3 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/roles/pve/defaults/main.yml b/roles/pve/defaults/main.yml
index c9047655..c2bca151 100644
--- a/roles/pve/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pve/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 pve_repo: "no-subscription"
 pve_admin_user: "admin"
 pve_admin_password: "changeme"
+pve_lvm_device: "/dev/sda4"
+pve_lvm_vg_name: "pve"
diff --git a/roles/pve/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/pve/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 195ca146..ab9f22c6 100644
--- a/roles/pve/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/pve/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ argument_specs:
         type: "str"
         description: "PVE realm admin password"
         default: "changeme"
+      pve_lvm_device:
+        type: "str"
+        description: "Block device for PVE LVM volume group (e.g. /dev/sda4)"
+        default: "/dev/sda4"
+      pve_lvm_vg_name:
+        type: "str"
+        description: "LVM volume group name — PVE auto-detects VG named 'pve' as local-lvm storage"
+        default: "pve"
diff --git a/roles/pve/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pve/tasks/main.yml
index 39998cb7..7a314325 100644
--- a/roles/pve/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pve/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@
       tags:
         - molecule-notest
 
-- name: "Set management IP in /etc/hosts for PVE cert generation"
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-    path: "/etc/hosts"
-    regexp: "^{{ network_ipv4_address }}"
-    line: "{{ network_ipv4_address }}  {{ ansible_facts['hostname'] }}"
-    state: present
-  notify: "Restart pveproxy"
-  tags:
-    # Since container doesn't have network ip address, skipping this test
-    - "molecule-notest"
-
 - name: "Create PVE admin user"
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.command:
@@ -73,6 +61,14 @@
   tags:
     - "molecule-notest"
 
+- name: "Create LVM volume group for PVE storage"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: "vgcreate {{ pve_lvm_vg_name }} {{ pve_lvm_device }}"
+    creates: "/dev/{{ pve_lvm_vg_name }}"
+  tags:
+    - "molecule-notest"
+
 - name: "Enable and start Proxmox VE services"
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.systemd_service: