[WIP] Implement proxmox qm remote connection plugin

tests/integration/targets/connection_proxmox_qm_remote/aliases

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+# Copyright (c) 2025 Nils Stein (@mietzen) <[email protected]>
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+azp/posix/3
+destructive
+needs/root
+needs/target/connection
+skip/docker
+skip/alpine
+skip/macos

tests/integration/targets/connection_proxmox_qm_remote/dependencies.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Nils Stein (@mietzen) <[email protected]>
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: true
+  serial: 1
+  tasks:
+    - name: Copy qm mock
+      copy:
+        src: files/qm
+        dest: /usr/sbin/qm
+        mode: '0755'
+    - name: Install paramiko
+      pip:
+        name: "paramiko>=3.0.0"

tests/integration/targets/connection_proxmox_qm_remote/files/qm

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Nils Stein (@mietzen) <[email protected]>
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Shell script to mock proxmox qm behaviour
+
+>&2 echo "[DEBUG] INPUT: $@"
+
+pwd="$(pwd)"
+
+# Get quoted parts and restore quotes
+declare -a cmd=()
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    if [[ $arg =~ [[:space:]] ]]; then
+        arg="'$arg'"
+    fi
+    cmd+=("$arg")
+done
+
+cmd="${cmd[@]:3}"
+vmid="${@:2:1}"
+>&2 echo "[INFO] MOCKING: qm ${@:1:3} ${cmd}"
+tmp_dir="/tmp/ansible-remote/proxmox_qm_remote/integration_test/vm_${vmid}"
+mkdir -p "$tmp_dir"
+>&2 echo "[INFO] PWD: $tmp_dir"
+>&2 echo "[INFO] CMD: ${cmd}"
+cd "$tmp_dir"
+
+eval "${cmd}"
+
+cd "$pwd"

tests/integration/targets/connection_proxmox_qm_remote/plugin-specific-tests.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- hosts: "{{ target_hosts }}"
+  gather_facts: false
+  serial: 1
+  tasks:
+    - name: create file without content
+      copy:
+        content: ""
+        dest: "{{ remote_tmp }}/test_empty.txt"
+        force: no
+        mode: '0644'
+
+    - name: assert file without content exists
+      stat:
+        path: "{{ remote_tmp }}/test_empty.txt"
+      register: empty_file_stat
+
+    - name: verify file without content exists
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - empty_file_stat.stat.exists
+        fail_msg: "The file {{ remote_tmp }}/test_empty.txt does not exist."
+
+    - name: verify file without content is empty
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - empty_file_stat.stat.size == 0
+        fail_msg: "The file {{ remote_tmp }}/test_empty.txt is not empty."

tests/integration/targets/connection_proxmox_qm_remote/runme.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Nils Stein (@mietzen) <[email protected]>
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+set -eux
+
+ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH=../ \
+    ansible-playbook dependencies.yml -v "$@"
+
+./test.sh "$@"
+
+ansible-playbook plugin-specific-tests.yml -i "./test_connection.inventory" \
+    -e target_hosts="proxmox_qm_remote" \
+    -e action_prefix= \
+    -e local_tmp=/tmp/ansible-local \
+    -e remote_tmp=/tmp/ansible-remote \
+    "$@"

tests/integration/targets/connection_proxmox_qm_remote/test.sh

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+../connection_posix/test.sh

tests/integration/targets/connection_proxmox_qm_remote/test_connection.inventory

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+# Copyright (c) 2025 Nils Stein (@mietzen) <[email protected]>
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+[proxmox_qm_remote]
+proxmox_qm_remote-pipelining    ansible_ssh_pipelining=true
+proxmox_qm_remote-no-pipelining ansible_ssh_pipelining=false
+[proxmox_qm_remote:vars]
+ansible_host=localhost
+ansible_user=root
+ansible_python_interpreter="{{ ansible_playbook_python }}"
+ansible_connection=community.proxmox.proxmox_qm_remote
+proxmox_vmid=123