mongodb, paperless-gpt: accept yes as well as y

install: answer every prompt from the environment, survive a closed stdin
Every interactive prompt takes a var_<app>_<name> override and treats a closed stdin like Enter (`|| true`), so an install keeps going after the console that started it is gone. Values the script cannot do without end with exit 64 and name the variable to set. Validation loops stop asking when nobody can answer instead of spinning on an empty read.
2026-10-23 19:55:05 +00:00 · 2026-10-23 20:50:49 +02:00 · 2026-10-23 20:44:37 +02:00 · 2026-10-23 13:50:36 +00:00 · 2026-10-23 13:50:10 +00:00 · 2026-10-23 15:50:05 +02:00
76 changed files with 506 additions and 709 deletions
@@ -567,9 +567,40 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit

 ## 2026-10-23

+### 🚀 Updated Scripts
+
+  - postgresql: default the version prompt and match Alpine's packages [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18093](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18093))
+- Storyteller: build the runtime like upstream's Dockerfile [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18083](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18083))
+
+  - #### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+    - proxcenter: skip the type check and lower the build heap [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18090](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18090))
+    - hermesagent: retry the installer download, fall back to GitHub [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18091](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18091))
+    - zabbix: use the arm64 repository for 7.0 [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18089](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18089))
+    - kasm: survive a failed release lookup and answer the installer with flags [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18092](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18092))
+
+  - #### ✨ New Features
+
+    - InvoiceShelf: run the Laravel scheduler [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18079](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18079))
+
+  - #### 🔧 Refactor
+
+    - podman-homeassistant: require Debian 13 [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18095](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18095))
+    - apache-guacamole: require Debian 13 [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18094](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18094))
+    - unifi-os-server: require Debian 13 [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18096](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18096))
+    - openwebui: drop the Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18098](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18098))
+    - ollama: drop the Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18097](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18097))
+    - tdarr: do not let a failed or slow updater block the service start [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18100](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18100))
+    - immich: install mise from its GitHub release, retry jellyfin-ffmpeg, default the ML prompt [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18099](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18099))
+    - Refactor: pimox-haos-vm [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18077](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18077))
+
 ### 💾 Core

-  - error output: report a failure inside a subshell once [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#162](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/162))
+  - Telemetry: explain and categorize by the command that failed [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#166](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/166))
+- error-handler: report a handled silent failure only on its own line [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#165](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/165))
+- VM silent: return the failure instead of exiting [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#164](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/164))
+- error-handler: keep the start explanation and the final IP lookup from failing the run [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#163](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/163))
+- error output: report a failure inside a subshell once [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#162](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/162))
 - general: allow Composer as root in every script [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#161](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/161))
 - lxc-updater: skip the resource check when the container cannot read its RAM [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#160](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/160))
 - vm-core: let vm_timezone_default survive a host without /etc/timezone [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#159](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/159))
@@ -65,12 +65,10 @@ EOF
    msg_ok "Installed/upgraded Testing repo packages"
  fi

-  if [[ ! -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mise.list ]]; then
-    msg_info "Installing Mise"
-    curl -fSs https://mise.jdx.dev/gpg-key.pub | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.pub 1>/dev/null
-    echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.pub arch=$(arch_resolve)] https://mise.jdx.dev/deb stable main" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mise.list
-    ensure_dependencies mise
-    msg_ok "Installed Mise"
+  if ! command -v mise >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    MISE_ARCH="x64"
+    [[ "$(arch_resolve)" == "arm64" ]] && MISE_ARCH="arm64"
+    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mise" "jdx/mise" "singlefile" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" "mise-v*-linux-${MISE_ARCH}"
  fi

  STAGING_DIR=/opt/staging
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ function update_script() {
    exit
  fi

+  if [[ ! -f /etc/cron.d/invoiceshelf ]]; then
+    msg_info "Adding the Laravel scheduler"
+    cat <<'EOF' >/etc/cron.d/invoiceshelf
+* * * * * www-data cd /opt/invoiceshelf && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
+EOF
+    msg_ok "Added the Laravel scheduler"
+  fi
+
  if check_for_gh_release "invoiceshelf" "InvoiceShelf/InvoiceShelf"; then
    msg_info "Stopping Services"
    systemctl stop caddy
@@ -31,42 +31,75 @@ function update_script() {
    exit
  fi

-  NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="corepack,yarn" setup_nodejs
+  NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="corepack" setup_nodejs

  if check_for_gl_release "storyteller" "storyteller-platform/storyteller" "" "" "web-v2"; then
    msg_info "Stopping Service"
    systemctl stop storyteller
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

+    ensure_dependencies cmake argon2 libcurl4t64 libxml2
+    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "readium" "readium/cli" "prebuild" "v0.9.1" "/opt/readium" "readium_linux_$(arch_resolve "x86_64" "arm64").tar.gz"
+
    create_backup /opt/storyteller/.env
-
-    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gl_release "storyteller" "storyteller-platform/storyteller" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/storyteller" "" "web-v2"
-
+    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 CLEAN_INSTALL_KEEP="data" fetch_and_deploy_gl_release "storyteller" "storyteller-platform/storyteller" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/storyteller" "" "web-v2"
    restore_backup

-    msg_info "Rebuilding Storyteller"
+    msg_info "Building Storyteller (Patience)"
    cd /opt/storyteller
-    export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"
-
-    $STD corepack yarn install --network-timeout 600000
-    $STD gcc -g -fPIC -rdynamic -shared web/sqlite/uuid.c -o web/sqlite/uuid.c.so
-    export CI=1
+    $STD corepack yarn install
    export NODE_ENV=production
    export NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
    export SQLITE_NATIVE_BINDING=/opt/storyteller/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node
    $STD corepack yarn workspaces foreach -Rpt --from @storyteller-platform/web --exclude @storyteller-platform/eslint run build
-    mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/.next/static
-    cp -rT /opt/storyteller/web/.next/static /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/.next/static
-    if [[ -d /opt/storyteller/web/public ]]; then
-      mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/public
-      cp -rT /opt/storyteller/web/public /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/public
+    STANDALONE=/opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone
+    WEB_DIR="$STANDALONE/applications/web"
+    mkdir -p "$WEB_DIR"/{public,.next/static,.next/cache,migrations,sqlite,scripts}
+    cp -rT applications/web/public "$WEB_DIR/public"
+    cp -rT applications/web/.next/static "$WEB_DIR/.next/static"
+    cp -rT applications/web/migrations "$WEB_DIR/migrations"
+    cp applications/web/sqlite/uuid.c.so "$WEB_DIR/sqlite/"
+    cp docker-scripts/reset-password.sh "$WEB_DIR/scripts/"
+    cp -r applications/web/work-dist applications/web/file-write-dist "$WEB_DIR/"
+    mkdir -p "$WEB_DIR/work-dist/@storyteller-platform/align/prebuilds"
+    cp -r "libraries/align/prebuilds/linux-$(arch_resolve "x64" "arm64")" "$WEB_DIR/work-dist/@storyteller-platform/align/prebuilds/"
+    cp node_modules/@echogarden/icu-segmentation-wasm/wasm/*.wasm "$WEB_DIR/work-dist/"
+    cp -rT node_modules/@parcel "$STANDALONE/node_modules/@parcel"
+    cp -rT node_modules/kuromoji "$STANDALONE/node_modules/kuromoji"
+    ln -sf /opt/storyteller/.env "$WEB_DIR/.env"
+    msg_ok "Built Storyteller"
+
+    msg_info "Updating Whisper"
+    WHISPER_VARIANT="linux-$(arch_resolve "x64" "arm64")-cpu"
+    $STD node /opt/storyteller/libraries/ghost-story/dist/cli/bin.js install binary "$WHISPER_VARIANT"
+    $STD node /opt/storyteller/libraries/ghost-story/dist/cli/bin.js install model tiny.en
+    if [[ "$WHISPER_VARIANT" == "linux-x64-cpu" ]]; then
+      $STD node /opt/storyteller/libraries/ghost-story/dist/cli/bin.js install binary linux-x64-cpu-legacy
    fi
-    mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/migrations
-    cp -rT /opt/storyteller/web/migrations /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/migrations
-    mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/sqlite
-    cp -rT /opt/storyteller/web/sqlite /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/sqlite
-    ln -sf /opt/storyteller/.env /opt/storyteller/web/.next/standalone/web/.env
-    msg_ok "Rebuilt Storyteller"
+    msg_ok "Updated Whisper"
+
+    cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/storyteller.service
+[Unit]
+Description=Storyteller
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=root
+WorkingDirectory=${WEB_DIR}
+EnvironmentFile=/opt/storyteller/.env
+Environment=SQLITE_NATIVE_BINDING=${STANDALONE}/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node
+Environment=ERROR_ALIGN_NATIVE_BINDING=${WEB_DIR}/work-dist/@storyteller-platform/align/
+Environment=STORYTELLER_WORKER=worker.mjs
+Environment=STORYTELLER_FILE_WRITE_WORKER=fileWriteWorker.mjs
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/node --enable-source-maps server.js
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+    systemctl daemon-reload

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start storyteller
@@ -75,7 +108,6 @@ function update_script() {
  fi
  exit
 }
-
 start
 build_container
 description
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ function update_script() {
  rm -Rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbix.list
  cd /tmp

+  ZABBIX_REPO_DIR="debian"
+  [[ "$ZABBIX_VERSION" == "7.0" && "$(arch_resolve)" == "arm64" ]] && ZABBIX_REPO_DIR="debian-arm64"
  if [[ "$ZABBIX_VERSION" == "7.0" ]]; then
-    ZABBIX_DEB_URL="https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/${ZABBIX_VERSION}/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest_${ZABBIX_VERSION}+debian13_all.deb"
+    ZABBIX_DEB_URL="https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/${ZABBIX_VERSION}/${ZABBIX_REPO_DIR}/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest_${ZABBIX_VERSION}+debian13_all.deb"
    ZABBIX_DEB_FILE="zabbix-release_latest_${ZABBIX_VERSION}+debian13_all.deb"
  else
    ZABBIX_DEB_URL="https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/${ZABBIX_VERSION}/release/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest+debian13_all.deb"
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

+if is_debian && [[ "$(get_os_version_major)" -lt 13 ]]; then
+  msg_error "Apache Guacamole needs Debian 13: freerdp3-dev is not available on Debian 12."
+  exit 238
+fi
+
 msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
 $STD apt install -y \
  build-essential \
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Which Tomcat version would you like to install? (9, 10.1, 11): " version
+version="${var_apache_tomcat_version:-}"
+[[ -n "$version" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Which Tomcat version would you like to install? (9, 10.1, 11): " version || true
+jdk_version="${var_apache_tomcat_jdk_version:-}"
 case $version in
 9)
  TOMCAT_VERSION="9"
  echo "Which LTS Java version would you like to use? (8, 11, 17, 21): "
-  read -r jdk_version
+  [[ -n "$jdk_version" ]] || read -r jdk_version || true
  case $jdk_version in
  8 | 11 | 17 | 21)
    JAVA_VERSION="$jdk_version" setup_java
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ case $version in
 10 | 10.1)
  TOMCAT_VERSION="10"
  echo "Which LTS Java version would you like to use? (11, 17, 21): "
-  read -r jdk_version
+  [[ -n "$jdk_version" ]] || read -r jdk_version || true
  case $jdk_version in
  11 | 17 | 21)
    JAVA_VERSION="$jdk_version" setup_java
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ case $version in
 11)
  TOMCAT_VERSION="11"
  echo "Which LTS Java version would you like to use? (17, 21): "
-  read -r jdk_version
+  [[ -n "$jdk_version" ]] || read -r jdk_version || true
  case $jdk_version in
  17 | 21)
    JAVA_VERSION="$jdk_version" setup_java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $STD apt install -y aria2
 msg_ok "Installed Aria2"

 prompt="${var_aria2_ariang:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add AriaNG? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add AriaNG? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
  $STD apt install -y nginx
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Choose Asterisk version to install:
 2) Latest LTS ($LTS_VERSION)
 3) Latest Certified ($CERT_VERSION)
 EOF
-read -rp "Enter choice [1-3]: " ASTERISK_CHOICE
+ASTERISK_CHOICE="${var_asterisk_version:-}"
+[[ -n "$ASTERISK_CHOICE" ]] || read -rp "Enter choice [1-3]: " ASTERISK_CHOICE || true

 CERTIFIED=0
 case "$ASTERISK_CHOICE" in
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "authelia" "authelia/authelia" "binary"

 MAX_ATTEMPTS=3
 attempt=0
+DOMAIN="${var_authelia_domain:-}"
 while true; do
  attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your domain or IP (ex. example.com or 192.168.1.100): " DOMAIN
+  [[ -n "$DOMAIN" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your domain or IP (ex. example.com or 192.168.1.100): " DOMAIN || true
  if [[ -z "$DOMAIN" ]]; then
    if ((attempt >= MAX_ATTEMPTS)); then
      DOMAIN="${LOCAL_IP:-localhost}"
@@ -40,11 +41,13 @@ while true; do
      break
    else
      msg_warn "Invalid IP address!"
+      DOMAIN=""
    fi
  elif [[ "$DOMAIN" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$ ]]; then
    break
  else
    msg_warn "Invalid domain format!"
+    DOMAIN=""
  fi
 done
 msg_info "Setting Authelia up"
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ update_os

 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "bichon" "rustmailer/bichon" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/bichon" "bichon-*-$(arch_resolve "x86_64" "aarch64")-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter the public URL for Bichon (e.g., https://bichon.yourdomain.com) or leave empty to use container IP: " bichon_url
+bichon_url="${var_bichon_url:-}"
+[[ -n "$bichon_url" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter the public URL for Bichon (e.g., https://bichon.yourdomain.com) or leave empty to use container IP: " bichon_url || true
 if [[ -z "$bichon_url" ]]; then
  msg_info "No URL provided"
  BICHON_PUBLIC_URL="http://$LOCAL_IP:15630"
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ setup_deb_based() {
  chmod +x bitmagnet
  msg_ok "Configured bitmagnet"

