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 ssd-vol0/hvn0.chbtl0.ipng.ch/ssd-vol0/vpp-proto-disk0@20221013-release     0B      -     6.04G  -
 ```
 
+## Install
+
+Make sure that you're logged in to the `lab.ipng.ch` machine with an SSH key agent,
+or key forwarding, so that you can manipulate the hypervisors. Installing for the first
+time requires adding a few PIP packages:
+
+```
+lab:~/src/lab$ pip3 install hiyapyco
+lab:~/src/lab$ pip3 install ipaddress
+lab:~/src/lab$ pip3 install jinja2
+lab:~/src/lab$ pip3 install jinja2-ansible-filters
+```
+.. after which the generator should be able to create its artifacts!
+
 ## Usage
 
 There are three hypervisor nodes each running one isolated lab environment: