diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e84c4d..53a9785 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ override.tf.json
 # Ignore CLI configuration files
 .terraformrc
 terraform.rc
+
+# custom files
 proxmox_vm_module/cloud-inits/*.yml
-scripts/**
 terraform-plugin-proxmox.log
 inventory.yaml
diff --git a/scripts/cloud-init-qemu.sh b/scripts/cloud-init-qemu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fcc06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cloud-init-qemu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Stop on undefined variables
+set -u
+
+# Configuration
+VM_ID=8001
+VM_NAME="ubuntu-2204-cloudinit-template"
+STORAGE_NAME="local"
+IMAGE_URL="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+IMAGE_PATH="/var/lib/vz/template/iso/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+CLOUD_INIT_USER="localadmin "
+CLOUD_INIT_PASSWORD="hackme123" # Replace with your actual password
+GITHUB_USER="user" # Replace with desired GitHub username
+NETWORK_BRIDGE="vmbr1" # Replace with your network bridge
+
+# Function to download SSH keys from GitHub
+download_github_keys() {
+    local github_user=$1
+    local keys_url="https://github.com/${github_user}.keys"
+    wget -q -O - "$keys_url"
+}
+
+# Download and resize the Ubuntu image
+if [ ! -f "$IMAGE_PATH" ]; then
+    wget -q "$IMAGE_URL" -O "$IMAGE_PATH"
+    qemu-img resize "$IMAGE_PATH" 32G
+fi
+
+# Check if the VM ID is already in use
+if qm list | grep -q " $VM_ID "; then
+    echo "Error: VM ID $VM_ID is already in use."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create a new VM
+qm create $VM_ID --name "$VM_NAME" --ostype l26 \
+    --memory 1024 \
+    --agent 1 \
+    --bios ovmf --machine q35 --efidisk0 $STORAGE_NAME:0,pre-enrolled-keys=0 \
+    --cpu host --socket 1 --cores 1 \
+    --vga serial0 --serial0 socket  \
+    --net0 virtio,bridge=$NETWORK_BRIDGE
+
+# Import the downloaded image to Proxmox storage
+qm importdisk $VM_ID "$IMAGE_PATH" $STORAGE_NAME
+
+# Configure hardware settings
+qm set $VM_ID --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci --virtio0 $STORAGE_NAME:$VM_ID/vm-$VM_ID-disk-1.raw,discard=on
+qm set $VM_ID --boot order=virtio0
+qm set $VM_ID --ide2 $STORAGE_NAME:cloudinit
+
+# Create vendor.yaml for CloudInit
+cat << EOF | sudo tee /var/lib/vz/snippets/vendor.yaml
+#cloud-config
+users:
+  - name: smerlos
+    gecos: smerlos
+    groups: sudo, users, admin
+    shell: /bin/bash
+    sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"]
+    ssh_import_id:
+      - gh:smerlos
+system_info:
+  default_user:
+    name: hack-me
+    lock_passwd: false
+    sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"]
+random_seed:
+  file: /dev/urandom
+  command: ["pollinate", "-r", "-s", "https://entropy.ubuntu.com"]
+  command_required: true
+package_upgrade: true
+packages:
+  - open-vm-tools
+  - build-essential
+  - python3-pip
+  - python3
+  - vim
+  - screen
+  - apt-transport-https
+  - ca-certificates
+  - curl
+  - wget
+  - git
+  - ack-grep
+  - open-iscsi
+  - ifupdown
+  - resolvconf
+  - qemu-guest-agent
+runcmd:
+  - apt update
+  - apt upgrade -y
+  - apt install -f -y
+  - apt full-upgrade  -y
+  - apt-get -y dist-upgrade -y
+  - apt autoremove  -y
+  - systemctl start qemu-guest-agent
+power_state:
+  timeout: 5
+  mode: reboot
+EOF
+
+# Configuring CloudInit
+qm set $VM_ID --cicustom "vendor=local:snippets/vendor.yaml,user=local:snippets/vendor.yaml,meta=local:snippets/vendor.yaml"
+qm set $VM_ID --tags ubuntu-template,22.04,cloudinit
+
+qm set $VM_ID --ipconfig0 ip=dhcp
+
+# Convert the VM into a template
+qm template $VM_ID
+
+echo "Template $VM_NAME created successfully."