-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your TMDB API key if you have one: " tmdbapikey
+  tmdbapikey="${var_bitmagnet_tmdb_api_key:-}"
+  [[ -n "$tmdbapikey" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your TMDB API key if you have one: " tmdbapikey || true

  cat <<EOF >/etc/bitmagnet.env
 POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ setup_alpine() {
  $STD su - postgres -c "psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE bitmagnet;'"
  msg_ok "Built bitmagnet"

-  read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your TMDB API key if you have one: " tmdbapikey
+  tmdbapikey="${var_bitmagnet_tmdb_api_key:-}"
+  [[ -n "$tmdbapikey" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your TMDB API key if you have one: " tmdbapikey || true

  msg_info "Enabling bitmagnet Service"
  cat <<EOF >/etc/init.d/bitmagnet
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ $STD npm install
 msg_ok "Installed ByteStash"

 allowreg="${var_bytestash_registration:-}"
-[[ -n "$allowreg" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to allow registration of multiple accounts? [y/n]: " allowreg
+[[ -n "$allowreg" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to allow registration of multiple accounts? [y/n]: " allowreg || true

 msg_info "Creating Service"
 cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/bytestash-backend.service
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ setup_deb_based() {
  systemctl enable -q --now caddy

  prompt="${var_caddy_xcaddy:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install xCaddy Addon? <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install xCaddy Addon? <y/N> " prompt || true
  if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    setup_go
    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "xcaddy" "caddyserver/xcaddy" "binary"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ EOF
  msg_ok "Installed Caddy"

  prompt="${var_caddy_xcaddy:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install xCaddy Addon? <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install xCaddy Addon? <y/N> " prompt || true
  if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    GO_VERSION="$(curl -fsSL https://go.dev/VERSION?m=text | head -1 | cut -c3-)" setup_go
    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "xcaddy" "caddyserver/xcaddy" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/xcaddy" "xcaddy_*_linux_$(arch_resolve).tar.gz"
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

-var_cf_api_token="default"
-read -rp "${TAB3}Enter the Cloudflare API token: " var_cf_api_token
+var_cf_api_token="${var_cf_api_token:-}"
+[[ -n "$var_cf_api_token" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter the Cloudflare API token: " var_cf_api_token || true
+[[ -n "$var_cf_api_token" ]] || { msg_error "No Cloudflare API token given; set var_cf_api_token or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

-var_cf_domains="default"
-read -rp "${TAB3}Enter the domains separated with a comma (*.example.org,www.example.org) " var_cf_domains
+var_cf_domains="${var_cf_domains:-}"
+[[ -n "$var_cf_domains" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter the domains separated with a comma (*.example.org,www.example.org) " var_cf_domains || true
+[[ -n "$var_cf_domains" ]] || { msg_error "No domains given; set var_cf_domains or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

 var_cf_proxied="false"
+answer="${var_cloudflare_ddns_proxied:-}"
 while true; do
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Proxied? (y/n): " answer
+  [[ -n "$answer" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Proxied? (y/n): " answer || answer="n"
  case "$answer" in
  [Yy]*)
    var_cf_proxied="true"
@@ -31,12 +34,13 @@ while true; do
    var_cf_proxied="false"
    break
    ;;
-  *) echo "Please answer y or n." ;;
+  *) echo "Please answer y or n."; answer="" ;;
  esac
 done
 var_cf_ip6_provider="none"
+answer="${var_cloudflare_ddns_ipv6:-}"
 while true; do
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Enable IPv6 support? (y/n): " answer
+  [[ -n "$answer" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enable IPv6 support? (y/n): " answer || answer="n"
  case "$answer" in
  [Yy]*)
    var_cf_ip6_provider="cloudflare.trace"
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ while true; do
    var_cf_ip6_provider="none"
    break
    ;;
-  *) echo "Please answer y or n." ;;
+  *) echo "Please answer y or n."; answer="" ;;
  esac
 done
 msg_ok "Configured Application"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ msg_ok "Installed Cockpit"
 # 45Drives only publishes amd64 packages
 if [[ "$(arch_resolve)" != "arm64" ]]; then
  prompt="${var_cockpit_45drives:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "Would you like to install 45Drives' cockpit-file-sharing, cockpit-identities, and cockpit-navigator  <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "Would you like to install 45Drives' cockpit-file-sharing, cockpit-identities, and cockpit-navigator  <y/N> " prompt || true
 fi
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Installing 45Drives' cockpit extensions"
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ setup_hwaccel
 echo
 echo "${TAB3}Choose the GPU type for ComfyUI:"
 echo "${TAB3}[1]-None  [2]-NVIDIA  [3]-AMD  [4]-Intel"
-read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your choice [1-4] (default: 1): " gpu_choice
+gpu_choice="${var_comfyui_gpu_type:-}"
+[[ -n "$gpu_choice" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your choice [1-4] (default: 1): " gpu_choice || true
 gpu_choice=${gpu_choice:-1}
 case "$gpu_choice" in
 1) comfyui_gpu_type="none" ;;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs

 onlyoffice="${var_cryptpad_onlyoffice:-}"
-[[ -n "$onlyoffice" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Install OnlyOffice components instead of CKEditor? (Y/N): " onlyoffice
+[[ -n "$onlyoffice" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Install OnlyOffice components instead of CKEditor? (Y/N): " onlyoffice || true
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "cryptpad" "cryptpad/cryptpad" "tarball"

 msg_info "Setup CryptPad"
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ update_os

 setup_deb_based() {
  setup_docker
-  if [[ -n "${var_docker_socket:-}" ]]; then
-    socket_choice="$var_docker_socket"
-  else
-    read -r -p "${TAB3}Expose Docker TCP socket (insecure) ? [n = No, l = Local only (127.0.0.1), a = All interfaces (0.0.0.0)] <n/l/a>: " socket_choice
-  fi
+  socket_choice="${var_docker_socket:-}"
+  [[ -n "$socket_choice" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Expose Docker TCP socket (insecure) ? [n = No, l = Local only (127.0.0.1), a = All interfaces (0.0.0.0)] <n/l/a>: " socket_choice || true
  case "${socket_choice,,}" in
  l | local)
    socket="tcp://127.0.0.1:2375"
@@ -70,11 +67,8 @@ setup_alpine() {
  msg_ok "Installed Docker"

  DOCKER_COMPOSE_LATEST_VERSION=$(get_latest_github_release "docker/compose" false)
-  if [[ -n "${var_docker_compose:-}" ]]; then
-    prompt="$var_docker_compose"
-  else
-    read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Docker Compose? <y/N> " prompt
-  fi
+  prompt="${var_docker_compose:-}"
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Docker Compose? <y/N> " prompt || true
  if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes|true)$ ]]; then
    msg_info "Installing Docker Compose $DOCKER_COMPOSE_LATEST_VERSION"
    DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:-$HOME/.docker}
@@ -83,11 +77,8 @@ setup_alpine() {
    chmod +x "$DOCKER_CONFIG"/cli-plugins/docker-compose
    msg_ok "Installed Docker Compose $DOCKER_COMPOSE_LATEST_VERSION"
  fi
-  if [[ -n "${var_docker_socket:-}" ]]; then
-    prompt="$var_docker_socket"
-  else
-    read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to expose the Docker TCP socket? <y/N> " prompt
-  fi
+  prompt="${var_docker_socket:-}"
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to expose the Docker TCP socket? <y/N> " prompt || true
  case "${prompt,,}" in
  y | yes | a | all) socket="tcp://0.0.0.0:2375" ;;
  l | local) socket="tcp://127.0.0.1:2375" ;;
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ $STD apt install -y \
  nginx
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"

-var_project_name="default"
-read -r -p "${TAB3}Type the assembly name of the project: " var_project_name
+var_project_name="${var_project_name:-}"
+[[ -n "$var_project_name" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Type the assembly name of the project: " var_project_name || true
+[[ -n "$var_project_name" ]] || { msg_error "No assembly name given; set var_project_name or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

 msg_info "Setting up FTP Server"
 useradd ftpuser
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="yarn" setup_nodejs

 echo "${TAB3}It is important to choose the name for your server before you install Synapse, because it cannot be changed later."
 echo "${TAB3}The server name determines the “domain” part of user-ids for users on your server: these will all be of the format @user:my.domain.name. It also determines how other matrix servers will reach yours for federation."
-read -p "${TAB3}Please enter the name for your server: " servername
+servername="${var_elementsynapse_server_name:-}"
+[[ -n "$servername" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the name for your server: " servername || true
+[[ -n "$servername" ]] || { msg_error "No server name given; set var_elementsynapse_server_name or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

 msg_info "Installing Element Synapse"
 setup_deb822_repo "matrix-org" \
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo "$LATEST_VERSION" >~/.emqx
 msg_ok "Installed EMQX"

 prompt="${var_emqx_disable_mq:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to disable the EMQX MQ feature? (reduces disk/CPU usage) <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to disable the EMQX MQ feature? (reduces disk/CPU usage) <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Disabling EMQX MQ feature"
  mkdir -p /etc/emqx
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ $STD ln -svf /usr/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
 $STD ln -svf /usr/bin/ffprobe /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
 $STD rm -rf /opt/fileflows/Server/runtimes/win-*

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want to install FileFlows Server or Agent? (S/A): " install_server
+install_server="${var_fileflows_mode:-}"
+[[ -n "$install_server" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want to install FileFlows Server or Agent? (S/A): " install_server || true

 if [[ "$install_server" =~ ^[Ss]$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Installing FileFlows Server"
@@ -54,9 +55,10 @@ if [[ "$install_server" =~ ^[Ss]$ ]]; then
  systemctl enable -q --now fileflows
  msg_ok "Installed FileFlows Server"
 else
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter FileFlows Server URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:19200): " server_url
+  server_url="${var_fileflows_server_url:-}"
+  [[ -n "$server_url" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter FileFlows Server URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:19200): " server_url || true
  while [[ -z "${server_url// /}" ]]; do
-    read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter FileFlows Server URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:19200): " server_url
+    read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter FileFlows Server URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:19200): " server_url || { msg_error "No FileFlows Server URL given; set var_fileflows_server_url or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
  done
  msg_info "Installing FileFlows Agent"
  cd /opt/fileflows/Agent
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ update_os
 setup_yq

 if [[ -z "${var_forgejo_instance:-}" ]]; then
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Forgejo Instance URL (e.g. https://codeberg.org): " var_forgejo_instance
+  read -r -p "${TAB3}Forgejo Instance URL (e.g. https://codeberg.org): " var_forgejo_instance || true
  var_forgejo_instance="${var_forgejo_instance:-https://codeberg.org}"
 fi

 if [[ -z "${var_forgejo_runner_uuid:-}" ]]; then
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Forgejo Runner UUID: " var_forgejo_runner_uuid
+  read -r -p "${TAB3}Forgejo Runner UUID: " var_forgejo_runner_uuid || true
 fi

 if [[ -z "${var_forgejo_runner_uuid:-}" ]]; then
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if [[ -z "${var_forgejo_runner_uuid:-}" ]]; then
 fi

 if [[ -z "${var_forgejo_runner_token:-}" ]]; then
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Forgejo Runner Token: " var_forgejo_runner_token
+  read -r -p "${TAB3}Forgejo Runner Token: " var_forgejo_runner_token || true
 fi

 if [[ -z "${var_forgejo_runner_token:-}" ]]; then
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fi

 DEFAULT_RUNNER_LABELS="linux-amd64:docker://node:22-bookworm"
 if [[ -z "${var_runner_labels:-}" ]]; then
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Additional runner labels (comma-separated, or leave blank for default only): " var_runner_labels
+  read -r -p "${TAB3}Additional runner labels (comma-separated, or leave blank for default only): " var_runner_labels || true
 fi
 if [[ -n "${var_runner_labels:-}" ]]; then
  RUNNER_LABELS="${DEFAULT_RUNNER_LABELS},${var_runner_labels}"
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ echo -e ""
 msg_custom "🪙" "$YW" "CoinGecko API keys are optional but provide better cryptocurrency data."
 msg_custom "🪙" "$YW" "You can skip this and add them later by editing /opt/ghostfolio/.env"
 echo -e ""
-read -rp "${TAB3}CoinGecko Demo API key (press Enter to skip): " COINGECKO_DEMO_KEY
-read -rp "${TAB3}CoinGecko Pro API key (press Enter to skip): " COINGECKO_PRO_KEY
+COINGECKO_DEMO_KEY="${var_ghostfolio_coingecko_demo_key:-}"
+[[ -n "$COINGECKO_DEMO_KEY" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}CoinGecko Demo API key (press Enter to skip): " COINGECKO_DEMO_KEY || true
+COINGECKO_PRO_KEY="${var_ghostfolio_coingecko_pro_key:-}"
+[[ -n "$COINGECKO_PRO_KEY" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}CoinGecko Pro API key (press Enter to skip): " COINGECKO_PRO_KEY || true

 msg_info "Setting up Environment"
 cat <<EOF >/opt/ghostfolio/.env
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ update_os
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "headscale" "juanfont/headscale" "binary"

 prompt="${var_headscale_admin:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add headscale-admin UI? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add headscale-admin UI? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "headscale-admin" "GoodiesHQ/headscale-admin" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/headscale-admin" "admin.zip"

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ msg_ok "Configured Service Environment"
 confirm_external_installer "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/" "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh"

 msg_info "Installing Hermes Agent"
-curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh -o /tmp/hermes-install.sh
+curl_with_retry "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh" /tmp/hermes-install.sh ||
+  curl_with_retry "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh" /tmp/hermes-install.sh
 $STD setsid --wait bash -c '
  set -a; source /etc/default/hermes; set +a
  export npm_config_yes=true
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if lscpu | grep -q 'GenuineIntel'; then
  echo " 2) **NEW** Intel OpenVINO CPU or iGPU"
  echo ""

