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+ansible-playbooks
+=================
+
+### Setup Ansible
+
+    sudo aptitude -y install git python-jinja2 python-yaml python-paramiko python-software-properties
+    add-apt-repository ppa:rquillo/ansible
+    aptitude update && aptitude install ansible
+    echo "localhost" > /etc/ansible/hosts
+
+You can now test by typing:
+
+    ansible -c local -m ping all
+
+You should see:
+
+    localhost | success >> {
+      "module": "ping",
+      "ping": "pong
+    }
+    
+### Run the play
+
+By executing the following, it will setup only the commonly used components:
+
+    ansible-playbook -c local --tags="common" ./create-user.yml
+    
+You can also just run the run-all script.