diff --git a/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/install_alpine.sh b/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/install_alpine.sh
index 6496271..dc8fd6d 100644
--- a/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/install_alpine.sh
+++ b/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/install_alpine.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ EOF"
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@${STAGING_IP} "echo 'y' | setup-alpine -e -f /tmp/alpine-answers"
 
 # Wait for installation to complete
-sleep 45
+sleep 65
 
 # Reboot via SSH
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@${STAGING_IP} "reboot"
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ if ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 root@${STAGING_IP} "echo
 else
   echo '{"status": "failure", "message": "Failed to install Alpine"}'
   exit 1
-fi 
\ No newline at end of file
+fi 
diff --git a/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.json b/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.json
index d4de9a1..58f8990 100644
--- a/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.json
+++ b/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       "type": "String"
     },
     "network": {
-      "description": "Network to connect the VM to (wan-verizon or internal-moeny)",
+      "description": "Network to connect the VM to (wan-verizon, internal-moeny or virtual-masiero)",
       "type": "String"
     },
     "ip_with_cidr": {
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@
       "type": "String"
     }
   }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh b/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh
index 9209fa1..0a193a4 100755
--- a/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh
+++ b/vm_automation/alpine/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ validate_network_relationships() {
         if [[ "$gateway_ip" != "10.44.0.1" ]]; then
             output_warning "internal-moeny network typically uses 10.44.0.1 as gateway, but got ${gateway_ip}"
         fi
+    elif [[ "$network" == "virtual-masiero" ]]; then
+        if [[ ! "$ip_network" =~ ^10\.10\.0$ ]]; then
+            output_warning "virtual-masiero network typically uses 10.10.0/24 range, but got ${ip_network}.0/${cidr}"
+        fi
+        if [[ "$gateway_ip" != "10.10.0.1" ]]; then
+            output_warning "virtual-masiero network typically uses 10.10.0.1 as gateway, but got ${gateway_ip}"
+        fi
     fi
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +103,7 @@ validate_network_relationships() {
 validate_target_host() {
     local host=$1
     if [[ "$host" != "vortex" && "$host" != "astrocore" ]]; then
-        output_status "error" "Invalid target_host '$host'. Must be either vortex or astrocore"
+        output_status "error" "Invalid target_host '$host'. Must be either vortex or astrocore."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -112,8 +119,8 @@ validate_hostname() {
 # Function to validate network
 validate_network() {
     local network=$1
-    if [[ "$network" != "wan-verizon" && "$network" != "internal-moeny" ]]; then
-        output_status "error" "Invalid network '$network'. Must be either wan-verizon or internal-moeny"
+    if [[ "$network" != "wan-verizon" && "$network" != "internal-moeny" && "$network" != "virtual-masiero" ]]; then
+        output_status "error" "Invalid network '$network'. Must be either wan-verizon, internal-moeny or virtual-masiero."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -221,4 +228,4 @@ validate_ip "$PT_nameserver2" "secondary nameserver"
 validate_ip "$PT_nameserver3" "tertiary nameserver"
 
 # If we get here, all validations passed
-output_status "success" "All parameters validated successfully" 
\ No newline at end of file
+output_status "success" "All parameters validated successfully" 
diff --git a/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.json b/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.json
index d18cef3..791c25c 100644
--- a/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.json
+++ b/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "parameters": {
     "network": {
       "type": "String",
-      "description": "Network type (internal-moeny or wan-verizon)"
+      "description": "Network type (internal-moeny, wan-verizon or virtual-masiero)"
     }
   }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.sh b/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.sh
index 2db3141..3711f98 100644
--- a/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.sh
+++ b/vm_automation/common/tasks/check_ip_availability.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ if [ "$network" = "internal-moeny" ]; then
     ping_ip="10.44.0.250"
 elif [ "$network" = "wan-verizon" ]; then
     ping_ip="100.40.223.190"
+elif [ "$network" = "virtual-masiero" ]; then
+    ping_ip="10.10.0.250"
 else
-    echo "{\"status\": \"error\", \"message\": \"Unsupported network type: $network. Must be either internal-moeny or wan-verizon.\"}"
+    echo "{\"status\": \"error\", \"message\": \"Unsupported network type: $network. Must be either internal-moeny, wan-verizon or virtual-masiero.\"}"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -21,4 +23,4 @@ if ping -c 1 -W 3 "$ping_ip" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 else
     echo "{\"status\": \"success\", \"message\": \"IP $ping_ip is available.\"}"
     exit 0
-fi 
\ No newline at end of file
+fi 
diff --git a/vm_automation/ubuntu/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh b/vm_automation/ubuntu/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh
index d230819..667fd3f 100755
--- a/vm_automation/ubuntu/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh
+++ b/vm_automation/ubuntu/tasks/validate_vm_parameters.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ validate_network_relationships() {
 