-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Select machine-learning type [1]: " ML_TYPE
+  read -r -p "${TAB3}Select machine-learning type [1]: " ML_TYPE || true
  ML_TYPE="${ML_TYPE:-1}"
  if [[ "$ML_TYPE" == "2" ]]; then
    touch ~/.openvino
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ setup_deb822_repo \
  "https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key" \
  "https://repo.jellyfin.org/debian" \
  "$(get_os_info codename)"
-$STD apt install -y jellyfin-ffmpeg7
+install_packages_with_retry jellyfin-ffmpeg7
 ln -sf /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg
 ln -sf /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffprobe /usr/bin/ffprobe

@@ -124,12 +124,9 @@ if [[ "$CTTYPE" == "0" && -d /dev/dri ]]; then
 fi
 msg_ok "Dependencies Installed"

-msg_info "Installing Mise"
-curl -fSs https://mise.jdx.dev/gpg-key.pub | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.pub 1>/dev/null
-echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.pub arch=$(arch_resolve)] https://mise.jdx.dev/deb stable main" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mise.list
-apt_update_safe
-$STD apt install -y mise
-msg_ok "Installed Mise"
+MISE_ARCH="x64"
+[[ "$(arch_resolve)" == "arm64" ]] && MISE_ARCH="arm64"
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mise" "jdx/mise" "singlefile" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" "mise-v*-linux-${MISE_ARCH}"

 msg_info "Configuring Debian Testing Repo"
 if [[ -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources ]]; then
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ setup_deb822_repo \
  "stable"
 msg_ok "Set up InfluxDB Repository"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Which version of InfluxDB to install? (1, 2 or 3) " prompt
+prompt="${var_influxdb_version:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Which version of InfluxDB to install? (1, 2 or 3) " prompt || true
 if [[ $prompt == "3" ]]; then
  INFLUX="3"
 elif [[ $prompt == "2" ]]; then
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 msg_ok "Installed InfluxDB"

 prompt="${var_influxdb_telegraf:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Telegraf? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Telegraf? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Installing Telegraf"
  $STD apt install -y telegraf
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/invoiceshelf
 chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
 $STD php artisan migrate --force
 $STD php artisan storage:link
+cat <<'EOF' >/etc/cron.d/invoiceshelf
+* * * * * www-data cd /opt/invoiceshelf && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
+EOF
 msg_ok "Set up InvoiceShelf"

 msg_info "Configuring Caddy"
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ fi
 msg_ok "Installed Docker"

 msg_info "Detecting latest Kasm Workspaces release"
-KASM_URL=$(curl -s https://kasm.com/downloads \
+KASM_URL=$(curl -s --max-time 30 https://kasm.com/downloads \
  | grep -oP 'https://kasm-static-content\.s3\.amazonaws\.com/kasm_release_\d+\.\d+\.\d+-latest\.tar\.gz' \
-  | head -1)
-KASM_VERSION=$(echo "$KASM_URL" | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?=-latest)')
+  | head -1 || true)
+KASM_VERSION=$(echo "$KASM_URL" | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?=-latest)' || true)

 # Fallback to predefined version if online lookup failed.
 if [[ -z "$KASM_VERSION" ]] || [[ -z "$KASM_URL" ]]; then
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ curl_download "/opt/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$KASM_URL"
 cd /opt
 tar -xf "kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 chmod +x /opt/kasm_release/install.sh
-printf 'y\ny\ny\n4\n' | bash /opt/kasm_release/install.sh --ignore-dep-failures >~/kasm-install.output 2>&1
+bash /opt/kasm_release/install.sh --accept-eula --no-swap-check --no-check-disk --ignore-dep-failures >~/kasm-install.output 2>&1
 awk '
  /^Kasm UI Login Credentials$/ {capture=1}
  capture {print}
@@ -28,9 +28,15 @@ mkdir -p config/assets
 cp config/config.yml.template config/config.yml
 msg_ok "Setup Kometa"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your TMDb API key: " TMDBKEY
-read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Plex URL: " PLEXURL
-read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Plex token: " PLEXTOKEN
+TMDBKEY="${var_kometa_tmdb_key:-}"
+[[ -n "$TMDBKEY" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your TMDb API key: " TMDBKEY || true
+[[ -n "$TMDBKEY" ]] || { msg_error "No TMDb API key given; set var_kometa_tmdb_key or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
+PLEXURL="${var_kometa_plex_url:-}"
+[[ -n "$PLEXURL" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Plex URL: " PLEXURL || true
+[[ -n "$PLEXURL" ]] || { msg_error "No Plex URL given; set var_kometa_plex_url or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
+PLEXTOKEN="${var_kometa_plex_token:-}"
+[[ -n "$PLEXTOKEN" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Plex token: " PLEXTOKEN || true
+[[ -n "$PLEXTOKEN" ]] || { msg_error "No Plex token given; set var_kometa_plex_token or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 sed -i '/^plex:/,/^[^ ]/{s|  url:.*|  url: '"$PLEXURL"'|}' /opt/kometa/config/config.yml
 sed -i '/^plex:/,/^[^ ]/{s|  token:.*|  token: '"$PLEXTOKEN"'|}' /opt/kometa/config/config.yml
 sed -i '/^tmdb:/,/^[^ ]/{s|  apikey:.*|  apikey: '"$TMDBKEY"'|}' /opt/kometa/config/config.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ update_os

 echo "${TAB3}How would you like to handle SSL termination?"
 echo "${TAB3}[i]-Internal (self-signed SSL Certificate)   [e]-External (use your own reverse proxy)"
-read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your choice <i/e> (default: i): " ssl_choice
+ssl_choice="${var_kutt_ssl:-}"
+[[ -n "$ssl_choice" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your choice <i/e> (default: i): " ssl_choice || true
 ssl_choice=${ssl_choice:-i}
 case "${ssl_choice,,}" in
 i)
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ EOF
  msg_ok "Configured Caddy"
  ;;
 e)
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter the hostname you want to use for Kutt (eg. kutt.example.com): " custom_host
+  custom_host="${var_kutt_hostname:-}"
+  [[ -n "$custom_host" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter the hostname you want to use for Kutt (eg. kutt.example.com): " custom_host || true
+  [[ -n "$custom_host" ]] || { msg_error "No hostname given; set var_kutt_hostname or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
  if [[ "$custom_host" ]]; then
    DEFAULT_HOST="$custom_host"
  fi
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ rm -f /tmp/LanguageTool-stable.zip
 msg_ok "Setup LanguageTool"

 ngram_dir=""
-lang_code=""
+lang_code="${var_languagetool_ngram_lang:-}"
 max_attempts=3
 attempt=0

 while [[ $attempt -lt $max_attempts ]]; do
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter language code (en, de, es, fr, nl) to download ngrams or press ENTER to skip: " lang_code
+  [[ -n "$lang_code" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter language code (en, de, es, fr, nl) to download ngrams or press ENTER to skip: " lang_code || lang_code=""

  if [[ -z "$lang_code" ]]; then
    break
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ while [[ $attempt -lt $max_attempts ]]; do
  if [[ "$lang_code" =~ [[:space:]] ]]; then
    ((attempt++))
    remaining=$((max_attempts - attempt))
+    lang_code=""
    if [[ $remaining -gt 0 ]]; then
      msg_error "Please enter only ONE language code. You have $remaining attempt(s) remaining."
    else
      msg_error "Maximum attempts reached. Continuing without ngrams."
-      lang_code=""
    fi
    continue
  fi
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUST_CRATES="monolith" setup_rust
 PG_DB_NAME="linkwardendb" PG_DB_USER="linkwarden" setup_postgresql_db

 prompt="${var_linkwarden_adminer:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Adminer? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Adminer? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  setup_adminer
 fi
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ setup_deb_based() {
  msg_ok "Setup MariaDB"

  prompt="${var_mariadb_phpmyadmin:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add PhpMyAdmin? <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add PhpMyAdmin? <y/N> " prompt || true
  if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    msg_info "Installing phpMyAdmin"
    $STD apt install -y \
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ setup_alpine() {
  msg_ok "MariaDB Configured"

  prompt="${var_mariadb_adminer:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install Adminer with lighttpd? <y/N>: " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install Adminer with lighttpd? <y/N>: " prompt || true
  if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    msg_info "Installing Adminer and dependencies"
    $STD apk add --no-cache \
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter the email address of your first admin user: " admin_email
+admin_email="${var_mediamanager_admin_email:-}"
+[[ -n "$admin_email" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter the email address of your first admin user: " admin_email || true
+[[ -n "$admin_email" ]] || { msg_error "No admin e-mail given; set var_mediamanager_admin_email or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 if [[ "$admin_email" ]]; then
  EMAIL="$admin_email"
 fi
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ update_os
 MEILISEARCH_BIND="0.0.0.0:7700" setup_meilisearch

 prompt="${var_meilisearch_ui:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want add meilisearch-ui? [y/n]: " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want add meilisearch-ui? [y/n]: " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@latest" setup_nodejs
  fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "meilisearch-ui" "riccox/meilisearch-ui" "tarball"
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ update_os
 if [[ "$(arch_resolve)" == "arm64" ]]; then
  MONGO_VERSION="8.0" setup_mongodb
 else
-  read -p "${TAB3}Do you want to install MongoDB 8.0 instead of 7.0? [y/N]: " install_mongodb_8
-  if [[ "$install_mongodb_8" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+  install_mongodb_8="${var_mongodb_8:-}"
+  [[ -n "$install_mongodb_8" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want to install MongoDB 8.0 instead of 7.0? [y/N]: " install_mongodb_8 || true
+  if [[ "$install_mongodb_8" =~ ^[Yy]([Ee][Ss])?$ ]]; then
    MONGO_VERSION="8.0" setup_mongodb
  else
    MONGO_VERSION="7.0" setup_mongodb
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"

 RELEASE_REPO="mysql-8.0"
 RELEASE_AUTH="mysql_native_password"
-read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install the MySQL 8.4 LTS release instead of MySQL 8.0 (bug fix track; EOL April-2026)? <y/N> " prompt
+prompt="${var_mysql_lts:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install the MySQL 8.4 LTS release instead of MySQL 8.0 (bug fix track; EOL April-2026)? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  RELEASE_REPO="mysql-8.4-lts"
  RELEASE_AUTH="caching_sha2_password"
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ echo -e "MySQL user: root" >>~/mysql.creds
 echo -e "MySQL password: $ADMIN_PASS" >>~/mysql.creds
 msg_ok "MySQL Server configured"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add PhpMyAdmin? <y/N> " prompt
+prompt="${var_mysql_phpmyadmin:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add PhpMyAdmin? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/tools/addon/phpmyadmin.sh)"
 fi
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ echo " 1) NetBird Managed (default) - Use NetBird's managed service"
 echo " 2) Self-Hosted - Use your own NetBird management server"
 echo ""

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Select deployment type [1]: " DEPLOYMENT_TYPE
+DEPLOYMENT_TYPE="${var_netbird_deployment:-}"
+[[ -n "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Select deployment type [1]: " DEPLOYMENT_TYPE || true
 DEPLOYMENT_TYPE="${DEPLOYMENT_TYPE:-1}"

 NETBIRD_MGMT_URL=""
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ case "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" in
    echo "Enter your NetBird management server URL."
    echo "Example: https://management.example.com"
    echo ""
-    read -r -p "Management URL: " NETBIRD_MGMT_URL
+    NETBIRD_MGMT_URL="${var_netbird_mgmt_url:-}"
+    [[ -n "$NETBIRD_MGMT_URL" ]] || read -r -p "Management URL: " NETBIRD_MGMT_URL || true

    if [[ -z "$NETBIRD_MGMT_URL" ]]; then
      msg_warn "No management URL provided. Run 'netbird up --management-url <url>' to connect."
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ else
 fi
 echo ""

-read -r -p "Select authentication method [1]: " AUTH_METHOD
+AUTH_METHOD="${var_netbird_auth:-}"
+[[ -n "$AUTH_METHOD" ]] || read -r -p "Select authentication method [1]: " AUTH_METHOD || true
 AUTH_METHOD="${AUTH_METHOD:-1}"

 if [[ "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" == "1" ]]; then
@@ -90,7 +93,8 @@ if [[ "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" == "1" ]]; then
      echo ""
      echo "Enter your NetBird setup key from the NetBird dashboard."
      echo ""
-      read -r -p "Setup key: " NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY
+      NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY="${var_netbird_setup_key:-}"
+      [[ -n "$NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY" ]] || read -r -p "Setup key: " NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY || true
      echo ""

      if [[ -z "$NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY" ]]; then
@@ -136,7 +140,8 @@ else
      echo ""
      echo "Enter your NetBird setup key from the NetBird dashboard."
      echo ""
-      read -r -p "Setup key: " NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY
+      NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY="${var_netbird_setup_key:-}"
+      [[ -n "$NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY" ]] || read -r -p "Setup key: " NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY || true
      echo ""

      if [[ -z "$NETBIRD_SETUP_KEY" ]]; then
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ update_os
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "newt" "fosrl/newt" "singlefile" "latest" "/opt/newt" "newt_linux_$(arch_resolve)"
 ln -sf /opt/newt/newt /usr/local/bin/newt

