diff --git a/ansible/roles/leafswitch/tasks/bridge.yml b/ansible/roles/leafswitch/tasks/bridge.yml
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+- name: Ensure brctl
+  apt:
+    name: bridge-utils
+    state: present
+
+- name: Ensure bridge
+  template:
+    src: templates/leafbr.cfg.j2
+    dest: /etc/network/interfaces.d/leafbr.cfg
+
+- name: Ensure bridge is up
+  command: ifup leafbr
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job