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+---
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# prep-kubespray/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Checkout kubespray repo
+  git:
+    repo: "https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kubespray"
+    dest: "{{ kubespray_dir }}"
+    version: "{{ kubespray_version }}"
+
+- name: Create kubespray inventory
+  template:
+    src: kubespray_inventory.j2
+    dest: "{{ kubespray_dir }}/inventory/inventory.cord"
+    mode: 0644
+
+