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+---
+# unbound molecule/default/prepare.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Prepare for unbound by installing nsd for testing
+  hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - nsd
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Add dnsutils so dig works in tests
+      apt:
+        name: "dnsutils"
+        state: "present"
+        update_cache: true