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+---
+# php molecule/default/prepare.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Prepare
+  hosts: all
+  vars:
+    acme_username: "www-data"  # make independent of the acme role
+    vhosts:
+      - name: "php.example.com"
+        default_server: true
+        php: true
+
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: Install GPG to support adding apt repo keys
+      apt:
+        name: "gpg"
+        state: "present"
+        update_cache: true
+
+  roles:
+    - nginx