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## Prerequisites

The prerequisites for running the Ansible node are similar to the existing node requirements.  Specifically, the assumed target host for deployment assumes a RHEL 7 or CentOS 7 deployment.  Additionally, the playbook operator must have full host control with sudo / root access.  You may want to familiarize yourself with additional requirements here https://esgf.github.io/esgf-ansible/requirements/requirements.html#system

## Running the playbook

Before attempting to run the playbook, make sure that you have

[installed Ansible](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html).

Next, make a configuration directory - this can be anywhere on your machine that is **not** under

`esgf-docker`. You can also place this directory under version control if you wish - this can be very

useful for tracking changes to the configuration, or even triggering deployments automatically when