diff --git a/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+#The rke version.
+rke_version: 0.2.0
+#The kubectl version.
+kubectl_version: 1.13.5
diff --git a/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/tasks/all.yml b/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/tasks/all.yml
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+#This is needed because login from non root is blocked by default.
+- name: "Allow non root logins"
+  service:
+    name: systemd-user-sessions
+    state: started
+
diff --git a/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/tasks/infra.yml b/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/tasks/infra.yml
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+---
+- name: "Ensure {{ app_data_path }} exists"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ app_data_path }}/downloads"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: "Install rke-{{ rke_version }}"
+  get_url:
+    url: "https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/download/v{{ rke_version }}/rke_linux-amd64"
+    dest: "{{ app_data_path }}/downloads/rke"
+
+- name: "Install kubectl-{{ kubectl_version }}"
+  get_url:
+    url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v{{ kubectl_version }}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+    dest: "/usr/local/bin/kubectl"
+    mode: 0755
diff --git a/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/test/roles/prepare-rke/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- include_tasks: "{{ mode }}.yml"