diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..882c860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "ansible.python.interpreterPath": "/etc/profiles/per-user/nils/bin/python"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible/debian.yml b/ansible/debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2504044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Install Debian
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  roles:
+   - update
diff --git a/ansible/roles/update/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/update/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d8add8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/update/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- name: Update
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    update_cache: true
+- name: Upgrade
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    upgrade: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/create-vms.sh b/create-vm.sh
similarity index 71%
rename from create-vms.sh
rename to create-vm.sh
index faf9443..deec6f1 100755
--- a/create-vms.sh
+++ b/create-vm.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
-
 NAME="$1"
 
 mkdir -p tmp
@@ -33,11 +31,20 @@ virt-install -n "$NAME" \
     --import --disk "path=$DISK,bus=virtio" \
     --network network=default,model=virtio \
     --graphics=none --rng /dev/urandom \
-    "--cloud-init=user-data=$DIR/user-data,meta-data=$meta_data" \
+    "--cloud-init=user-data=user-data,meta-data=$meta_data" \
     --noautoconsole
 
 rm "$meta_data"
 
 echo "Successfully created $NAME"
 
-virsh domifaddr "$NAME"
+until virsh domifaddr "$NAME" | grep ipv4 >/dev/null; do
+    echo "waiting for VM to start up and get an IP"
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+ip=$(virsh domifaddr "$NAME" | grep ipv4 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1)
+
+echo "IP: $ip"
+
+echo "$ip" >> vm-state/inventory.ini
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc88fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+mkdir -p vm-state
+
+cat >vm-state/inventory-ini <<EOF
+[myhosts]
+EOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install-vms-ansible.sh b/install-vms-ansible.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff32a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-vms-ansible.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ansible-playbook -u chef -i vm-state/inventory.ini ansible/debian.yml 
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index a686082..dc7471a 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { } }: pkgs.mkShell {
-  packages = with pkgs; [ debootstrap ];
+  packages = with pkgs; [ debootstrap ansible ansible-lint ];
 }