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+---
+# gerrit tasks/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: include OS-specific vars
+  include_vars: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+
+- name: include OS-specific tasks
+  include_tasks: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+
+- name: Create group for gerrit
+  group:
+    name: "{{ gerrit_groupname }}"
+
+- name: Create user for gerrit
+  user:
+    name: "{{ gerrit_username }}"
+    group: "{{ gerrit_groupname }}"
+    comment: "{{ gerrit_comment }}"
+    shell: "{{ gerrit_shell }}"
+    home: "{{ gerrit_home_dir }}"
+    create_home: no  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+    password_lock: true
+
+- name: Create gerrit home dir
+  file:
+    path: "{{ gerrit_home_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ gerrit_username }}"
+    group: "{{ gerrit_groupname }}"
+    mode: "0750"
+
+- name: Create gerrit data dir
+  file:
+    path: "{{ gerrit_data_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ gerrit_username }}"
+    group: "{{ gerrit_groupname }}"
+    mode: "0750"
+
+# rest of install is manual, but could be automated...