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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.
+
+# docker-registry/tasks/main.yml
+# Install a SSL secured (server and client cert) docker registry
+
+- name: Create docker registry directories
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: docker
+    mode: 0750
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ docker_registry_dir }}"
+    - "{{ docker_registry_dir }}/certs"
+    - "{{ docker_registry_dir }}/data"
+
+- name: Copy over SSL keys for the registry
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest:  "{{ docker_registry_dir }}/certs/{{ item.dest }}"
+    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: docker
+  with_items:
+    - src: "{{ pki_dir }}/root_ca/certs/ca_cert.pem"
+      dest: "ca_cert.pem"
+      mode: "0444"
+    - src: "{{ pki_dir }}/{{ site_name }}_im_ca/certs/docker-registry.{{ site_suffix }}_cert_chain.pem"
+      dest: "docker_registry.pem"
+      mode: "0444"
+    - src: "{{ pki_dir }}/{{ site_name }}_im_ca/private/docker-registry.{{ site_suffix }}_key.pem"
+      dest: "docker_registry_key.pem"
+      mode: "0440"
+
+- name: Pull the docker registry image
+  docker_image:
+    pull: True
+    name: "{{ docker_registry_image }}"
+
+- name: Create docker-compose file for running the registry
+  template:
+    src: docker-compose.yml.j2
+    dest: "{{ docker_registry_dir }}/docker-compose.yml"
+    owner: root
+    group: docker
+    mode: 0640
+
+- name: Start the docker registry
+  docker_service:
+    project_name: "cordreg"
+    project_src: "{{ docker_registry_dir }}/"
+