===== Infrastructure Upgrades =====

==== Upgrade Unraid to 7.2.6 ====
  * Security patches and new features
  * **Completed 05/09/2026**

==== Unraid Cache Drive Upgrades ====
  * SpaceInvader One [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXF8au5o9Tw|video]] on the topic
  * **Completed 05/23/2026**

==== VM Upgrades/Migrations ====
  * **Ongoing**
  * Goal: Upgrade Ubuntu 22 VMs to 24 **-or-** migrate to a different distribution (i.e. Debian)
  * Currently working on automated provisioning of Debian VMs via "cloud-init"

==== New Ansible Control Node ====
  * Tests can be run on a temporary VM, but permanent VM will reside on Unraid and is dependent upon the cache drive upgrades
  * OS to be determined; preference is to see if Debian is workable
  * This will also facilitate deployment of a newer version of Ansible

Install prereqs
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install -y python3-full python3-pip pipx sshpass

As the user who will run Ansible, do the following:

Ensure the pipx path exists
  pipx ensurepath

Install Ansible
  pipx install --include-deps ansible==13.6.0
  
==== Upgrade Proxmox to 9.x ====
  * Support for 8.x ends on 08/31/2026  
  * **Completed 08/13/2026**