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+---
+
+- name: check if need to set up controller
+  command: grep "localhost.fusion-controller" /etc/hosts
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: True
+
+- name: setup /etc/hosts - delete default entry
+  shell: sed -i "/localhost.fusion-controller/d" /etc/hosts
+  when: result.rc == 0
+
+- name: setup /etc/hostname - set hostname
+  shell: sed -i "/localhost.fusion-controller/d" /etc/hostname
+  when: result.rc == 0
+
+- name: setup /etc/hosts - delete default entry
+  shell: echo "{{ public_ip }} $(hostname)" >> /etc/hosts
+  when: result.rc == 0
+
+- name: set controller ip in ui config
+  shell: |
+    python -c "import json as j;f='/ada/NTCtestui/config.json';d=j.load(open(f));d['fusion-controller']['hostname']='{{ public_ip }}';d['fusion-collector']['hostname']='{{ public_ip }}';j.dump(d,open(f,'w'))"
+  when: result.rc == 0
+
+- name: start fusion services
+  shell: /etc/init.d/npiu_adatdce restart
+  when: result.rc == 0
+
+