diff --git a/tasks/Debian.yml b/tasks/Debian.yml
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+---
+# ds389 tasks/Debian.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Install 389-ds package
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - "389-ds"
+    state: "present"
+    update_cache: true
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+# ds389 tasks/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2021 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: include OS-specific tasks
+  include_tasks: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+
+- name: Create a directory if it does not exist
+  file:
+    path: "{{ ds389_config_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0700'
+
+- name: Create configuration file for 389DS service
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ ds389_config_dir }}/{{ item }}"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    mode: "0400"
+  with_items:
+    - "instance.inf"
+
+- name: Get current instance status
+  command:
+    cmd: dsctl {{ ds389_instance_name }} status
+  register: dsctl_result
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+
+- name: Run dscreate to init instance
+  command:
+    cmd: "dscreate from-file {{ ds389_config_dir }}/instance.inf"
+  when: dsctl_result.rc != 0