diff --git a/roles/xos-bootstrap/defaults/main.yml b/roles/xos-bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+# xos-bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
+
+cord_profile_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir + '/cord_profile' }}"
+
+xos_docker_networks:
+  - "xos"
+
diff --git a/roles/xos-bootstrap/tasks/main.yml b/roles/xos-bootstrap/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+# xos-bootstrap/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Create docker networks
+  docker_network:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+  with_items: "{{ xos_docker_networks }}"
+
+- name: Start XOS bootstrap containers
+  docker_service:
+    project_name: "{{ cord_profile | regex_replace('\\W','') }}bs"
+    project_src: "{{ cord_profile_dir }}"
+    files: "xos-bootstrap-docker-compose.yaml"
+  register: xos_bootstrap_out
+