diff --git a/roles/supervisor/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/supervisor/defaults/main.yaml
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+---
+supervisor_package_name: supervisor
+supervisor_package_state: present
+
+supervisor_service_name: supervisor
+supervisor_service_state: started
+supervisor_service_enabled: true
+
+supervisor_etc_path: /etc/supervisor
+supervisor_config_path: "{{ supervisor_etc_path }}/supervisord.conf"
+supervisor_config_owner: root
+supervisor_config_group: root
+supervisor_config_mode: "0644"
+
+supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_file: /var/run/supervisor.sock
+supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_chmod: "0700"
+
+supervisor_supervisord_logfile: /var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log
+supervisor_supervisord_pidfile: /var/run/supervisord.pid
+supervisor_supervisord_childlogdir: /var/log/supervisor
+
+supervisor_supervisorctl_serverurl: "unix://{{ supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_file }}"
+
+supervisor_include_files: /etc/supervisor/conf.d/*.conf
diff --git a/roles/supervisor/handlers/main.yaml b/roles/supervisor/handlers/main.yaml
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+---
+- name: restart supervisor
+  service:
+    name: "{{ supervisor_service_name }}"
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/supervisor/tasks/default.yaml b/roles/supervisor/tasks/default.yaml
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diff --git a/roles/supervisor/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/supervisor/tasks/main.yaml
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+---
+- name: gather os specific variables
+  include_vars: "{{ lookup('first_found', possible_files) }}"
+  vars:
+    possible_files:
+      files:
+        - "{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version }}.yaml"
+        - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yaml"
+        - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yaml"
+        - "default.yaml"
+      paths:
+        - vars
+
+- name: include os specific tasks
+  include_tasks: "{{ lookup('first_found', possible_files) }}"
+  vars:
+    possible_files:
+      files:
+        - "{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version }}.yaml"
+        - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yaml"
+        - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yaml"
+        - "default.yaml"
+      paths:
+        - tasks
+
+- name: install package
+  package:
+    name: "{{ supervisor_package_name }}"
+    state: "{{ supervisor_package_state }}"
+
+- name: configure
+  template:
+    src: supervisord.conf.j2
+    dest: "{{ supervisor_config_path }}"
+    owner: "{{ supervisor_config_owner }}"
+    group: "{{ supervisor_config_group }}"
+    mode: "{{ supervisor_config_mode }}"
+  notify: restart supervisor
+
+- name: manage service
+  service:
+    name: "{{ supervisor_service_name }}"
+    state: "{{ supervisor_service_state }}"
+    enabled: "{{ supervisor_service_enabled }}"
diff --git a/roles/supervisor/templates/supervisord.conf.j2 b/roles/supervisor/templates/supervisord.conf.j2
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+; {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+[unix_http_server]
+{% if supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_file is defined %}
+file={{ supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_file }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_chmod is defined %}
+chmod={{ supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_chmod }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_chown is defined %}
+chown={{ supervisor_unix_http_server_socket_chown }}
+{% endif %}
+
+[supervisord]
+logfile={{ supervisor_supervisord_logfile }}
+pidfile={{ supervisor_supervisord_pidfile }}
+childlogdir={{ supervisor_supervisord_childlogdir }}
+
+[rpcinterface:supervisor]
+supervisor.rpcinterface_factory = supervisor.rpcinterface:make_main_rpcinterface
+
+[supervisorctl]
+serverurl={{ supervisor_supervisorctl_serverurl }}
+
+[include]
+files = {{ supervisor_include_files }}
diff --git a/roles/supervisor/vars/default.yaml b/roles/supervisor/vars/default.yaml
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