diff --git a/contrib b/contrib
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+
diff --git a/network-configs/netplan-55-scionwan.yaml b/network-configs/netplan-55-scionwan.yaml
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+#
+# This a Netplan configuration file used to create the "scionwan" bridged network used by the Edge VM appliance on a Sui Fullnode/Validator
+# 
+# Copy this file as /etc/netplan/55-scionwan.yaml
+# change the interface name [eno1] to match your interface
+# add in the IPv4 and/or IPv6 address under "addresses"
+# add in the IPv4 and/or IPv6 default gateways under "routes"
+# remove the IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses and routes from the existing interface on the existing netplan configuration file
+#
+# run "netplan apply" to create the bridge
+#
+# This configuration has been tested on Ubuntu 24
+#
+#
+network:
+    bridges:
+      scionwan:
+        dhcp4: no
+        dhcp6: no
+        interfaces: [eno1]
+        addresses:
+          - 10.0.0.2/31
+          - 2001:0DB8::/32
+        routes:
+          - to: default
+            via: 10.0.0.1
+          - to: default
+            via: 2001:0DB8::1
+        nameservers:
+          addresses:
+          - 8.8.8.8
+          - 1.1.1.1
+          - 2001:4860:4860::8888
+          - 2606:4700:4700::1111
+    version: 2
diff --git a/support/getValidatorList.sh b/support/getValidatorList.sh
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+# pull down the latest mainnet and testnet validators via API in JSON and output a CSV with IPs
+# this can then be used to compute ASN for network planning for the SCION Sui network
+#
+# Notes
+#  some hosts have IPv4 addresses but not DNS (~4)
+#  most hosts have DNS addresses but no IPv4 so a DNS resolution is done
+#  some hosts have an IPv4 address stored within the DNS field. Someone should probably talk to those Validators and have them update their records.
+#  
+VALIDATOR_LIST=/tmp/$0_ALL_$$
+VALIDATOR_IP_ONLY_LIST=/tmp/$0_IP_$$
+VALIDATOR_DNS_ONLY_LIST=/tmp/$0_DNS_$$
+VALIDATOR_COMBINED_LIST=/tmp/$0_COMBINED_$$
+
+echo > ${VALIDATOR_LIST}
+echo > ${VALIDATOR_IP_ONLY_LIST}
+echo > ${VALIDATOR_DNS_ONLY_LIST}
+echo > ${VALIDATOR_COMBINED_LIST}
+
+
+# rev | cut  strips off leaving/trailing double quotes
+
+curl --location 'https://fullnode.testnet.sui.io/' \
+--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+--data '{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "method": "suix_getLatestSuiSystemState",
+  "params": []
+}' | jq '.result.activeValidators[] | "testnet,\(.name),\(.netAddress)"' | rev | cut -c2- | rev |
+ cut -c2- >> ${VALIDATOR_LIST}
+
+
+curl --location 'https://fullnode.mainnet.sui.io/' \
+--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+--data '{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "method": "suix_getLatestSuiSystemState",
+  "params": []
+}' | jq '.result.activeValidators[] | "mainnet,\(.name),\(.netAddress)"' | rev | cut -c2- | rev |
+ cut -c2- >> ${VALIDATOR_LIST}
+
+grep '\/ip4\/' ${VALIDATOR_LIST} > ${VALIDATOR_IP_ONLY_LIST}
+
+# clean up by renaming with straight IP
+# put in place an extra comma to indicate there is no DNS entry
+sed -i 's/,\/ip4\//,no-dns,/' ${VALIDATOR_IP_ONLY_LIST}
+sed -i 's/\/tcp.*//' ${VALIDATOR_IP_ONLY_LIST}
+
+cat ${VALIDATOR_IP_ONLY_LIST} >> ${VALIDATOR_COMBINED_LIST}
+
+rm ${VALIDATOR_DNS_ONLY_LIST}
+grep '\/dns\/' ${VALIDATOR_LIST} > ${VALIDATOR_DNS_ONLY_LIST}
+sed -i 's/,\/dns\//,/' ${VALIDATOR_DNS_ONLY_LIST}
+sed -i 's/\/tcp.*//' ${VALIDATOR_DNS_ONLY_LIST}
+
+
+cat ${VALIDATOR_DNS_ONLY_LIST} | while read line; do
+HOSTNAME=$(echo $line | cut -d',' -f3)
+IP=$(host $HOSTNAME | grep -m1 "has address" | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev)
+if [ -z "${IP}" ]; then
+        echo $line | sed "s/\(.*,.*,\)\(.*\)/\1\\2\,${HOSTNAME}/g" >> ${VALIDATOR_COMBINED_LIST}
+else
+        echo $line | sed "s/\(.*,.*,\)\(.*\)/\1\\2\,${IP}/g" >> ${VALIDATOR_COMBINED_LIST}
+fi
+done
+
+cat ${VALIDATOR_COMBINED_LIST}
+
+
diff --git a/support/setup-latitude-host.sh b/support/setup-latitude-host.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# sets up virtualization on a host in preparation for running the Edge appliance
+# this includes setting up the various networks (physical and virtual)
+# the appliance image is pulled down and made into an image ready for provisioning
+
+# TOKEN must be set to download the appliance image
+TOKEN=""
+
+wget https://dl.cloudsmith.io/$TOKEN/anapaya/stable/raw/names/anapaya-appliance-base-uefi-qcow2/versions/sys_v2.10.0-scion_v0.36.0-1/anapaya-appliance-base-sys_v2.10.0-scion_v0.36.0-1-uefi.qcow2 -O appliance-uefi.qcow2
+
+apt update
+
