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+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    proxmox = {
+      source = "bpg/proxmox"
+      version = "0.97.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+provider "proxmox" {
+  endpoint = var.virtual_environment_endpoint
+  username = var.virtual_environment_username
+  password = var.virtual_environment_password
+  insecure = true
+  ssh {
+    agent = true
+  }
+}
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