diff --git a/scripts/detect_host_profile.sh b/scripts/detect_host_profile.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+CONFIG_DIR="/var/lib/virtuality/config"
+PROFILE_FILE="${CONFIG_DIR}/host_profile.json"
+ARCH="$(uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+MODEL="unknown"
+
+if [[ -r /proc/device-tree/model ]]; then
+  MODEL="$(tr -d '\0' </proc/device-tree/model | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')"
+elif [[ -r /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model ]]; then
+  MODEL="$(tr -d '\0' </sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')"
+elif [[ -r /proc/cpuinfo ]]; then
+  MODEL="$(awk -F: '/^(Model|Hardware|model name)/ {gsub(/^[ \t]+|[ \t]+$/, "", $2); print $2; exit}' /proc/cpuinfo)"
+  [[ -n "$MODEL" ]] || MODEL="unknown"
+fi
+
+LOWER_MODEL="$(echo "$MODEL" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+PROFILE="x86_64"
+LABEL="x86_64 KVM Node"
+GUEST_ARCH="x86_64"
+VM_MODE="x86_64-iso"
+NETWORK="bridge"
+PACKAGE_PROFILE="x86"
+
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" || "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]]; then
+  PROFILE="generic-arm64"
+  LABEL="Generic ARM64 Edge Node"
+  GUEST_ARCH="aarch64"
+  VM_MODE="arm64-cloud-image"
+  NETWORK="nat"
+  PACKAGE_PROFILE="arm64"
+
+  if [[ "$LOWER_MODEL" == *"raspberry pi"* ]]; then
+    PROFILE="raspberry-arm64"
+    LABEL="Raspberry Pi ARM64 Edge Node"
+    PACKAGE_PROFILE="raspberry"
+  elif [[ "$LOWER_MODEL" == *"orange pi 5"* || "$LOWER_MODEL" == *"orangepi 5"* || "$LOWER_MODEL" == *"rk3588"* || "$LOWER_MODEL" == *"rockchip"* ]]; then
+    PROFILE="orangepi5-arm64"
+    LABEL="Orange Pi 5 ARM64 Edge Node"
+    PACKAGE_PROFILE="orangepi5"
+  fi
+fi
+
+KVM_DEVICE="false"
+[[ -e /dev/kvm ]] && KVM_DEVICE="true"
+
+QEMU_X86="false"
+command -v qemu-system-x86_64 >/dev/null 2>&1 && QEMU_X86="true"
+
+QEMU_ARM="false"
+command -v qemu-system-aarch64 >/dev/null 2>&1 && QEMU_ARM="true"
+
+VIRT_INSTALL="false"
+command -v virt-install >/dev/null 2>&1 && VIRT_INSTALL="true"
+
+NFT="false"
+command -v nft >/dev/null 2>&1 && NFT="true"
+
+mkdir -p "$CONFIG_DIR"
+cat > "$PROFILE_FILE" <<EOF
+{
+  "arch": "$ARCH",
+  "model": "$MODEL",
+  "profile": "$PROFILE",
+  "label": "$LABEL",
+  "package_profile": "$PACKAGE_PROFILE",
+  "recommended_network": "$NETWORK",
+  "recommended_guest_arch": "$GUEST_ARCH",
+  "recommended_vm_mode": "$VM_MODE",
+  "kvm_device": $KVM_DEVICE,
+  "qemu_system_x86_64": $QEMU_X86,
+  "qemu_system_aarch64": $QEMU_ARM,
+  "virt_install": $VIRT_INSTALL,
+  "nft": $NFT
+}
+EOF
+
+printf '%s\n' "$PROFILE"
+printf 'ARCH=%s\nMODEL=%s\nLABEL=%s\nPACKAGE_PROFILE=%s\nNETWORK=%s\nGUEST_ARCH=%s\nVM_MODE=%s\nPROFILE_FILE=%s\n' \
+  "$ARCH" "$MODEL" "$LABEL" "$PACKAGE_PROFILE" "$NETWORK" "$GUEST_ARCH" "$VM_MODE" "$PROFILE_FILE" >&2