     # Validate network relationships
     if [[ "$ip_network" != "$gateway_network" ]]; then
-        output_status "error" "IP ($ip) and gateway ($gateway_ip) must be in the same network"
+        output_status "error" "IP ($ip) and gateway ($gateway_ip) must be in the same network."
     fi
 
     # Network-specific validations
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ validate_network_relationships() {
         if [[ "$staging_ip" != "internal" ]]; then
             output_warning "internal-moeny network typically uses 'internal' for staging_ip, but got '${staging_ip}'"
         fi
+    elif [[ "$network" == "virtual-masiero" ]]; then
+        if [[ ! "$ip_network" =~ ^10\.10\.0$ ]]; then
+            output_warning "virtual-masiero network typically uses 10.10.0.0/24 range, but got ${ip_network}.0/${cidr}"
+        fi
+        if [[ "$gateway_ip" != "10.10.0.1" ]]; then
+            output_warning "virtual-masiero network typically uses 10.10.0.1 as gateway, but got ${gateway_ip}"
+        fi
+        if [[ "$staging_ip" != "internal" ]]; then
+            output_warning "virtual-masiero network typically uses 'internal' for staging_ip, but got '${staging_ip}'"
+        fi
     fi
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +107,7 @@ validate_network_relationships() {
 validate_target_host() {
     local host=$1
     if [[ "$host" != "vortex" && "$host" != "astrocore" ]]; then
-        output_status "error" "Invalid target_host '$host'. Must be either vortex or astrocore"
+        output_status "error" "Invalid target_host '$host'. Must be either vortex or astrocore."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +124,7 @@ validate_hostname() {
 validate_network() {
     local network=$1
     if [[ "$network" != "wan-verizon" && "$network" != "internal-moeny" ]]; then
-        output_status "error" "Invalid network '$network'. Must be either wan-verizon or internal-moeny"
+        output_status "error" "Invalid network '$network'. Must be either wan-verizon or internal-moeny."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -154,7 +164,7 @@ validate_iso_path() {
     # Extract just the filename from the path
     local filename=$(basename "$path")
     if [[ ! "$filename" =~ ^ubuntu ]]; then
-        output_warning "ISO filename ('${filename}') should typically begin with 'ubuntu'"
+        output_warning "ISO filename ('${filename}') should typically begin with 'ubuntu.'"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -162,7 +172,7 @@ validate_iso_path() {
 validate_staging_ip() {
     local staging_ip=$1
     if [[ "$staging_ip" != "public" && "$staging_ip" != "internal" ]]; then
-        output_status "error" "Invalid staging_ip '$staging_ip'. Must be either public or internal"
+        output_status "error" "Invalid staging_ip '$staging_ip'. Must be either public or internal."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +197,7 @@ validate_disk_path() {
 validate_os_variant() {
     local variant=$1
     if ! echo "$variant" | grep -qE '^ubuntu[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}$'; then
-        output_status "error" "Invalid os_variant '$variant'. Must be in format 'ubuntuXX.XX' (e.g. ubuntu22.04)"
+        output_status "error" "Invalid os_variant '$variant'. Must be in format 'ubuntuXX.XX' (e.g. ubuntu22.04)."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -197,7 +207,7 @@ validate_name_relationships() {
     local hostname=$2
     
     if [[ "$vm_name" != "$hostname" ]]; then
-        output_warning "vm_name ('${vm_name}') typically matches hostname ('${hostname}')"
+        output_warning "vm_name ('${vm_name}') typically matches hostname ('${hostname}')."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -229,4 +239,4 @@ validate_ip "$PT_nameserver3" "tertiary nameserver"
 validate_network_relationships "$PT_network" "$PT_ip_with_cidr" "$PT_gateway_ip" "$PT_staging_ip"
 
 # If we get here, all validations passed
-output_status "success" "All parameters validated successfully" 
\ No newline at end of file
+output_status "success" "All parameters validated successfully."