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+---
+# docker-compose-pull/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Pull images from dockerhub with docker-compose
+  command: ansible "{{ item.name }}" -b -u ubuntu -m command \
+                    -a "docker-compose pull chdir={{ item.path | expanduser }}"
+  with_items: "{{ docker_compose_list | selectattr('pull') | list}}"
+
+
+- name: Build images from dockerhub with docker-compose
+  command: ansible "{{ item.name }}" -b -u ubuntu -m command \
+                    -a "docker-compose build chdir={{ item.path | expanduser }}"
+  with_items: "{{ docker_compose_list | selectattr('build') | list}}"
+
+- name: Run "docker-compose up" where required
+  command: ansible "{{ item.name }}" -b -u ubuntu -m command \
+                    -a "docker-compose up -d chdir={{ item.path | expanduser }}"
+  with_items: "{{ docker_compose_list | selectattr('up') | list}}"
+