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+---
+# timeesheets molecule/default/prepare.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Prepare for Timesheets by installing dependency roles
+  hosts: all
+
+  vars:
+    pgsql_users:
+      - name: "timesheets_db_user"
+        password: "timesheets_db_pass"
+    pgsql_databases:
+      - name: "timesheets"
+        owner: "timesheets_db_user"
+
+    acme_username: "www-data"  # make independent of the acme role
+    vhosts:
+      - name: "timesheets.example.com"
+        default_server: true
+        custom_root: "/opt/timesheets/ui/dist/timesheetsui"
+        extra_config: |
+          location /rest {
+            proxy_pass            http://localhost:3000;
+            proxy_buffering       off;
+            proxy_http_version    1.1;
+            proxy_read_timeout    60;
+            proxy_connect_timeout 90;
+
+            proxy_set_header      Host              $host;
+            proxy_set_header      X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header      X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+            proxy_set_header      X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header      Accept-Encoding   "";
+          }
+
+
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: Install GPG to support adding apt repo keys
+      apt:
+        name: "gpg"
+        state: "present"
+        update_cache: true
+
+  roles:
+    - nodejs
+    - nginx
+    - postgresql