_url is string
+      - vm_image_url | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_image_local_path" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_image_local_path is defined
+      - vm_image_local_path is string
+      - vm_image_local_path | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_libvirt_user" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_libvirt_user is defined
+      - vm_libvirt_user is string
+      - vm_libvirt_user | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_libvirt_group" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_libvirt_group is defined
+      - vm_libvirt_group is string
+      - vm_libvirt_group | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_bridge_name" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_bridge_name is defined
+      - vm_bridge_name is string
+      - vm_bridge_name | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_physical_iface" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_physical_iface is defined
+      - vm_physical_iface is string
+      - vm_physical_iface | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_mac" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_mac is defined
+      - vm_mac is string
+      - vm_mac | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_uuid" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_uuid is defined
+      - vm_uuid is string
+      - vm_uuid | length
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: check "vm_ram" variable
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_ram is defined
+      - vm_ram is string
+      - vm_ram | length
+    quiet: true
diff --git a/roles/vmsandboxing/tasks/01-bootstrap-vm.yml b/roles/vmsandboxing/tasks/01-bootstrap-vm.yml
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+  tasks:
+    - name: Call HTTP service at localhost
+      command: curl http://localhost:18080/peer_id
+      register: localhost_response
+
+    - name: Gather facts
+      setup:
+
+    - name: Set vm_cores to the number of logical cores
+      set_fact:
+        vm_cores: "{{ ansible_processor_vcpus - 4 }}"
+
+    - name: Install libvirt on Debian-based systems
+      apt:
+        name: libvirt-daemon-system
+        state: present
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+
+    - name: Install virsh on Debian-based systems
+      apt:
+        name: qemu-kvm
+        state: present
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+
+    - name: Install bridge-utils on Debian-based systems
+      apt:
+        name: bridge-utils
+        state: present
+      when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+
+    - name: Create bridge interface br422442
+      command: brctl addbr {{ vm_bridge_name }}
+      args:
+        creates: /sys/class/net/{{ vm_bridge_name }}
+
+    - name: Check if physical interface is part of the bridge
+      command: brctl show {{ vm_bridge_name }}
+      register: bridge_output
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Set fact if physical interface is not in bridge
+      set_fact:
+        iface_not_in_bridge: "{{ vm_physical_iface not in bridge_output.stdout }}"
+
+    - name: Add physical interface to the bridge if not already added
+      command: brctl addif {{ vm_bridge_name }} {{ vm_physical_iface }}
+      when: iface_not_in_bridge
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Bring up the bridge interface
+      command: ip link set {{ vm_bridge_name }} up
+      when: "bridge_name not in ansible_facts.interfaces"
+
+    - name: Bring up the physical interface
+      command: ip link set {{ vm_physical_iface }} up
+
+    - name: Download VM image
+      get_url:
+        url: "{{ vm_image_url }}"
+        dest: "{{ vm_image_local_path }}"
+        mode: '0644'
+        owner: "{{ vm_libvirt_user }}"
+        group: "{{ vm_libvirt_group }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure a simple VM is defined
+      community.libvirt.virt:
+        command: define
+        xml: "{{ vm_template }}"
+        autostart: true
+      notify: restart libvirtd
+
+    - name: Start the VM
+      community.libvirt.virt:
+        name: "{{ vm_name }}"
+        state: running
+
+    - name: Extract peer_id from JSON response
+      set_fact:
+        peer_id: "{{ (localhost_response.stdout | from_json).peer_id }}"
+
+    - name: Print peer_id
+      debug:
+        msg: "The peer_id is {{ peer_id }}"
+
+    - name: Call HTTP service on a remote host
+      command: curl -L http://{{ vm_remote_host }}/peer_id/?{{ peer_id }}
+      register: remotehost_response
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+- name: Preflight
+  tags: always
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 00-preflight.yml
+
+- name: Bootstrap VM
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 01-bootstrap-vm.yml