-if [[ -z "${NEWT_ID:-}" ]]; then
-  read -rp "Newt ID (from your Pangolin dashboard): " NEWT_ID
-fi
-if [[ -z "${NEWT_SECRET:-}" ]]; then
-  read -rsp "Newt Secret: " NEWT_SECRET
+NEWT_ID="${NEWT_ID:-${var_newt_id:-}}"
+[[ -n "$NEWT_ID" ]] || read -rp "Newt ID (from your Pangolin dashboard): " NEWT_ID || true
+NEWT_SECRET="${NEWT_SECRET:-${var_newt_secret:-}}"
+if [[ -z "$NEWT_SECRET" ]]; then
+  read -rsp "Newt Secret: " NEWT_SECRET || true
  echo
 fi
-if [[ -z "${PANGOLIN_ENDPOINT:-}" ]]; then
-  read -rp "Pangolin endpoint (e.g. https://pangolin.example.com): " PANGOLIN_ENDPOINT
-fi
+PANGOLIN_ENDPOINT="${PANGOLIN_ENDPOINT:-${var_newt_endpoint:-}}"
+[[ -n "$PANGOLIN_ENDPOINT" ]] || read -rp "Pangolin endpoint (e.g. https://pangolin.example.com): " PANGOLIN_ENDPOINT || true

 if [[ -z "$NEWT_ID" || -z "$NEWT_SECRET" || -z "$PANGOLIN_ENDPOINT" ]]; then
  msg_error "Newt ID, Secret and Endpoint are all required. Aborting."
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZoeyVid/NPMplus/refs/heads/develop
 msg_ok "Fetched NPMplus"

 attempts=0
+TZ_INPUT="${var_npmplus_tz:-}"
 while true; do
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your TZ Identifier (e.g., Europe/Berlin): " TZ_INPUT
+  [[ -n "$TZ_INPUT" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your TZ Identifier (e.g., Europe/Berlin): " TZ_INPUT || { msg_error "No TZ identifier given; set var_npmplus_tz or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
  if validate_tz "$TZ_INPUT"; then
    break
  fi
  msg_error "Invalid timezone! Please enter a valid TZ identifier."
+  TZ_INPUT=""

  attempts=$((attempts + 1))
  if [[ "$attempts" -ge 3 ]]; then
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ while true; do
  fi
 done

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your ACME Email: " ACME_EMAIL_INPUT
+ACME_EMAIL_INPUT="${var_npmplus_acme_email:-}"
+[[ -n "$ACME_EMAIL_INPUT" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your ACME Email: " ACME_EMAIL_INPUT || true
+[[ -n "$ACME_EMAIL_INPUT" ]] || { msg_error "No ACME e-mail given; set var_npmplus_acme_email or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

 yq -i "
  .services.npmplus.environment |=
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ else
  }
 fi
 msg_ok "Installed Intel® Level Zero"
-
-msg_info "Installing Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit (Patience)"
-$STD apt install -y --no-install-recommends intel-basekit-2024.1
-msg_ok "Installed Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit"
 fi

 msg_info "Installing Ollama (Patience)"
@@ -17,19 +17,23 @@ MAX_ATTEMPTS=3
 servers=("opencloud" "collabora" "wopi")
 attempt=0
 for server in "${servers[@]}"; do
+  fqdn_var="var_opencloud_${server}_fqdn"
+  fqdn="${!fqdn_var:-}"
  until ((attempt >= MAX_ATTEMPTS)); do
    attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-    read -rp "${TAB3}Enter the FQDN of your ${server^} server (ATTEMPT $attempt/$MAX_ATTEMPTS) (eg $server.domain.tld): " fqdn
+    [[ -n "$fqdn" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter the FQDN of your ${server^} server (ATTEMPT $attempt/$MAX_ATTEMPTS) (eg $server.domain.tld): " fqdn || { msg_error "No ${server^} FQDN given; set ${fqdn_var} or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
    if [[ -z "$fqdn" ]]; then
      msg_warn "Domain cannot be empty!"
    elif [[ "$fqdn" =~ ^([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then
      msg_warn "IP address not allowed! Please use a FQDN"
+      fqdn=""
    elif [[ "$fqdn" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$ ]]; then
      export ${server^^}_FQDN="$fqdn"
      attempt=0
      break
    else
      msg_warn "Invalid domain format!"
+      fqdn=""
    fi
  done
  if ((attempt >= MAX_ATTEMPTS)); then
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv

 OTEL_ARGS=()
 prompt="${var_openwebui_otel:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install OpenTelemetry instrumentation packages (requires manual .env configuration)? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to install OpenTelemetry instrumentation packages (requires manual .env configuration)? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  for pkg in \
    opentelemetry-api \
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ done
 msg_ok "Installed Open WebUI"

 prompt="${var_openwebui_ollama:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Ollama? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Ollama? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  if [[ "$(arch_resolve)" == "amd64" ]]; then
  msg_info "Setting up Intel® Repositories"
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ EOF
    }
  fi
  msg_ok "Installed Intel® Level Zero"
-
-  msg_info "Installing Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit (Patience)"
-  $STD apt install -y --no-install-recommends intel-basekit-2024.1 2>/dev/null || true
-  msg_ok "Installed Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit"
  fi

  msg_info "Installing Ollama"
@@ -27,17 +27,22 @@ apt_update_safe
 $STD apt install -y openziti-controller openziti-console </dev/null
 msg_ok "Installed openziti"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to go through the auto configuration now? <y/N>" prompt
+prompt="${var_openziti_controller_autoconfig:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to go through the auto configuration now? <y/N>" prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  GEN_FQDN="controller.${LOCAL_IP}.sslip.io"
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller FQDN [${GEN_FQDN}]: " ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS
+  ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS="${var_openziti_controller_fqdn:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller FQDN [${GEN_FQDN}]: " ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS || true
  ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS=${ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS:-$GEN_FQDN}
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller port [1280]: " ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_PORT
+  ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_PORT="${var_openziti_controller_port:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_PORT" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller port [1280]: " ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_PORT || true
  ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_PORT=${ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_PORT:-1280}
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller admin user [admin]: " ZITI_USER
+  ZITI_USER="${var_openziti_controller_user:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ZITI_USER" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller admin user [admin]: " ZITI_USER || true
  ZITI_USER=${ZITI_USER:-admin}
  GEN_PWD=$(head -c128 /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^*_+~' | cut -c 1-12)
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller admin password [${GEN_PWD}]:" ZITI_PWD
+  ZITI_PWD="${var_openziti_controller_password:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ZITI_PWD" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Please enter the controller admin password [${GEN_PWD}]:" ZITI_PWD || true
  ZITI_PWD=${ZITI_PWD:-$GEN_PWD}
  CONFIG_FILE="/opt/openziti/etc/controller/bootstrap.env"
  sed -i "s|^ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS=.*|ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS='${ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS}'|" "$CONFIG_FILE"
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ sed -i '0,/^ExecStart/ { /^ExecStart/ { n; s|^ExecStart.*|ExecStart=/opt/openzit
 systemctl daemon-reload
 msg_ok "Installed openziti"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Please paste an identity enrollment token(JTW)" prompt
+prompt="${var_openziti_tunnel_enrollment_token:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Please paste an identity enrollment token(JTW)" prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt} ]]; then
  msg_info "Adding identity"
  echo "${prompt}" >/opt/openziti/etc/identities/identity.jwt
@@ -27,15 +27,13 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "gerbil" "fosrl/gerbil" "singlefile" "latest" "/usr/
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "traefik" "traefik/traefik" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/bin" "traefik_v*_linux_$(arch_resolve).tar.gz"

 pango_url="${var_pangolin_url:-}"
-if [[ -z "$pango_url" ]]; then
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your Pangolin URL (ex: https://pangolin.example.com): " pango_url
-fi
+[[ -n "$pango_url" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your Pangolin URL (ex: https://pangolin.example.com): " pango_url || true
+[[ -n "$pango_url" ]] || { msg_error "No Pangolin URL given; set var_pangolin_url or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 [[ "$pango_url" != https://* && "$pango_url" != http://* ]] && pango_url="https://${pango_url}"

 pango_email="${var_pangolin_email:-}"
-if [[ -z "$pango_email" ]]; then
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your email address: " pango_email
-fi
+[[ -n "$pango_email" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your email address: " pango_email || true
+[[ -n "$pango_email" ]] || { msg_error "No email address given; set var_pangolin_email or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

 msg_info "Setup Pangolin"
 SECRET_KEY=$(random_password 32)
@@ -38,16 +38,22 @@ CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags musl -o paperless-gpt .
 msg_ok "Setup Paperless-GPT"

 mkdir -p /opt/paperless-gpt-data
-read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to enter the Paperless local URL now? (y/n) " input_url
-if [[ $input_url =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your Paperless-NGX instance URL (e.g., http://192.168.1.100:8000): " PAPERLESS_BASE_URL
+input_url="${var_paperless_gpt_enter_url:-}"
+[[ -n "$input_url" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to enter the Paperless local URL now? (y/n) " input_url || true
+if [[ $input_url =~ ^[Yy]([Ee][Ss])?$ ]]; then
+  PAPERLESS_BASE_URL="${var_paperless_gpt_url:-}"
+  [[ -n "$PAPERLESS_BASE_URL" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your Paperless-NGX instance URL (e.g., http://192.168.1.100:8000): " PAPERLESS_BASE_URL || true
+  [[ -n "$PAPERLESS_BASE_URL" ]] || { msg_error "No Paperless-NGX URL given; set var_paperless_gpt_url or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 else
  PAPERLESS_BASE_URL="http://your_paperless_ngx_url"
 fi

-read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to enter the Paperless API token now? (y/n) " input_token
-if [[ $input_token =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your Paperless API token: " PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN
+input_token="${var_paperless_gpt_enter_token:-}"
+[[ -n "$input_token" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to enter the Paperless API token now? (y/n) " input_token || true
+if [[ $input_token =~ ^[Yy]([Ee][Ss])?$ ]]; then
+  PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN="${var_paperless_gpt_api_token:-}"
+  [[ -n "$PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enter your Paperless API token: " PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN || true
+  [[ -n "$PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN" ]] || { msg_error "No Paperless API token given; set var_paperless_gpt_api_token or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 else
  PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN="your_paperless_api_token"
 fi
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ systemctl enable -q --now paperless-webserver paperless-scheduler paperless-task
 msg_ok "Created Services"

 prompt="${var_paperless_ngx_adminer:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Adminer? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Adminer? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  setup_adminer
 fi
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ systemctl restart pihole-FTL.service
 msg_ok "Installed Pi-hole"

 prompt="${var_pihole_unbound:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Unbound? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Unbound? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  prompt="${var_pihole_unbound_dot:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Unbound is configured as a recursive DNS server by default, would you like it to be configured as a forwarding DNS server (using DNS-over-TLS (DoT)) instead? <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Unbound is configured as a recursive DNS server by default, would you like it to be configured as a forwarding DNS server (using DNS-over-TLS (DoT)) instead? <y/N> " prompt || true
  msg_info "Installing Unbound"
  mkdir -p /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d
  cat <<EOF >/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/pi-hole.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

-read -r -p "${TAB3}What public URL do you want to use (e.g. pocketid.mydomain.com)? " public_url
+public_url="${var_pocketid_url:-}"
+[[ -n "$public_url" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}What public URL do you want to use (e.g. pocketid.mydomain.com)? " public_url || true
+[[ -n "$public_url" ]] || { msg_error "No public URL given; set var_pocketid_url or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pocket-id" "pocket-id/pocket-id" "singlefile" "latest" "/opt/pocket-id/" "pocket-id_linux_$(arch_resolve)"

 msg_info "Configuring Pocket ID"
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

+if is_debian && [[ "$(get_os_version_major)" -lt 13 ]]; then
+  msg_error "Podman Home Assistant needs Debian 13: its Quadlet units require Podman 4.4 or newer."
+  exit 238
+fi
+
 PORTAINER_LATEST_VERSION=$(get_latest_github_release "portainer/portainer")
 PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION=$(get_latest_github_release "portainer/agent")

@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ msg_ok "Installed Podman"
 mkdir -p /etc/containers/systemd

 prompt="${var_podman_homeassistant_portainer:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Portainer? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Portainer? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Installing Portainer $PORTAINER_LATEST_VERSION"
  podman volume create portainer_data >/dev/null
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ EOF
  msg_ok "Installed Portainer $PORTAINER_LATEST_VERSION"
 else
  prompt="${var_podman_homeassistant_portainer_agent:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the Portainer Agent? <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the Portainer Agent? <y/N> " prompt || true
  if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    msg_info "Installing Portainer agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION"
    cat <<EOF >/etc/containers/systemd/portainer-agent.container
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ msg_ok "Installed Podman"
 mkdir -p /etc/containers/systemd

 prompt="${var_podman_portainer:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Portainer? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Portainer? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Installing Portainer $PORTAINER_LATEST_VERSION"
  podman volume create portainer_data >/dev/null
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ EOF
  msg_ok "Installed Portainer $PORTAINER_LATEST_VERSION"
 else
  prompt="${var_podman_portainer_agent:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the Portainer Agent? <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the Portainer Agent? <y/N> " prompt || true
  if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    msg_info "Installing Portainer agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION"
    $STD podman pull docker.io/portainer/agent:latest
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ network_check
 update_os

 setup_deb_based() {
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (15/16/17/18): " ver
+  ver="${var_postgresql_version:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ver" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (15/16/17/18) [17]: " ver || true
+  ver="${ver:-17}"
  [[ $ver =~ ^(15|16|17|18)$ ]] || {
-    echo "Invalid version"
+    msg_error "Invalid PostgreSQL version: ${ver} (expected 15, 16, 17 or 18)"
    exit 64
  }
  PG_VERSION=$ver setup_postgresql
@@ -136,8 +138,13 @@ EOF
 }

 setup_alpine() {
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (15/16/17): " ver
-  [[ $ver =~ ^(15|16|17)$ ]] || { echo "Invalid version"; exit 64; }
+  ver="${var_postgresql_version:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ver" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (16/17/18) [17]: " ver || true
+  ver="${ver:-17}"
+  [[ $ver =~ ^(16|17|18)$ ]] || {
+    msg_error "Invalid PostgreSQL version: ${ver} (expected 16, 17 or 18)"
+    exit 64
+  }

  msg_info "Installing PostgreSQL ${ver}"
  $STD apk add --no-cache postgresql${ver} postgresql${ver}-contrib postgresql${ver}-openrc sudo
@@ -47,9 +47,15 @@ msg_ok "Installed PHP"

