diff --git a/napalm_device_types/hypervisor.py b/napalm_device_types/hypervisor.py
index 0001b9e..594ccc8 100644
--- a/napalm_device_types/hypervisor.py
+++ b/napalm_device_types/hypervisor.py
@@ -548,25 +548,34 @@ class HypervisorDriver(DeviceTypeDriver):
         self,
         name: str,
         *,
-        template: str,
+        image_url: str,
         cpu: int,
         memory: int,
         nics: List[NICConfigDict],
         cloud_init_config: Dict[str, Any],
+        image_checksum: str | None = None,
         ssh_public_keys: List[str] | None = None,
         disk_resize_gb: int | None = None,
+        download_timeout: int = 300,
         timeout: int = 180,
     ) -> VMProvisionResultDict:
         """
-        Create a new virtual machine from a Cloud-Init template.
+        Create a new virtual machine from a cloud image via Cloud-Init.
 
-        Clones a pre-existing VM template, configures virtual network interfaces,
-        and injects Cloud-Init configuration via a storage snippet or similar
-        mechanism.  The resulting VM is left in a running state.
+        Downloads the cloud image (qcow2/raw) directly on the hypervisor if not
+        already cached there, creates a new VM shell, imports the image as its
+        root disk, configures virtual network interfaces, and injects Cloud-Init
+        configuration via a storage snippet or similar mechanism. The resulting
+        VM is left in a running state.
+
+        Implementations should cache downloaded images by URL/filename on the
+        hypervisor so repeated provisioning from the same image does not
+        re-download it every time.
 
         Args:
             name (string) - new VM display name
-            template (string) - hypervisor-internal ID/name of the template VM to clone
+            image_url (string) - URL of the cloud image to download and use as
+              the VM's root disk (e.g. an official Debian/Ubuntu cloud image).
             cpu (int) - number of virtual CPUs to assign
             memory (int) - RAM to assign in megabytes
             nics (list[NICConfigDict]) - list of network interface configurations.
@@ -575,20 +584,25 @@ class HypervisorDriver(DeviceTypeDriver):
               and dhcp flag.
             cloud_init_config (dict) - user-data dict (will be rendered to YAML).
               Should include hostname, bootstrap_token, runcmd, and any custom config.
+            image_checksum (string | None) - expected checksum of the downloaded
+              image (e.g. "sha256:<hex>"). If given, verified after download;
+              mismatch raises RuntimeError. If None, no verification is performed.
             ssh_public_keys (list[str] | None) - SSH public keys to inject into guest.
               If None or empty, no SSH key injection is performed.
             disk_resize_gb (int | None) - resize root disk to this size in GB.
-              If None, disk remains template size. Default None.
-            timeout (int) - maximum seconds to wait for provisioning completion
-              (clone, config, start). Default 180.
+              If None, disk remains the downloaded image's native size. Default None.
+            download_timeout (int) - maximum seconds to wait for the image download
+              (skipped entirely if already cached on the hypervisor). Default 300.
+            timeout (int) - maximum seconds to wait for the remaining provisioning
+              steps (VM creation, disk import, config, start). Default 180.
 
         Returns:
             VMProvisionResultDict - ``{"vmid": str, "name": str, "node": str}``
               vmid is the hypervisor-internal VM ID as a string (numeric for Proxmox).
 
         Raises:
-            RuntimeError - if provisioning fails (storage unavailable, invalid
-              config, timeout, etc.)
+            RuntimeError - if provisioning fails (download failure, checksum
+              mismatch, storage unavailable, invalid config, timeout, etc.)
         """
         raise NotImplementedError