+cat << EOF > /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg
+network: {config: disabled}
+EOF
+
+mv /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml /etc/netplan/50-scionsui.yaml
+
+echo "Please update /etc/netplan/50-scionsui.yaml to create scionwan"
+
+apt install incus qemu-utils qemu-system-x86 -y
+adduser studarus incus-admin
+
+# non root from here down
+newgrp incus-admin
+incus admin init --minimal
+
+incus network create virbr0
+
+ls -l appliance-uefi.qcow2
+
+cat << EOF > metadata.yaml
+architecture: x86_64
+creation_date: 1731113903
+properties:
+EOF
+tar -cvzf metadata.tar.gz metadata.yaml
+
+incus image import metadata.tar.gz appliance-uefi.qcow2 --alias edge
diff --git a/support/start-edge-instance.sh b/support/start-edge-instance.sh
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+++ b/support/start-edge-instance.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# starts an instance of the Edge appliance as a VM
+# pre-req:
+#  Edge Appliance UEFI QCOW2 must already be loaded as an image called edge
+#  virbr0 must be configured as a managed local bridged network (dhcp)
+#  scionwan must be configured as a unmanaged bridge network
+#  an extra IP on the scionwan must be available for the Edge
+#
+# This has only been tested on the Latitude m3.large.x86 hardware
+#
+# notes:
+#  after install, it takes a few minutes for the appliance to come online as it does updates
+#  the web GUI and the appliance-cli tool will not be available until this completes
+#
+# instance will be connected to the scionwan network for SCION connectivity via the Edge
+# instance will be connected to the virbr0 network for private connectivity to the host and NAT'd Internet connectivity
+EDGE_NAME=edge01
+
+incus init edge $EDGE_NAME \
+        --vm \
+        --config limits.cpu=4 \
+        --config limits.memory=4096MiB
+
+incus start $EDGE_NAME
+
+sleep 20
+
+incus config device add $EDGE_NAME eth0 nic nictype=bridged parent=virbr0
+incus config device add $EDGE_NAME eth1 nic nictype=bridged parent=scionwan
+
+NETPLAN_CONFIG=/tmp/scionsui-edge-netplan.$$
+
+cat <<EOF > $NETPLAN_CONFIG
+network:
+  version: 2
+  ethernets:
+    enp5s0:
+      dhcp4: true
+    enp6s0:
+      addresses:
+      - 45.250.253.165/31
+      routes:
+      - to: default
+        via: 45.250.253.164
+      nameservers:
+        addresses:
+        - 8.8.8.8
+        - 8.8.4.4
+EOF
+
+incus exec $EDGE_NAME -- rm /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml
+incus file push $NETPLAN_CONFIG $EDGE_NAME/etc/netplan/10-scionsui.yaml --mode 600
+rm $NETPLAN_CONFIG
+incus exec $EDGE_NAME -- netplan apply
+
+# configure the appliance as an Edge
+incus exec $EDGE_NAME -- mkdir /home/anapaya/.appliance-cli
+#incus file push appliances.json $EDGE_NAME/home/anapaya/.appliance-cli/appliances.json
+#incus file push context.json $EDGE_NAME/home/anapaya/.appliance-cli/context.json
+#incus file push edge-config.json $EDGE_NAME/home/anapaya/edge-config.json
+
diff --git a/support/start-ubuntu-instance.sh b/support/start-ubuntu-instance.sh
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+# starts a generic Ubuntu instance for use as a generic end point for SCION testing
+# instance will be connected to the scionwan network for SCION connectivity via the Edge
+# instance will be connected to the virbr0 network for private connectivity to the host and NAT'd Internet connectivity
+
+#IPV6_ADDRESS="2605:6440:a002:44::4/64"
+#IPV6_GATEWAY="2605:6440:a002:44::1/64"
+
+if [ -z "${IPV6_ADDRESS}" ] ; then
+        echo "set IPV6_ADDRESS before proceeding"
+        exit -1
+fi
+
+
+if [ -z "${IPV6_GATEWAY}" ] ; then
+        echo "set IPV6_GATEWAY before proceeding"
+        exit -1
+fi
+
+
+
+INSTANCE_NAME=ubuntu
+
+incus init images:ubuntu/24.04 $INSTANCE_NAME \
+        --vm
+
+incus start $INSTANCE_NAME
+
+sleep 20
+
+incus config device add $INSTANCE_NAME eth0 nic nictype=bridged parent=virbr0
+incus config device add $INSTANCE_NAME eth1 nic nictype=bridged parent=scionwan
+
+NETPLAN_CONFIG=/tmp/scionsui-edge-netplan.$$
+
+cat <<EOF > $NETPLAN_CONFIG
+network:
+  version: 2
+  ethernets:
+    enp5s0:
+      dhcp4: true
+    enp6s0:
+      addresses:
+      -  ${IPV6_ADDRESS}
+      routes:
+      - to: default
+        via: ${IPV6_GATEWAY}
+      nameservers:
+        addresses:
+        - 8.8.8.8
+        - 8.8.4.4
+        - 2001:4860:4860::8888
+        - 2606:4700:4700::1111
+EOF
+
+incus exec $INSTANCE_NAME -- rm /etc/netplan/10-lxc.yaml
+incus file push $NETPLAN_CONFIG $INSTANCE_NAME/etc/netplan/10-scionsui.yaml --mode 600
+rm $NETPLAN_CONFIG
+incus exec $INSTANCE_NAME -- netplan apply
+incus exec $INSTANCE_NAME -- apt install apache2 -y