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+---
+# nginx molecule/default/prepare.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Prepare
+  hosts: all
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: Install GPG to support adding apt repo keys
+    apt:
+      name: "gpg"
+      state: "present"
+      update_cache: true