diff --git a/ansible/test/roles/prepare-nexus/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/test/roles/prepare-nexus/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Add nexus simulation hosts to /etc/hosts
+  lineinfile:
+    regexp: "^{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address | regex_escape() }} {{ etc_hosts | join(' ') | regex_escape() }}$"
+    line: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }} {{ etc_hosts | join(' ') }}"
+    insertafter: EOF
+    path: /etc/hosts
+    unsafe_writes: true
+
+- name: "Create needed dirs for nexus role"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "u+rw,g+wx,o+rwx"
+    recurse: true
+  loop:
+    - "{{ app_data_path }}/nexus_data"
+    - "{{ infra_images_path }}"
+    - "{{ aux_data_path }}"
+
+- name: Download and archive nexus docker image for the nexus role to use
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  docker_image:
+    name: "{{ nexus3_image }}"
+    archive_path: /tmp/nexus.tar
+
+- name: Download and tag additional (busybox) docker image for the nexus role to populate into
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  docker_image:
+    name: busybox
+    tag: latest
+    repository: nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/components/busybox
+
+- name: Save busybox image
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  docker_image:
+    name: nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/components/busybox
+    tag: latest
+    pull: false
+    archive_path: /tmp/busybox.tar
+
+- name: Download and tag additional (aaionap/haproxy) docker image for the nexus role to populate into nexus
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  docker_image:
+    name: aaionap/haproxy
+    tag: 1.2.4
+    repository: nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/components/aaionap/haproxy
+
+- name: Save haproxy image
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  docker_image:
+    name: nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/components/aaionap/haproxy
+    tag: 1.2.4
+    pull: false
+    archive_path: /tmp/haproxy.tar
+
+- name: Copy nexus image to node
+  copy:
+    src: /tmp/nexus.tar
+    dest: "{{ infra_images_path }}/{{ nexus3_image_tar }}"
+
+- name: Copy busybox image to node
+  copy:
+    src: /tmp/busybox.tar
+    dest: "{{ aux_data_path }}/busybox.tar"
+
+- name: Copy haproxy image to node
+  copy:
+    src: /tmp/haproxy.tar
+    dest: "{{ aux_data_path }}/aaionap-haproxy.tar"
diff --git a/ansible/test/roles/prepare-nexus/vars/main.yml b/ansible/test/roles/prepare-nexus/vars/main.yml
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+---
+# Hosts to be added to /etc/hosts file.
+etc_hosts:
+  - nexus.infrastructure-server
+  - nexus3.onap.org