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+---
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2019 The Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# 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.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+- name: Remove existing files and directories
+  file:
+    path: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Clone kubespray repository and checkout '{{ kubespray_version }}'
+  git:
+    repo: "{{ kubespray_git_url }}"
+    dest: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray"
+    version: "{{ kubespray_version }}"
+    force: yes
+  environment:
+    http_proxy: "{{ lookup('env','http_proxy') }}"
+    https_proxy: "{{ lookup('env','https_proxy') }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ lookup('env','no_proxy') }}"
+
+# TODO: some stuff below could and perhaps should be pushed into the scenario
+# it is put here to make basic installation work without complexities
+- name: Put initial structure in place
+  synchronize:
+    src: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray/inventory/sample/"
+    dest: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray/inventory/engine"
+    recursive: yes
+    delete: yes
+
+# TODO: reuse of bifrost dynamic inventory is only valid for the cases that use
+# bifrost for provisioning so this needs fixing and we could perhaps switch to
+# our own inventory, dynamic or static.
+- name: Place bifrost_inventory.py in Kubespray inventory
+  file:
+    src: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/bifrost/playbooks/inventory/bifrost_inventory.py"
+    dest: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray/inventory/engine/bifrost_inventory.py"
+    state: link
+
+- name: Place scenario k8s-cluster.yml
+  copy:
+    src: "k8s-cluster.yml"
+    dest: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray/inventory/engine/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml"
+
+# TODO: this task is put here in order to avoid hitting the kubespray bug:
+# https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/4300
+
+- name: WORKAROUND - Place main.yml and docker.yml
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+  with_items:
+    - { src: "main.yaml", dest: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml" }
+    - { src: "docker.yml", dest: "{{ engine_cache }}/repos/kubespray/inventory/engine/group_vars/all/docker.yml" }
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab: