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+---
+# Common ONOS setup
+
+- name: Pull docker image for ONOS
+  become: yes
+  command: "docker pull {{ onos_docker_image }}"
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # Should replace with http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/docker_module.html, when replacements are stable
+
+- name: Create dest directory
+  file: path="{{ onos_fabric_dest }}" state=directory
+
+- name: Create templated ONOS files
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ onos_fabric_dest }}/{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+    - Dockerfile
+    - onos-service
+
+- name: Copy over ONOS playbook and other files
+  copy:
+    src: "onos-fabric-docker-compose.yml"
+    dest: "{{ onos_fabric_dest }}/docker-compose.yml"
+
+# TODO: Find the proper place for this on the dev machine rather than
+#       copying it within the head node machine.
+
+- name: Copy SSL Certs to ONOS so docker-compose can find it
+  copy:
+    src: "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/keystone_juju_ca_cert.crt"
+    dest: "{{ onos_fabric_dest }}/xos-certs.crt"
+    owner: "{{ ansible_user_id }}"
+    remote_src: True
+
+# Note: we do not rebuild onos container for the fabric
+
+- name: Start ONOS
+  command: chdir="{{ onos_fabric_dest }}" docker-compose up -d
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
+