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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.
+
+# test-client-install/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Create testclient LXD profile
+  lxd_profile:
+    name: testclient
+    state: present
+    config:
+      user.user-data: |
+        #cloud-config
+        write_files:
+          - path: /etc/rc.local
+            permissions: "0755"
+            content: |
+              #!/bin/sh -e
+              # Set up VLAN tagging interface ("simulated OLT")
+              ip link add link eth0 name eth0.222 type vlan id 222
+              ip link add link eth0.222 name eth0.222.111 type vlan id 111
+              ifconfig eth0.222 up
+              ifconfig eth0.222.111 up
+              dhclient eth0.222.111
+              exit 0
+        bootcmd:
+          - sed -i 's/eth0 inet dhcp/eth0 inet manual/g' /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.cfg
+    description: 'Subscriber test client'
+    devices:
+      eth0:
+        nictype: macvlan
+        parent: "{{ headnode_fabric_bridge }}"
+        type: nic
+
+- name: Create testclient container
+  lxd_container:
+    name: testclient
+    architecture: x86_64
+    state: started
+    source:
+      type: image
+      mode: pull
+      server: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases
+      protocol: simplestreams
+      alias: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}"
+    profiles: ["testclient"]
+    timeout: 600
+
+- name: Stop container
+  lxd_container:
+    name: testclient
+    state: stopped
+  register: result
+  until: result | success
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10
+