diff --git a/setup/roles/generate-inventory/tasks/main.yml b/setup/roles/generate-inventory/tasks/main.yml
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+- name: create config file
+  local_action: template src=cmi.conf.j2 dest={{ playbook_dir }}/cmi.conf
+
+- name: create inventory file
+  local_action: template src=cmi-inventory.j2 dest={{ playbook_dir }}/cmi-inventory
+
+- name: create ssh-cmi.sh file
+  local_action: template src=ssh-cmi.sh.j2 dest={{ playbook_dir }}/ssh-cmi.sh mode=0777
diff --git a/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/cmi-inventory.j2 b/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/cmi-inventory.j2
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+++ b/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/cmi-inventory.j2
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+cmi ansible_ssh_private_key_file={{ cmi_private_key }} ansible_user={{ cmi_root_user }}
diff --git a/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/cmi.conf.j2 b/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/cmi.conf.j2
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+++ b/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/cmi.conf.j2
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+[ssh_connection]
+ssh_args = -o "ProxyCommand ssh -q -i {{ cmi_compute_node_key }} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@{{ cmi_compute_node }} nc {{ cmi_mgmt_ip }} 22"
+scp_if_ssh = True
+pipelining = True
+[defaults]
+host_key_checking = False
diff --git a/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/ssh-cmi.sh.j2 b/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/ssh-cmi.sh.j2
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+++ b/setup/roles/generate-inventory/templates/ssh-cmi.sh.j2
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+#! /bin/bash
+ssh -i {{ cmi_private_key }} -o "ProxyCommand ssh -q -i {{ cmi_compute_node_key }} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@{{ cmi_compute_node }} nc {{ cmi_mgmt_ip }} 22" {{ cmi_root_user }}@cmi