 MARIADB_DB_NAME="panel" MARIADB_DB_USER="pterodactyl" MARIADB_DB_CREDS_FILE="$HOME/pterodactyl-panel.creds" setup_mariadb_db

-read -p "${TAB3}Provide an email address for admin login, this should be a valid email address: " ADMIN_EMAIL
-read -p "${TAB3}Enter your First Name: " NAME_FIRST
-read -p "${TAB3}Enter your Last Name: " NAME_LAST
+ADMIN_EMAIL="${var_pterodactyl_panel_admin_email:-}"
+[[ -n "$ADMIN_EMAIL" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Provide an email address for admin login, this should be a valid email address: " ADMIN_EMAIL || true
+[[ -n "$ADMIN_EMAIL" ]] || { msg_error "No admin email given; set var_pterodactyl_panel_admin_email or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
+NAME_FIRST="${var_pterodactyl_panel_first_name:-}"
+[[ -n "$NAME_FIRST" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your First Name: " NAME_FIRST || true
+[[ -n "$NAME_FIRST" ]] || { msg_error "No first name given; set var_pterodactyl_panel_first_name or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
+NAME_LAST="${var_pterodactyl_panel_last_name:-}"
+[[ -n "$NAME_LAST" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Last Name: " NAME_LAST || true
+[[ -n "$NAME_LAST" ]] || { msg_error "No last name given; set var_pterodactyl_panel_last_name or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pterodactyl-panel" "pterodactyl/panel" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/pterodactyl-panel" "panel.tar.gz"

@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

-if [[ -n "${var_rustdesk_api:-}" ]]; then
-  prompt="$var_rustdesk_api"
-else
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the RustDesk API web UI (lejianwen/rustdesk-api, unmaintained since 09/2025)? <y/N> " prompt
-fi
+prompt="${var_rustdesk_api:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the RustDesk API web UI (lejianwen/rustdesk-api, unmaintained since 09/2025)? <y/N> " prompt || true
 INSTALL_API=0
 [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes|true)$ ]] && INSTALL_API=1
 API_PASS="$(random_password 16)"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ $STD uv pip install -r /opt/sabnzbd/requirements.txt --python=/opt/sabnzbd/venv/
 msg_ok "Installed SABnzbd"

 prompt="${var_sabnzbd_par2_turbo:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "Would you like to install par2cmdline-turbo? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "Would you like to install par2cmdline-turbo? <y/N> " prompt || true
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  mv /usr/bin/par2 /usr/bin/par2.old
  fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "par2cmdline-turbo" "animetosho/par2cmdline-turbo" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/bin/" "*-linux-$(arch_resolve).zip"
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ echo " 3) Use an existing Flaresolverr/Byparr LXC"
 echo " 4) Disable captcha bypassing altogether (not recommended)"
 echo ""

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Select deployment type [1]: " DEPLOYMENT_TYPE
+DEPLOYMENT_TYPE="${var_shelfmark_deployment_type:-}"
+[[ -n "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Select deployment type [1]: " DEPLOYMENT_TYPE || true
 DEPLOYMENT_TYPE="${DEPLOYMENT_TYPE:-1}"
 if [[ "$(arch_resolve)" == "arm64" && "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" == "2" ]]; then
  msg_warn "FlareSolverr has no arm64 build; using Shelfmark's internal bypasser instead"
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ case "$DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" in
  echo "Example: http://flaresoverr.homelab.lan:8191 or"
  echo "http://192.168.10.99:8191"
  echo ""
-  read -r -p "FlareSolverr/Byparr URL: " BYPASSER_URL
+  BYPASSER_URL="${var_shelfmark_bypasser_url:-}"
+  [[ -n "$BYPASSER_URL" ]] || read -r -p "FlareSolverr/Byparr URL: " BYPASSER_URL || true

  if [[ -z "$BYPASSER_URL" ]]; then
    msg_warn "No Flaresolverr/Byparr URL provided. Falling back to Shelfmark's internal bypasser."
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mkdir -p /opt/silverbullet/space

 RUNTIME_API_ENV=""
 runtime_api_prompt="${var_silverbullet_runtime_api:-}"
-[[ -n "$runtime_api_prompt" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enable Silverbullet Runtime API? Requires Chromium (~700MB). Uses ~200MB extra RAM. (y/N): " runtime_api_prompt
+[[ -n "$runtime_api_prompt" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Enable Silverbullet Runtime API? Requires Chromium (~700MB). Uses ~200MB extra RAM. (y/N): " runtime_api_prompt || true
 if [[ "${runtime_api_prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  msg_info "Installing Chromium for Runtime API"
  $STD apt install -y chromium
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sed -i \
 msg_ok "Configured Slskd"

 soularr="${var_slskd_soularr:-}"
-[[ -n "$soularr" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to install Soularr? y/N " soularr
+[[ -n "$soularr" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to install Soularr? y/N " soularr || true
 if [[ ${soularr,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  PYTHON_VERSION="3.11" setup_uv
  fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "Soularr" "mrusse/soularr" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/soularr"
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools18/bin"' >>~/.bash_profile
 source ~/.bash_profile
 msg_ok "Installed SQL Server Tools"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want to run the SQL server setup now? (Later is also possible) <y/N>" prompt
+prompt="${var_sqlserver2022_setup_now:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want to run the SQL server setup now? (Later is also possible) <y/N>" prompt || true
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup
 else
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools18/bin"' >>~/.bash_profile
 source ~/.bash_profile
 msg_ok "Installed SQL Server Tools"

-read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want to run the SQL Server setup now? (Later is also possible) <y/N>" prompt
+prompt="${var_sqlserver2025_setup_now:-}"
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Do you want to run the SQL Server setup now? (Later is also possible) <y/N>" prompt || true
 if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup
 else
@@ -17,24 +17,55 @@ msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
 $STD apt install -y \
  build-essential \
  git \
-  pkg-config \
-  libsqlite3-dev \
+  cmake \
  sqlite3 \
-  python3-setuptools \
-  ffmpeg
+  libsqlite3-dev \
+  argon2 \
+  ffmpeg \
+  libcurl4t64 \
+  libxml2
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"

-NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="corepack,yarn" setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="corepack" setup_nodejs

-fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "readium" "readium/cli" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/readium" "readium_linux_$(arch_resolve "x86_64" "arm64").tar.gz"
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "readium" "readium/cli" "prebuild" "v0.9.1" "/opt/readium" "readium_linux_$(arch_resolve "x86_64" "arm64").tar.gz"
 ln -sf /opt/readium/readium /usr/local/bin/readium
 fetch_and_deploy_gl_release "storyteller" "storyteller-platform/storyteller" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/storyteller" "" "web-v2"

-msg_info "Setting up Storyteller"
+msg_info "Building Storyteller (Patience)"
 cd /opt/storyteller
+$STD corepack yarn install
+export NODE_ENV=production
+export NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
+export SQLITE_NATIVE_BINDING=/opt/storyteller/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node
+$STD corepack yarn workspaces foreach -Rpt --from @storyteller-platform/web --exclude @storyteller-platform/eslint run build
+STANDALONE=/opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone
+WEB_DIR="$STANDALONE/applications/web"
+mkdir -p "$WEB_DIR"/{public,.next/static,.next/cache,migrations,sqlite,scripts}
+cp -rT applications/web/public "$WEB_DIR/public"
+cp -rT applications/web/.next/static "$WEB_DIR/.next/static"
+cp -rT applications/web/migrations "$WEB_DIR/migrations"
+cp applications/web/sqlite/uuid.c.so "$WEB_DIR/sqlite/"
+cp docker-scripts/reset-password.sh "$WEB_DIR/scripts/"
+cp -r applications/web/work-dist applications/web/file-write-dist "$WEB_DIR/"
+mkdir -p "$WEB_DIR/work-dist/@storyteller-platform/align/prebuilds"
+cp -r "libraries/align/prebuilds/linux-$(arch_resolve "x64" "arm64")" "$WEB_DIR/work-dist/@storyteller-platform/align/prebuilds/"
+cp node_modules/@echogarden/icu-segmentation-wasm/wasm/*.wasm "$WEB_DIR/work-dist/"
+cp -rT node_modules/@parcel "$STANDALONE/node_modules/@parcel"
+cp -rT node_modules/kuromoji "$STANDALONE/node_modules/kuromoji"
+msg_ok "Built Storyteller"

-$STD corepack yarn install --network-timeout 600000
-$STD gcc -g -fPIC -rdynamic -shared applications/web/sqlite/uuid.c -o applications/web/sqlite/uuid.c.so
+msg_info "Installing Whisper"
+WHISPER_VARIANT="linux-$(arch_resolve "x64" "arm64")-cpu"
+$STD node /opt/storyteller/libraries/ghost-story/dist/cli/bin.js install binary "$WHISPER_VARIANT"
+$STD node /opt/storyteller/libraries/ghost-story/dist/cli/bin.js install model tiny.en
+if [[ "$WHISPER_VARIANT" == "linux-x64-cpu" ]]; then
+  $STD node /opt/storyteller/libraries/ghost-story/dist/cli/bin.js install binary linux-x64-cpu-legacy
+fi
+msg_ok "Installed Whisper"
+
+msg_info "Configuring Storyteller"
+mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/data
 STORYTELLER_SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
 cat <<EOF >/opt/storyteller/.env
 STORYTELLER_SECRET_KEY=${STORYTELLER_SECRET_KEY}
@@ -45,33 +76,14 @@ READIUM_PORT=9000
 NODE_ENV=production
 NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
 EOF
-mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/data
+chmod 600 /opt/storyteller/.env
+ln -sf /opt/storyteller/.env "$WEB_DIR/.env"
 cat <<EOF >~/storyteller.creds
 Storyteller Credentials
 =======================
 Secret Key: ${STORYTELLER_SECRET_KEY}
 EOF
-msg_ok "Set up Storyteller"
-
-msg_info "Building Storyteller"
-cd /opt/storyteller
-export CI=1
-export NODE_ENV=production
-export NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
-export SQLITE_NATIVE_BINDING=/opt/storyteller/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node
-$STD corepack yarn workspaces foreach -Rpt --from @storyteller-platform/web --exclude @storyteller-platform/eslint run build
-mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/.next/static
-cp -rT /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/static /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/.next/static
-if [[ -d /opt/storyteller/applications/web/public ]]; then
-  mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/public
-  cp -rT /opt/storyteller/applications/web/public /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/public
-fi
-mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/migrations
-cp -rT /opt/storyteller/applications/web/migrations /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/migrations
-mkdir -p /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/sqlite
-cp -rT /opt/storyteller/applications/web/sqlite /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/sqlite
-ln -sf /opt/storyteller/.env /opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web/.env
-msg_ok "Built Storyteller"
+msg_ok "Configured Storyteller"

 msg_info "Creating Service"
 cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/storyteller.service
@@ -82,8 +94,12 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 User=root
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/storyteller/applications/web/.next/standalone/applications/web
+WorkingDirectory=${WEB_DIR}
 EnvironmentFile=/opt/storyteller/.env
+Environment=SQLITE_NATIVE_BINDING=${STANDALONE}/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node
+Environment=ERROR_ALIGN_NATIVE_BINDING=${WEB_DIR}/work-dist/@storyteller-platform/align/
+Environment=STORYTELLER_WORKER=worker.mjs
+Environment=STORYTELLER_FILE_WRITE_WORKER=fileWriteWorker.mjs
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node --enable-source-maps server.js
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ User=root
 Group=root
 Type=simple
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/tdarr/Tdarr_Server
-ExecStartPre=/opt/tdarr/Tdarr_Updater
+ExecStartPre=-/opt/tdarr/Tdarr_Updater
 ExecStart=/opt/tdarr/Tdarr_Server/Tdarr_Server
+TimeoutStartSec=600
 TimeoutStopSec=20
 KillMode=process
 Restart=on-failure
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ Password: ${PASS}
 EOF
  msg_ok "Set up Tinyauth"

-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Tinyauth subdomain (e.g. https://tinyauth.example.com): " app_url
+  app_url="${var_tinyauth_app_url:-}"
+  [[ -n "$app_url" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Tinyauth subdomain (e.g. https://tinyauth.example.com): " app_url || true
+  [[ -n "$app_url" ]] || { msg_error "No Tinyauth app URL given; set var_tinyauth_app_url or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

  msg_info "Creating Service"
  cat <<EOF >/opt/tinyauth/.env
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ Password: ${PASS}
 EOF
  msg_ok "Configured Tinyauth"

-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Tinyauth subdomain (e.g. https://tinyauth.example.com): " app_url
+  app_url="${var_tinyauth_app_url:-}"
+  [[ -n "$app_url" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter your Tinyauth subdomain (e.g. https://tinyauth.example.com): " app_url || true
+  [[ -n "$app_url" ]] || { msg_error "No Tinyauth app URL given; set var_tinyauth_app_url or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }

  cat <<EOF >/opt/tinyauth/.env
 TINYAUTH_DATABASE_PATH=/opt/tinyauth/database.db
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ setup_alpine() {
  msg_ok "Installed Traefik"

  enable_webui="${var_traefik_webui:-}"
-  [[ -n "$enable_webui" ]] || read -p "${TAB3}Enable Traefik WebUI (Port 8080)? [y/N]: " enable_webui
+  [[ -n "$enable_webui" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enable Traefik WebUI (Port 8080)? [y/N]: " enable_webui || true
  if [[ "${enable_webui,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    msg_info "Configuring Traefik WebUI"
    sed -i 's/localhost//g' /etc/traefik/traefik.yaml
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ network_check
 update_os

 install -d -m 0700 /etc/twingate
-access_token=""
-refresh_token=""
-network=""
+access_token="${var_twingate_connector_access_token:-}"
+refresh_token="${var_twingate_connector_refresh_token:-}"
+network="${var_twingate_connector_network:-}"
 while [[ -z "$access_token" ]]; do
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Please enter your access token: " access_token
+  read -rp "${TAB3}Please enter your access token: " access_token || { msg_error "No access token given; set var_twingate_connector_access_token or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 done
 while [[ -z "$refresh_token" ]]; do
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Please enter your refresh token: " refresh_token
+  read -rp "${TAB3}Please enter your refresh token: " refresh_token || { msg_error "No refresh token given; set var_twingate_connector_refresh_token or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 done
 while [[ -z "$network" ]]; do
-  read -rp "${TAB3}Please enter your network name: " network
+  read -rp "${TAB3}Please enter your network name: " network || { msg_error "No network name given; set var_twingate_connector_network or answer the prompt"; exit 64; }
 done

 msg_info "Setup Twingate Repository"
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

