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+---
+# This installs mariadb and galera on db nodes
+
+- name: Update apt
+  apt: update_cache=yes
+
+- name: Install software properties
+  apt: name=software-properties-common state=present
+
+- name: Add galera apt repo
+  apt_key: url=hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943db
+  apt_repository: repo='deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/10.1/ubuntu trusty main'
+
+- name: Update apt
+  apt: udpate_cache=yes
+
+- name: Install mariadb
+  apt: name=mariadb-server state=present
+
+
+