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+---
+- hosts: 127.0.0.1
+  connection: local
+  # These variables are expanded by the Synchronizer framework
+  # and used to create the TOSCA recipe from a template
+  vars:
+    name: "{{ name }}"
+    email: "{{ email }}"
+    password: "{{ password }}"
+    firstname: "{{ firstname }}"
+    lastname: "{{ lastname }}"
+    phone: "{{ phone }}"
+    user_url: "{{ user_url }}"
+    public_key: "{{ public_key }}"
+    is_active: "{{ is_active }}"
+    is_admin: "{{ is_admin }}"
+    is_readonly: "{{ is_readonly }}"
+    is_appuser: "{{ is_appuser }}"
+  tasks:
+
+  - name: Lookup local name of remote site
+    uri:
+      url: "{{ endpoint }}/api/core/sites/"
+      method: GET
+      user: "{{ admin_user }}"
+      password: "{{ admin_password }}"
+      return_content: yes
+      force_basic_auth: yes
+    register: sites
+
+  - name: Save site name in local_site variable
+    set_fact:
+      local_site: "{{ '{{' }} sites.json[0]['name'] {{ '}}' }}"
+
+  - name: Ensure TOSCA directory exists
+    file:
+      path=/opt/xos/synchronizers/globalxos/tosca/users/
+      state=directory
+
+  - name: Create TOSCA recipe from the template
+    template:
+      src=/opt/xos/synchronizers/globalxos/templates/user.yaml.j2
+      dest=/opt/xos/synchronizers/globalxos/tosca/users/{{ ansible_tag }}.yml
+
+  - name: Create user account for "{{ name }}"
+    uri:
+      url: "{{ endpoint }}/api/utility/tosca/run/"
+      method: POST
+      user: "{{ admin_user }}"
+      password: "{{ admin_password }}"
+      body: { "recipe": "{{ '{{' }} lookup('file', '/opt/xos/synchronizers/globalxos/tosca/users/{{ ansible_tag }}.yml') {{ '}}' }}" }
+      force_basic_auth: yes
+      body_format: json