+if is_debian && [[ "$(get_os_version_major)" -lt 13 ]]; then
+  msg_error "UniFi OS Server needs Debian 13: its installer requires a newer Podman than Debian 12 ships."
+  exit 238
+fi
+
 if [[ "${CTTYPE:-1}" != "0" ]]; then
  msg_error "UniFi OS Server requires a privileged LXC container."
  msg_error "Recreate the container with unprivileged=0."
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ setup_deb_based() {

  echo
  prompt="${var_valkey_tls:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enable TLS for Valkey (Sentinel mode does not supported)? [y/N]: " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enable TLS for Valkey (Sentinel mode does not supported)? [y/N]: " prompt || true
  if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
      tls_only="${var_valkey_tls_only:-}"
-      [[ -n "$tls_only" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Use TLS-only mode (disable TCP port 6379)? [y/N]: " tls_only
+      [[ -n "$tls_only" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Use TLS-only mode (disable TCP port 6379)? [y/N]: " tls_only || true
      msg_info "Configuring TLS for Valkey..."

      create_self_signed_cert "Valkey"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "versitygw" "versity/versitygw" "binary"

 WEBUI_CONF=""
 webui_prompt="${var_versitygw_webgui:-}"
-[[ -n "$webui_prompt" ]] || read -rp "Would you like to enable the VersityGW WebGUI (Beta)? (y/N): " webui_prompt
+[[ -n "$webui_prompt" ]] || read -rp "Would you like to enable the VersityGW WebGUI (Beta)? (y/N): " webui_prompt || true
 if [[ "${webui_prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  WEBUI_CONF="\nVGW_WEBUI_PORT=:7071\nVGW_WEBUI_NO_TLS=true"
  msg_ok "WebGUI will be enabled on port 7071"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "victoriametrics" "VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics"
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "vmutils" "VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics" "prebuild" "$victoriametrics_release" "/opt/victoriametrics" "$vmutils_filename"

 prompt="${var_victoriametrics_logs:-}"
-[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add VictoriaLogs? <y/N> " prompt
+[[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add VictoriaLogs? <y/N> " prompt || true

 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
  vl_release_json="$(mktemp)"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ setup_deb_based() {
  msg_ok "Installed WireGuard"

  prompt="${var_wireguard_wgdashboard:-}"
-  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add WGDashboard? <y/N> " prompt
+  [[ -n "$prompt" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add WGDashboard? <y/N> " prompt || true
  if [[ "${prompt,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    git clone -q https://github.com/WGDashboard/WGDashboard.git /etc/wgdashboard

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ EOF
  msg_ok "Installed WireGuard"

  INSTALL_WGD="${var_wireguard_wgdashboard:-}"
-  [[ -n "$INSTALL_WGD" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to install WGDashboard? (y/N): " INSTALL_WGD
+  [[ -n "$INSTALL_WGD" ]] || read -rp "${TAB3}Do you want to install WGDashboard? (y/N): " INSTALL_WGD || true
  if [[ "${INSTALL_WGD,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
    msg_info "Installing additional dependencies for WGDashboard"
    $STD apk add --no-cache \
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ update_os
 PG_VERSION="17" setup_postgresql
 PG_DB_NAME="zabbixdb" PG_DB_USER="zabbix" setup_postgresql_db

-read -rp "Choose Zabbix version [1] 7.0 LTS  [2] 7.4 (Latest Stable)  [3] Latest available (default: 2): " ZABBIX_CHOICE
+ZABBIX_CHOICE="${var_zabbix_version:-}"
+[[ -n "$ZABBIX_CHOICE" ]] || read -rp "Choose Zabbix version [1] 7.0 LTS  [2] 7.4 (Latest Stable)  [3] Latest available (default: 2): " ZABBIX_CHOICE || true
 ZABBIX_CHOICE=${ZABBIX_CHOICE:-2}
 case "$ZABBIX_CHOICE" in
 1) ZABBIX_VERSION="7.0" ;;
@@ -32,8 +33,10 @@ esac
 msg_info "Installing Zabbix $ZABBIX_VERSION"
 cd /tmp

+ZABBIX_REPO_DIR="debian"
+[[ "$ZABBIX_VERSION" == "7.0" && "$(arch_resolve)" == "arm64" ]] && ZABBIX_REPO_DIR="debian-arm64"
 if [[ "$ZABBIX_VERSION" == "7.0" ]]; then
-  ZABBIX_DEB_URL="https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/${ZABBIX_VERSION}/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest_${ZABBIX_VERSION}+debian13_all.deb"
+  ZABBIX_DEB_URL="https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/${ZABBIX_VERSION}/${ZABBIX_REPO_DIR}/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest_${ZABBIX_VERSION}+debian13_all.deb"
  ZABBIX_DEB_FILE="zabbix-release_latest_${ZABBIX_VERSION}+debian13_all.deb"
 else
  ZABBIX_DEB_URL="https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/${ZABBIX_VERSION}/release/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest+debian13_all.deb"
@@ -57,8 +60,9 @@ sed -i "s/^DBUser=.*/DBUser=$PG_DB_USER/" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
 sed -i "s/^# DBPassword=.*/DBPassword=$PG_DB_PASS/" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
 msg_ok "Installed Zabbix $ZABBIX_VERSION"

+AGENT_CHOICE="${var_zabbix_agent:-}"
 while true; do
-  read -rp "Which agent do you want to install? [1=agent (classic), 2=agent2 (modern), default=1]: " AGENT_CHOICE
+  [[ -n "$AGENT_CHOICE" ]] || read -rp "Which agent do you want to install? [1=agent (classic), 2=agent2 (modern), default=1]: " AGENT_CHOICE || AGENT_CHOICE="1"
  case "$AGENT_CHOICE" in
  2)
    AGENT_PKG="zabbix-agent2"
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ while true; do
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Invalid choice. Please enter 1 or 2."
+    AGENT_CHOICE=""
    ;;
  esac
 done
@@ -79,7 +84,8 @@ if [ "$AGENT_PKG" = "zabbix-agent2" ]; then
  echo "Choose plugins for Zabbix Agent2:"
  echo "1) PostgreSQL only (default, recommended)"
  echo "2) All plugins (may cause issues)"
-  read -rp "Choose option [1-2]: " PLUGIN_CHOICE
+  PLUGIN_CHOICE="${var_zabbix_plugins:-}"
+  [[ -n "$PLUGIN_CHOICE" ]] || read -rp "Choose option [1-2]: " PLUGIN_CHOICE || true

  case "$PLUGIN_CHOICE" in
  2)
@@ -1,508 +1,134 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 tteck | community-scripts ORG
+# Author: tteck (tteckster) | MickLesk (CanbiZ)
+# License: MIT | https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE

-# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 tteck
-# Author: tteck (tteckster)
-# License: MIT
-# https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE
+COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_URL="${COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main}"
+source <(curl -fsSL "${COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/main}/pve/vm-core.func")
+load_functions

-source /dev/stdin <<<$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/api.func)
+APP="Home Assistant OS (ARM64)"
+APP_TYPE="vm"
+NSAPP="pimox-haos-vm"
+var_os="homeassistantos"
+var_version=" "
+var_arm64="yes"
+RANDOM_UUID="$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)"
+GEN_MAC=02:$(openssl rand -hex 5 | awk '{print toupper($0)}' | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//')
+METHOD=""
+THIN="discard=on,ssd=1,"

-function header_info {
-  cat <<"EOF"
-                                      ____  _ __  ___                                        
-                                    / __ \(_)  |/  /___  _  __                              
-                                   / /_/ / / /|_/ / __ \| |/_/                              
-                                  / ____/ / /  / / /_/ />  <                                
-    __  __                       /_/_  /_/_/  /_/\____/_/|_|              __     ____  _____
-   / / / /___  ____ ___  ___     /   |  __________(_)____/ /_____ _____  / /_   / __ \/ ___/
-  / /_/ / __ \/ __ `__ \/ _ \   / /| | / ___/ ___/ / ___/ __/ __ `/ __ \/ __/  / / / /\__ \ 
- / __  / /_/ / / / / / /  __/  / ___ |(__  |__  ) (__  ) /_/ /_/ / / / / /_   / /_/ /___/ / 
-/_/ /_/\____/_/ /_/ /_/\___/  /_/  |_/____/____/_/____/\__/\__,_/_/ /_/\__/   \____//____/  
-                                                                                            
-EOF
-}
-clear
 header_info
 echo -e "\n Loading..."
-GEN_MAC=02:$(openssl rand -hex 5 | awk '{print toupper($0)}' | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//')
-RANDOM_UUID="$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)"
-VERSIONS=(stable beta dev)
-METHOD=""
-NSAPP="pimox-haos-vm"
-var_os="pimox-haos"
-DISK_SIZE="32G"

-for version in "${VERSIONS[@]}"; do
-  eval "$version=$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/home-assistant/version/master/stable.json | grep '"ova"' | cut -d '"' -f 4)"
-done
-YW=$(echo "\033[33m")
-BL=$(echo "\033[36m")
-RD=$(echo "\033[01;31m")
-BGN=$(echo "\033[4;92m")
-GN=$(echo "\033[1;92m")
-DGN=$(echo "\033[32m")
-CL=$(echo "\033[m")
-
-CL=$(echo "\033[m")
-BOLD=$(echo "\033[1m")
-BFR="\\r\\033[K"
-HOLD=" "
-TAB="  "
-
-CM="${TAB}✔️${TAB}${CL}"
-CROSS="${TAB}✖️${TAB}${CL}"
-INFO="${TAB}💡${TAB}${CL}"
-OS="${TAB}🖥️${TAB}${CL}"
-CONTAINERTYPE="${TAB}📦${TAB}${CL}"
-DISKSIZE="${TAB}💾${TAB}${CL}"
-CPUCORE="${TAB}🧠${TAB}${CL}"
-RAMSIZE="${TAB}🛠️${TAB}${CL}"
-CONTAINERID="${TAB}🆔${TAB}${CL}"
-HOSTNAME="${TAB}🏠${TAB}${CL}"
-BRIDGE="${TAB}🌉${TAB}${CL}"
-GATEWAY="${TAB}🌐${TAB}${CL}"
-DEFAULT="${TAB}⚙️${TAB}${CL}"
-MACADDRESS="${TAB}🔗${TAB}${CL}"
-VLANTAG="${TAB}🏷️${TAB}${CL}"
-CREATING="${TAB}🚀${TAB}${CL}"
-ADVANCED="${TAB}🧩${TAB}${CL}"
-CLOUD="${TAB}☁️${TAB}${CL}"
-
-THIN="discard=on,ssd=1,"
-set -e
+set -Eeo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit
 trap 'error_handler $LINENO "$BASH_COMMAND"' ERR
 trap cleanup EXIT
-trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "130"' SIGINT
-trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "143"' SIGTERM
+trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "130"; exit 130' SIGINT
+trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "143"; exit 143' SIGTERM
 trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "129"; exit 129' SIGHUP
-function error_handler() {
-  local exit_code="$?"
-  local line_number="$1"
-  local command="$2"
-  local error_message="${RD}[ERROR]${CL} in line ${RD}$line_number${CL}: exit code ${RD}$exit_code${CL}: while executing command ${YW}$command${CL}"
-  post_update_to_api "failed" "${exit_code}"
-  echo -e "\n$error_message\n"
-  cleanup_vmid
-}

-function get_valid_nextid() {
-  local try_id
-  try_id=$(pvesh get /cluster/nextid)
-  while true; do
-    if [ -f "/etc/pve/qemu-server/${try_id}.conf" ] || [ -f "/etc/pve/lxc/${try_id}.conf" ]; then
-      try_id=$((try_id + 1))
-      continue
-    fi
-    if lvs --noheadings -o lv_name | grep -qE "(^|[-_])${try_id}($|[-_])"; then
-      try_id=$((try_id + 1))
-      continue
-    fi
-    break
-  done
-  echo "$try_id"
-}
-
-function cleanup_vmid() {
-  if qm status $VMID &>/dev/null; then
-    qm stop $VMID &>/dev/null
-    qm destroy $VMID &>/dev/null
-  fi
-}
-
-function cleanup() {
-  local exit_code=$?
-  popd >/dev/null
-  if [[ "${POST_TO_API_DONE:-}" == "true" && "${POST_UPDATE_DONE:-}" != "true" ]]; then
-    if [[ $exit_code -eq 0 ]]; then
-      post_update_to_api "done" "none"
-    else
-      post_update_to_api "failed" "$exit_code"
-    fi
-  fi
-  rm -rf $TEMP_DIR
-}
+vm_require_arch arm64

 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-pushd $TEMP_DIR >/dev/null
-if whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "Pimox Homeassistant OS VM" --yesno "This will create a New Pimox Homeassistant OS VM. Proceed?" 10 58; then
-  :
-else
-  header_info && echo -e "${CROSS}${RD}User exited script${CL}\n" && exit
-fi
+pushd "$TEMP_DIR" >/dev/null

-function msg_info() {
-  local msg="$1"
-  echo -ne "${TAB}${YW}${HOLD}${msg}${HOLD}"
-}
+vm_preflight
+vm_require_tools jq xz

