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+- name: Ensure group "consul" exists
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: consul
+    state: present
+- name: Install Consul
+  apt: 
+    name: consul
+- name: Create config file
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: /srv/newsblur/consul/consul.json.j2
+    dest: /consul.json
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