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+---
+
+- name: Install sudo
+  apt: name=sudo state=installed
+
+- name: Set-up the Ansible group
+  group: name=ansible system=yes
+
+- name: Set-up the Ansible user
+  user: name=ansible system=yes group=ansible shell=/bin/bash
+
+- name: Set-up authorized key for the Ansible user
+  authorized_key: user=ansible key="{{ lookup('file', ansible_key) }}"
+
+- name: Set-up password-less sudo for the ansible user
+  copy: src=ansible_sudo dest=/etc/sudoers.d/ansible mode=640 owner=root group=root
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