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-# base
+brainsys base configuration
+===========================
+
+This roles simply set up some locale, date and packages for my own usage.
+
+License
+-------
+
+MIT
+
+Author Information
+------------------
+
+Written by Ludovic Cartier <ludovic.cartier@brainsys.io>
 
diff --git a/tasks/date.yml b/tasks/date.yml
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+---
+- name: base | set date
+  shell: 
+    cmd: /usr/bin/timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Paris
diff --git a/tasks/locales.yml b/tasks/locales.yml
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+---
+- name: locales | configure fr_FR.UTF-8 locale
+  locale_gen:
+    name: fr_FR.UTF-8
+    state: present
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: base | apt update cache
+  apt:
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 86400 #One day
+
+- name: base | install base packages
+  include: packages.yml
+
+- name: base | configure locales
+  include: locales.yml
+
+- name: base | install pip3 packages
+  include: pip.yml
+
+- name: base | set datetime
+  include: date.yml
diff --git a/tasks/packages.yml b/tasks/packages.yml
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+---
+- name: base | install base packages
+  apt:
+    name: {{ item }}
+    update_cache: true
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+    - bash-completion
+    - bsd-mailx
+    - curl
+    - deborphan
+    - git-core
+    - htop
+    - iotop
+    - less
+    - locales
+    - ntp
+    - python3-pip
+    - rsync
+    - rsyslog
+    - screen
+    - subversion
+    - sudo 
+    - telnet
+    - tmux
+    - vim 
diff --git a/tasks/pip.yml b/tasks/pip.yml
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+---
+- name: pip3 | install package
+  pip:
+    name: 
+      - ps_mem
+      - bpytop
+    executable: pip3
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution == 'Debian'