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+---
+# strongswan tasks/Debian.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Install strongSwan package (Debian)
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ strongswan_package }}"
+    state: "present"
+    update_cache: true
+    cache_valid_time: 3600
+  notify:
+    - start-strongswan
+
+- name: Enable strongSwan Service
+  service:
+    name: "{{ strongswan_service }}"
+    enabled: true