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+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use super::*;
+use proxmox::api::{api, schema::*};
+
+pub const REMOTE_PASSWORD_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Password or auth token for remote host.")
+    .format(&PASSWORD_FORMAT)
+    .min_length(1)
+    .max_length(1024)
+    .schema();
+
+pub const REMOTE_PASSWORD_BASE64_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Password or auth token for remote host (stored as base64 string).")
+    .format(&PASSWORD_FORMAT)
+    .min_length(1)
+    .max_length(1024)
+    .schema();
+
+pub const REMOTE_ID_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new("Remote ID.")
+    .format(&PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_FORMAT)
+    .min_length(3)
+    .max_length(32)
+    .schema();
+
+
+#[api(
+    properties: {
+        comment: {
+            optional: true,
+            schema: SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA,
+        },
+        host: {
+            schema: DNS_NAME_OR_IP_SCHEMA,
+        },
+        port: {
+            optional: true,
+            description: "The (optional) port",
+            type: u16,
+        },
+        "auth-id": {
+            type: Authid,
+        },
+        fingerprint: {
+            optional: true,
+            schema: CERT_FINGERPRINT_SHA256_SCHEMA,
+        },
+    },
+)]
+#[derive(Serialize,Deserialize,Updater)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+/// Remote configuration properties.
+pub struct RemoteConfig {
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if="Option::is_none")]
+    pub comment: Option<String>,
+    pub host: String,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if="Option::is_none")]
+    pub port: Option<u16>,
+    pub auth_id: Authid,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if="Option::is_none")]
+    pub fingerprint: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[api(
+    properties: {
+        name: {
+            schema: REMOTE_ID_SCHEMA,
+        },
+        config: {
+            type: RemoteConfig,
+        },
+        password: {
+            schema: REMOTE_PASSWORD_BASE64_SCHEMA,
+        },
+    },
+)]
+#[derive(Serialize,Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+/// Remote properties.
+pub struct Remote {
+    pub name: String,
+    // Note: The stored password is base64 encoded
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if="String::is_empty")]
+    #[serde(with = "proxmox::tools::serde::string_as_base64")]
+    pub password: String,
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub config: RemoteConfig,
+}