diff --git a/build.pkr.hcl b/build.pkr.hcl
index 3f408e2..e51a67b 100644
--- a/build.pkr.hcl
+++ b/build.pkr.hcl
@@ -4,23 +4,17 @@ variable "project_name" {
 }
 
 variable "ansible_dir" {
-  type = string
+  type    = string
+  default = "aws-image-pipeline"
 }
 
 source "amazon-ebs" "rhel" {
   ami_name      = "${var.project_name}-{{timestamp}}"
-  instance_type = "t3.micro"  # Instance type supporting x86_64
+  instance_type = "t3.micro"
   region        = "us-gov-west-1"
-  source_ami    = "ami-03fadeeea589a106b"  # Updated AMI ID for RHEL x86_64
+  source_ami    = "ami-03fadeeea589a106b"
   ssh_username  = "ec2-user"
-
-  # Set environment variables for proxy
-  user_data = <<EOF
-#!/bin/bash
-export http_proxy=http://proxy.tco.census.gov:3128
-export https_proxy=http://proxy.tco.census.gov:3128
-export no_proxy=.census.gov,169.254.169.254,148.129.*,10.*,172.18.*,172.22.*,172.23.*,172.24.*,172.25.*,.eks.amazonaws.com,.s3.amazonaws.com,.amazonaws.com,.gcr.io,.pkg.dev,us-gov-west-1.compute.internal,.us-gov-west-1.compute.internal
-EOF
+  profile       = "229685449397-csvd-dev-gov.inf-admin-t2"
 }
 
 build {
@@ -31,20 +25,12 @@ build {
       "export http_proxy=http://proxy.tco.census.gov:3128",
       "export https_proxy=http://proxy.tco.census.gov:3128",
       "export no_proxy=.census.gov,169.254.169.254,148.129.*,10.*,172.18.*,172.22.*,172.23.*,172.24.*,172.25.*,.eks.amazonaws.com,.s3.amazonaws.com,.amazonaws.com,.gcr.io,.pkg.dev,us-gov-west-1.compute.internal,.us-gov-west-1.compute.internal",
-      "yum -y install epel-release",
-      "yum -y install python3-pip",
-      "pip3 install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --proxy=$http_proxy passlib"
     ]
   }
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
     playbook_file = "${var.ansible_dir}/rhel-arm-baseline.yaml"
     extra_arguments = ["-e", "ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3"]
-    environment_vars = {
-      HTTP_PROXY  = "http://proxy.tco.census.gov:3128"
-      HTTPS_PROXY = "http://proxy.tco.census.gov:3128"
-      NO_PROXY    = ".census.gov,169.254.169.254,148.129.*,10.*,172.18.*,172.22.*,172.23.*,172.24.*,172.25.*,.eks.amazonaws.com,.s3.amazonaws.com,.amazonaws.com,.gcr.io,.pkg.dev,us-gov-west-1.compute.internal,.us-gov-west-1.compute.internal"
-    }
   }
 
   post-processor "shell-local" {
diff --git a/vpc.tf b/vpc.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f52557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpc.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+provider "aws" {
+  region  = "us-gov-west-1"
+  profile = "229685449397-csvd-dev-gov.inf-admin-t2"
+}
+
+# Create a VPC
+resource "aws_vpc" "main" {
+  cidr_block           = "10.0.0.0/16"
+  enable_dns_support   = true
+  enable_dns_hostnames = true
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "main-vpc"
+  }
+}
+
+# Create a Subnet
+resource "aws_subnet" "main" {
+  vpc_id            = aws_vpc.main.id
+  cidr_block        = "10.0.1.0/24"
+  availability_zone = "us-gov-west-1a"
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "main-subnet"
+  }
+}
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