-function msg_ok() {
-  local msg="$1"
-  echo -e "${BFR}${CM}${GN}${msg}${CL}"
-}
-
-function msg_error() {
-  local msg="$1"
-  echo -e "${BFR}${CROSS}${RD}${msg}${CL}"
-}
-
-function check_root() {
-  if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 || $(ps -o comm= -p $PPID) == "sudo" ]]; then
-    clear
-    msg_error "Please run this script as root."
-    echo -e "\nExiting..."
-    sleep 2
-    exit
-  fi
-}
-
-# This function checks the version of Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) and exits if the version is not supported.
-# Supported: Proxmox VE 8.0.x – 8.9.x, 9.0 and 9.2
-pve_check() {
-  local PVE_VER
-  PVE_VER="$(pveversion | awk -F'/' '{print $2}' | awk -F'-' '{print $1}')"
-
-  # Check for Proxmox VE 8.x: allow 8.0–8.9
-  if [[ "$PVE_VER" =~ ^8\.([0-9]+) ]]; then
-    local MINOR="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-    if ((MINOR < 0 || MINOR > 9)); then
-      msg_error "This version of Proxmox VE is not supported."
-      msg_error "Supported: Proxmox VE version 8.0 – 8.9"
-      exit 105
-    fi
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  # Check for Proxmox VE 9.x: allow 9.0 and 9.2
-  if [[ "$PVE_VER" =~ ^9\.([0-9]+) ]]; then
-    local MINOR="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-    if ((MINOR < 0 || MINOR > 2)); then
-      msg_error "This version of Proxmox VE is not supported."
-      msg_error "Supported: Proxmox VE version 9.0 – 9.2"
-      exit 105
-    fi
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  # All other unsupported versions
-  msg_error "This version of Proxmox VE is not supported."
-  msg_error "Supported versions: Proxmox VE 8.0 – 8.x or 9.0 – 9.2"
-  exit 105
-}
-
-function arch_check() {
-  if [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" != "amd64" ]; then
-    echo -e "\n ${INFO}${YWB}This script will not work with PiMox! \n"
-    echo -e "\n ${YWB}Visit https://github.com/asylumexp/Proxmox for ARM64 support. \n"
-    echo -e "Exiting..."
-    sleep 2
-    exit
-  fi
-}
-
-function ssh_check() {
-  if command -v pveversion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    if [ -n "${SSH_CLIENT:+x}" ]; then
-      if whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --defaultno --title "SSH DETECTED" --yesno "It's suggested to use the Proxmox shell instead of SSH, since SSH can create issues while gathering variables. Would you like to proceed with using SSH?" 10 62; then
-        echo "you've been warned"
-      else
-        clear
-        exit
-      fi
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-function exit-script() {
-  clear
-  echo -e "\n${CROSS}${RD}User exited script${CL}\n"
-  exit
-}
+for channel in stable beta dev; do
+  channel_version="$(curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/home-assistant/version/master/${channel}.json" | jq -er '.hassos["generic-aarch64"]')"
+  printf -v "${channel^^}" '%s' "$channel_version"
+done

 function default_settings() {
  METHOD="default"
-  echo -e "${DGN}Using HAOS Version: ${BGN}${STABLE}${CL}"
-  BRANCH=${STABLE}
+  BRANCH="${VM_OS_VERSION:-$STABLE}"
  VMID=$(get_valid_nextid)
-  echo -e "${DGN}Using Virtual Machine ID: ${BGN}$VMID${CL}"
-  echo -e "${DGN}Using Hostname: ${BGN}haos${STABLE}${CL}"
-  HN=haos${STABLE}
-  echo -e "${DGN}Allocated Cores: ${BGN}2${CL}"
+  vm_apply_machine_type "virt"
+  DISK_SIZE="32G"
+  DISK_CACHE=""
+  CPU_TYPE=""
+  HN="haos"
  CORE_COUNT="2"
-  echo -e "${DGN}Allocated RAM: ${BGN}4096${CL}"
  RAM_SIZE="4096"
-  echo -e "${DGN}Using Bridge: ${BGN}vmbr0${CL}"
  BRG="vmbr0"
-  echo -e "${DGN}Using MAC Address: ${BGN}$GEN_MAC${CL}"
-  MAC=$GEN_MAC
-  echo -e "${DGN}Using VLAN: ${BGN}Default${CL}"
+  MAC="$GEN_MAC"
  VLAN=""
-  echo -e "${DGN}Using Interface MTU Size: ${BGN}Default${CL}"
  MTU=""
-  echo -e "${DGN}Start VM when completed: ${BGN}yes${CL}"
  START_VM="yes"
-  echo -e "${BL}Creating a HAOS VM using the above default settings${CL}"
+  vm_echo_default_settings
 }
+
 function advanced_settings() {
  METHOD="advanced"
-  BRANCH=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "HAOS VERSION" --radiolist "Choose Version" --cancel-button Exit-Script 10 58 3 \
-    "$STABLE" "Stable" ON \
-    "$BETA" "Beta" OFF \
-    "$DEV" "Dev" OFF \
-    3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-  exitstatus=$?
-  if [ $exitstatus = 0 ]; then echo -e "${DGN}Using HAOS Version: ${BGN}$BRANCH${CL}"; fi
-  [ -z "${VMID:-}" ] && VMID=$(get_valid_nextid)
-  VMID=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Virtual Machine ID" 8 58 $VMID --title "VIRTUAL MACHINE ID" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-  exitstatus=$?
-  if [ -z $VMID ]; then
-    VMID="$VMID"
-    echo -e "${DGN}Virtual Machine: ${BGN}$VMID${CL}"
+  if [[ "${VM_UNATTENDED:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+    BRANCH="${VM_OS_VERSION:-$STABLE}"
+  elif vm_dialog radiolist "HAOS VERSION" "Choose Version" --cancel-button Exit-Script 12 58 3 \
+    "$STABLE" "Stable" ON "$BETA" "Beta" OFF "$DEV" "Dev" OFF; then
+    BRANCH="$VM_DIALOG_RESULT"
  else
-    if echo "$USEDID" | egrep -q "$VMID"; then
-      echo -e "\n🚨  ${RD}ID $VMID is already in use${CL} \n"
-      echo -e "Exiting Script \n"
-      sleep 2
-      exit
-    else
-      if [ $exitstatus = 0 ]; then echo -e "${DGN}Virtual Machine ID: ${BGN}$VMID${CL}"; fi
-    fi
+    exit_script
  fi
-  VM_NAME=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Hostname" 8 58 haos${BRANCH} --title "HOSTNAME" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-  exitstatus=$?
-  if [ -z $VM_NAME ]; then
-    HN="haos${BRANCH}"
-    echo -e "${DGN}Using Hostname: ${BGN}$HN${CL}"
-  else
-    if [ $exitstatus = 0 ]; then
-      HN=$(echo "${VM_NAME,,}" | tr -cs 'a-z0-9-' '-' | sed 's/^-//;s/-$//')
-      if [ "$HN" != "${VM_NAME,,}" ]; then
-        whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "HOSTNAME ADJUSTED" --msgbox "Invalid characters detected. Hostname has been adjusted to:\n\n  $HN" 10 58
-      fi
-      echo -e "${DGN}Using Hostname: ${BGN}$HN${CL}"
-    fi
-  fi
-  while true; do
-    CORE_COUNT=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Allocate CPU Cores" 8 58 2 --title "CORE COUNT" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-    exitstatus=$?
-    if [ $exitstatus -ne 0 ]; then exit-script; fi
-    if [ -z "$CORE_COUNT" ]; then CORE_COUNT="2"; fi
-    if [[ "$CORE_COUNT" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]; then
-      echo -e "${DGN}Allocated Cores: ${BGN}$CORE_COUNT${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "INVALID INPUT" --msgbox "CPU Cores must be a positive integer (e.g., 2)." 8 58
-  done
-  while true; do
-    RAM_SIZE=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Allocate RAM in MiB" 8 58 4096 --title "RAM" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-    exitstatus=$?
-    if [ $exitstatus -ne 0 ]; then exit-script; fi
-    if [ -z "$RAM_SIZE" ]; then RAM_SIZE="4096"; fi
-    if [[ "$RAM_SIZE" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]; then
-      echo -e "${DGN}Allocated RAM: ${BGN}$RAM_SIZE${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "INVALID INPUT" --msgbox "RAM Size must be a positive integer in MiB (e.g., 4096)." 8 58
-  done
-  BRG=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set a Bridge" 8 58 vmbr0 --title "BRIDGE" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-  exitstatus=$?
-  if [ -z $BRG ]; then
-    BRG="vmbr0"
-    echo -e "${DGN}Using Bridge: ${BGN}$BRG${CL}"
-  else
-    if [ $exitstatus = 0 ]; then echo -e "${DGN}Using Bridge: ${BGN}$BRG${CL}"; fi
-  fi
-  while true; do
-    MAC1=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set a MAC Address" 8 58 $GEN_MAC --title "MAC ADDRESS" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-    exitstatus=$?
-    if [ $exitstatus -ne 0 ]; then exit-script; fi
-    if [ -z "$MAC1" ]; then
-      MAC="$GEN_MAC"
-      echo -e "${DGN}Using MAC Address: ${BGN}$MAC${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    if [[ "$MAC1" =~ ^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}:){5}[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}$ ]]; then
-      MAC="$MAC1"
-      echo -e "${DGN}Using MAC Address: ${BGN}$MAC1${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "INVALID INPUT" --msgbox "Invalid MAC address format. Use XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (e.g., AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF)." 8 58
-  done
-  while true; do
-    VLAN1=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set a Vlan(leave blank for default)" 8 58 --title "VLAN" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-    exitstatus=$?
-    if [ $exitstatus -ne 0 ]; then exit-script; fi
-    if [ -z "$VLAN1" ]; then
-      VLAN1="Default"
-      VLAN=""
-      echo -e "${DGN}Using Vlan: ${BGN}$VLAN1${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    if [[ "$VLAN1" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && [ "$VLAN1" -ge 1 ] && [ "$VLAN1" -le 4094 ]; then
-      VLAN=",tag=$VLAN1"
-      echo -e "${DGN}Using Vlan: ${BGN}$VLAN1${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "INVALID INPUT" --msgbox "VLAN must be a number between 1 and 4094, or leave blank for default." 8 58
-  done
-  while true; do
-    MTU1=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Interface MTU Size (leave blank for default)" 8 58 --title "MTU SIZE" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-    exitstatus=$?
-    if [ $exitstatus -ne 0 ]; then exit-script; fi
-    if [ -z "$MTU1" ]; then
-      MTU1="Default"
-      MTU=""
-      echo -e "${DGN}Using Interface MTU Size: ${BGN}$MTU1${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    if [[ "$MTU1" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && [ "$MTU1" -ge 576 ] && [ "$MTU1" -le 65520 ]; then
-      MTU=",mtu=$MTU1"
-      echo -e "${DGN}Using Interface MTU Size: ${BGN}$MTU1${CL}"
-      break
-    fi
-    whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "INVALID INPUT" --msgbox "MTU Size must be a number between 576 and 65520, or leave blank for default." 8 58
-  done
-  if (whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "START VIRTUAL MACHINE" --yesno "Start VM when completed?" 10 58); then
-    echo -e "${DGN}Start VM when completed: ${BGN}yes${CL}"
-    START_VM="yes"
-  else
-    echo -e "${DGN}Start VM when completed: ${BGN}no${CL}"
-    START_VM="no"
-  fi
-  if (whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "ADVANCED SETTINGS COMPLETE" --yesno "Ready to create HAOS ${BRANCH} VM?" --no-button Do-Over 10 58); then
-    echo -e "${RD}Creating a HAOS VM using the above advanced settings${CL}"
-  else
-    clear
-    header_info
-    echo -e "${RD}Using Advanced Settings${CL}"
+  vm_apply_machine_type "virt"
+  CPU_TYPE=""
+  vm_prompt_vmid "${VMID:-$(get_valid_nextid)}"
+  vm_prompt_disk_size "32G"
+  vm_prompt_disk_cache "none"
+  vm_prompt_hostname "haos"
+  vm_prompt_cpu_cores "2"
+  vm_prompt_ram "4096"
+  vm_prompt_bridge "vmbr0"
+  vm_prompt_mac "$GEN_MAC"
+  vm_prompt_vlan
+  vm_prompt_mtu
+  vm_prompt_keyboard
+  vm_prompt_verbose "no"
+  vm_prompt_start_vm "yes"
+  if ! vm_confirm_advanced_settings "Ready to create a HAOS VM?"; then
    advanced_settings
  fi
 }
-function START_SCRIPT() {
-  if (whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "SETTINGS" --yesno "Use Default Settings?" --no-button Advanced 10 58); then
-    clear
-    header_info
-    echo -e "${BL}Using Default Settings${CL}"
-    default_settings
-  else
-    clear
-    header_info
-    echo -e "${RD}Using Advanced Settings${CL}"
-    advanced_settings
-  fi
-}
-ARCH_CHECK
-START_SCRIPT
+
+vm_start_script "Use Default Settings?\n\nDefaults:\n• 2 CPU Cores\n• 4 GB RAM\n• 32 GB Disk" 13 58
+var_version="$BRANCH"
 post_to_api_vm
-while read -r line; do
-  TAG=$(echo $line | awk '{print $1}')
-  TYPE=$(echo $line | awk '{printf "%-10s", $2}')
-  FREE=$(echo $line | numfmt --field 4-6 --from-unit=K --to=iec --format %.2f | awk '{printf( "%9sB", $6)}')
-  ITEM="  Type: $TYPE Free: $FREE "
-  OFFSET=2
-  if [[ $((${#ITEM} + $OFFSET)) -gt ${MSG_MAX_LENGTH:-} ]]; then
-    MSG_MAX_LENGTH=$((${#ITEM} + $OFFSET))
+vm_select_storage "$HN"
+vm_define_disk_references 2
+
+msg_info "Retrieving the Home Assistant OS ${BRANCH} image"
+VM_RELEASE_SHA256=""
+if [[ "$BRANCH" == "$DEV" ]]; then
+  URL="https://os-artifacts.home-assistant.io/${BRANCH}/haos_generic-aarch64-${BRANCH}.qcow2.xz"
+else
+  if ! vm_release_asset github home-assistant/operating-system 'haos_generic-aarch64-.*\.qcow2\.xz$' "$BRANCH"; then
+    exit 1
  fi
-  STORAGE_MENU+=("$TAG" "$ITEM" "OFF")
-done < <(pvesm status -content images | awk 'NR>1')
-if [ $((${#STORAGE_MENU[@]} / 3)) -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo -e "'Disk image' needs to be selected for at least one storage location."
-  die "Unable to detect valid storage location."
-elif [ $((${#STORAGE_MENU[@]} / 3)) -eq 1 ]; then
-  STORAGE=${STORAGE_MENU[0]}
-else
-  while [ -z "${STORAGE:+x}" ]; do
-    STORAGE=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "Storage Pools" --radiolist \
-      "Which storage pool would you like to use for the HAOS VM?\n\n" \
-      16 $(($MSG_MAX_LENGTH + 23)) 6 \
-      "${STORAGE_MENU[@]}" 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
-  done
+  URL="$VM_RELEASE_URL"
+  var_version="$VM_RELEASE_VERSION"
 fi
-msg_ok "Using ${CL}${BL}$STORAGE${CL} ${GN}for Storage Location."
-msg_ok "Virtual Machine ID is ${CL}${BL}$VMID${CL}."
-msg_info "Getting URL for Home Assistant ${BRANCH} Disk Image"
-URL=https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/download/${BRANCH}/haos_generic-aarch64-${BRANCH}.qcow2.xz
-sleep 2
-msg_ok "${CL}${BL}${URL}${CL}"
-curl -f#SL -o "$(basename "$URL")" "$URL"
-echo -en "\e[1A\e[0K"
-FILE=$(basename $URL)
-msg_ok "Downloaded ${CL}${BL}haos_generic-aarch64-${BRANCH}.qcow2.xz${CL}"
-msg_info "Extracting Disk Image"
-unxz $FILE
-STORAGE_TYPE=$(pvesm status -storage $STORAGE | awk 'NR>1 {print $2}')
-case $STORAGE_TYPE in
-nfs | dir)
-  DISK_EXT=".qcow2"
-  DISK_REF="$VMID/"
-  DISK_IMPORT="-format qcow2"
-  ;;
-*)
-  DISK_EXT=""
-  DISK_REF=""
-  DISK_IMPORT="-format raw"
-  ;;
-esac
-for i in {0,1}; do
-  disk="DISK$i"
-  eval DISK${i}=vm-${VMID}-disk-${i}${DISK_EXT:-}
-  eval DISK${i}_REF=${STORAGE}:${DISK_REF:-}${!disk}
-done
-msg_ok "Extracted Disk Image"
+CACHE_FILE="$(vm_image_cache_path "$URL")"
+vm_fetch_image "$URL" "$CACHE_FILE" --cache --verify-xz --min-bytes $((5 * 1024 * 1024)) --sha256 "$VM_RELEASE_SHA256" || exit 115
+vm_extract_image "$CACHE_FILE" "$TEMP_DIR/haos.qcow2"
+
+vm_claim_vmid
 msg_info "Creating HAOS VM"
-qm create $VMID -bios ovmf -cores $CORE_COUNT -memory $RAM_SIZE -name $HN \
-  -net0 virtio,bridge=$BRG,macaddr=$MAC$VLAN$MTU -onboot 1 -ostype l26 -scsihw virtio-scsi-pci
-pvesm alloc $STORAGE $VMID $DISK0 64M 1>&/dev/null
-qm importdisk $VMID ${FILE%.*} $STORAGE ${DISK_IMPORT:-} 1>&/dev/null
-qm set $VMID \
-  -efidisk0 ${DISK0_REF},efitype=4m,size=64M \
-  -scsi0 ${DISK1_REF},size=32G >/dev/null
-qm set $VMID \
-  -boot order=scsi0 >/dev/null
+qm create "$VMID"${MACHINE} -agent 1 -bios ovmf -cores "$CORE_COUNT" -memory "$RAM_SIZE" -name "$HN" \
+  -net0 "virtio,bridge=$BRG,macaddr=$MAC$VLAN$MTU" -onboot 1 -ostype l26 -scsihw virtio-scsi-pci
+vm_mark_created
+vm_alloc_efi_disk "$DISK0"
+vm_import_disk "$VMID" "$VM_IMAGE_FILE" "$STORAGE"
+qm set "$VMID" -efidisk0 "${DISK0_REF},efitype=4m,size=64M" \
+  -scsi0 "${VM_IMPORTED_DISK},${DISK_CACHE}${THIN%,}" -boot order=scsi0 >/dev/null
+vm_resize_disk
+set_description

-DESCRIPTION=$(
-  cat <<EOF
-<div align='center'>
-  <a href='https://community-scripts.org' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
-    <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/images/logo-81x112.png' alt='Logo' style='width:81px;height:112px;'/>
-  </a>
-
-  <h2 style='font-size: 24px; margin: 20px 0;'>Homeassistant VM</h2>
-
-  <p style='margin: 16px 0;'>
-    <a href='https://ko-fi.com/community_scripts' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
-      <img src='https://img.shields.io/badge/&#x2615;-Buy us a coffee-blue' alt='spend Coffee' />
-    </a>
-  </p>
-  
-  <span style='margin: 0 10px;'>
-    <i class="fa fa-github fa-fw" style="color: #f5f5f5;"></i>
-    <a href='https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration: none; color: #00617f;'>GitHub</a>
-  </span>
-  <span style='margin: 0 10px;'>
-    <i class="fa fa-comments fa-fw" style="color: #f5f5f5;"></i>
-    <a href='https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/discussions' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration: none; color: #00617f;'>Discussions</a>
-  </span>
-  <span style='margin: 0 10px;'>
-    <i class="fa fa-exclamation-circle fa-fw" style="color: #f5f5f5;"></i>
-    <a href='https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/issues' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration: none; color: #00617f;'>Issues</a>
-  </span>
-</div>
-EOF
-)
-qm set $VMID -description "$DESCRIPTION" >/dev/null
-if [ -n "$DISK_SIZE" ]; then
-  msg_info "Resizing disk to $DISK_SIZE GB"
-  qm resize $VMID scsi0 ${DISK_SIZE} >/dev/null
-else
-  msg_info "Using default disk size of $DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE GB"
-  qm resize $VMID scsi0 ${DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE} >/dev/null
-fi
-
-msg_ok "Created HAOS VM ${CL}${BL}(${HN})"
-if [ "$START_VM" == "yes" ]; then
-  msg_info "Starting Home Assistant OS VM"
-  qm start $VMID
-  msg_ok "Started Home Assistant OS VM"
-fi
-post_update_to_api "done" "none"
-msg_ok "Completed successfully!\n"
+vm_start_vm "Home Assistant OS VM"
+vm_print_summary "Version=${var_version}" "Web UI=http://<VM-IP>:8123" "Console=Native HAOS CLI (ha)"
+vm_next_steps \
+  "Wait several minutes for Home Assistant OS to finish first boot." \
+  "Open http://<VM-IP>:8123 and complete onboarding." \
+  "Use the Proxmox console for the native HAOS CLI (ha)." \
+  "Cloud-Init credentials do not apply to this appliance."
+vm_finish "HAOS VM created. Complete onboarding at http://<VM-IP>:8123 after first boot."
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
MickLesk	4738f33fc7	mongodb, paperless-gpt: accept yes as well as y	2026-10-23 20:50:49 +02:00
MickLesk	3f0dd1b09b	install: answer every prompt from the environment, survive a closed stdin Every interactive prompt takes a var_<app>_<name> override and treats a closed stdin like Enter (`\|\| true`), so an install keeps going after the console that started it is gone. Values the script cannot do without end with exit 64 and name the variable to set. Validation loops stop asking when nobody can answer instead of spinning on an empty read.	2026-10-23 20:44:37 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	500a860faf	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18113 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:50:36 +00:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	f7dcae32a8	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18112 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:50:10 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	4f88fba713	InvoiceShelf: run the Laravel scheduler (#18079 ) Without the schedule:run cron job, recurring invoices and other scheduled tasks never ran (#18072). Update adds it to existing installs.	2026-10-23 15:50:05 +02:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	5a5b0b4a2e	podman-homeassistant: require Debian 13 (#18095 ) Quadlet needs Podman 4.4; Debian 12 ships 4.3.1, so no unit was generated and systemctl start failed with 5.	2026-10-23 15:49:35 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	e40e1c3f9e	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18111 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:48:30 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	2d68523f89	proxcenter: skip the type check and lower the build heap (#18090 ) Upstream added PROXCENTER_SKIP_TYPECHECK for builds from a released tag; the type check alone needs about 3 GB. A 4.6 GB heap on 6 GB of RAM got the build killed.	2026-10-23 15:48:07 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	507ccb85c2	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18110 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:48:00 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	e3bcb63608	hermesagent: retry the installer download, fall back to GitHub (#18091 ) The Vercel host answered 4xx/5xx 21 times a week; a plain curl gave up at once.	2026-10-23 15:47:47 +02:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	363de2146c	zabbix: use the arm64 repository for 7.0 (#18089 ) 7.0's debian repository carries no arm64 packages; they live under debian-arm64. The ct sets var_arm64=yes, so the install failed at the package step.	2026-10-23 15:47:31 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	cc868ffba3	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18109 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:46:40 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	1385f9eb71	postgresql: default the version prompt and match Alpine's packages (#18093 ) An empty answer, or no TTY, ended the install with 64. The prompt now defaults to 17 and takes var_postgresql_version; the Alpine list is 16/17/18, which is what 3.24 ships.	2026-10-23 15:46:07 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	8360169273	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18108 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:46:03 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	5a065790a8	kasm: survive a failed release lookup and answer the installer with flags (#18092 ) The lookup ran under pipefail with no timeout: a page without the link ended the install at `head -1`, a stalled connection hung it for half an hour, and the fallback version never ran. The installer takes --accept-eula, --no-swap-check and --no-check-disk; piped answers shifted with the prompts, and a "y" to the swap question tried swapon inside the container.	2026-10-23 15:45:32 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	20b0caf260	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18107 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:42:28 +00:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	0ab4ff9187	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18106 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:42:05 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	fab965b3c7	apache-guacamole: require Debian 13 (#18094 ) freerdp3-dev exists from Trixie on; a Debian 12 override failed at the dependency install.	2026-10-23 15:42:03 +02:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	c2a4db2c7f	unifi-os-server: require Debian 13 (#18096 ) Every failed install this week ran on Debian 12, where the installer rejects the Podman that ships there. The default is 13; an override now fails before the 785 MB download.	2026-10-23 15:41:53 +02:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	8df4381b7c	openwebui: drop the Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit (#18098 ) The Ollama release binaries carry no SYCL build, so the 2.8 GB download was never used. Its handled failure was also what later systemctl failures were reported as.	2026-10-23 15:41:37 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	f9baff39a7	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18105 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:41:16 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	449c3d4997	ollama: drop the Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit (#18097 ) The Ollama release binaries carry no SYCL build, so the 2.8 GB download (14.6 GB installed) was never used; 13 installs a week failed on it.	2026-10-23 15:40:41 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	a6367da0c3	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18104 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:27:47 +00:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	dcc593947d	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18103 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 13:27:34 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	1588926a1e	Storyteller: build the runtime like upstream's Dockerfile (#18083 ) * Storyteller: build the runtime like upstream's Dockerfile Only the Next.js app was built before. The standalone server now also gets the worker and file-write-worker bundles, the native align prebuilds, the icu-segmentation wasm, @parcel/watcher and kuromoji, plus the env vars that point at them, and whisper.cpp with the tiny.en model is installed through ghost-story's CLI. Packages and the readium version follow upstream (#16628). Update still used the pre-monorepo paths, and CLEAN_INSTALL wiped /opt/storyteller including the data directory; it now keeps data/, rebuilds the same way and rewrites the unit, so existing installs move over. * Storyteller: follow the script conventions python3 ships with the template, update uses ensure_dependencies, no comments. * Refactor storyteller.sh for improved deployment process	2026-10-23 15:27:13 +02:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	39f0920ac7	tdarr: do not let a failed or slow updater block the service start (#18100 ) ExecStartPre ran Tdarr_Updater without the - prefix under the default 90 s start timeout, so no route to tdarr.io or a slow download failed `systemctl enable --now` at the end of the install.	2026-10-23 15:27:08 +02:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	cedc440446	immich: install mise from its GitHub release, retry jellyfin-ffmpeg, default the ML prompt (#18099 ) The mise apt repository keeps one version and caches its index for a day; with near-daily mise releases the index points at a deleted deb and the install ends with 100 (18 a week). The binary comes from the release instead, on new containers and on updates that have none yet. jellyfin-ffmpeg7 failed on mirror hiccups; it goes through the retrying installer. The machine-learning prompt ended the install without a TTY.	2026-10-23 15:27:06 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	8692f16e80	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18102 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 11:57:01 +00:00
CanbiZ (MickLesk)	41b51b121d	Refactor: pimox-haos-vm (#18077 ) Updated copyright information and improved script structure. Added error handling and enhanced variable management.	2026-10-23 13:56:31 +02:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	a4eb27013c	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18088 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 10:05:44 +00:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	7785082d60	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18087 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 10:04:02 +00:00
community-scripts-pr-app[bot]andgithub-actions[bot]	65e08ee708	Update CHANGELOG.md (#18084 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-10-23 09:30:48 +00:00