diff --git a/roles/rclone/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/rclone/defaults/main.yaml
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+---
+rclone_package_name: rclone
+rclone_package_state: present
+
+rclone_config_path: /etc/rclone
+
+rclone_config: []
+
+rclone_cron: []
diff --git a/roles/rclone/tasks/Debian.yaml b/roles/rclone/tasks/Debian.yaml
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+---
+- name: install package
+  apt:
+    deb: "{{ rclone_package_url }}"
+
diff --git a/roles/rclone/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/rclone/tasks/main.yaml
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+---
+- name: gather OS specific variables
+  include_vars: "{{ item }}"
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yaml"
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yaml"
+    - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yaml"
+
+- name: OS specific tasks
+  include: "{{ item }}"
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yaml"
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yaml"
+    - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yaml"
+
+- name: create configuration directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ rclone_config_path }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: configure
+  template:
+    src: rclone.conf.j2
+    dest: "{{ rclone_config_path }}/{{ item.name }}.conf"
+    owner: "{{ item.owner | default('root') }}"
+    group: "{{ item.group | default('root') }}"
+    mode: "{{ item.mode | default('0600') }}"
+  with_items: "{{ rclone_config }}"
+
+- name: cron jobs
+  cron:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    user: "{{ item.user | default('root') }}"
+    minute: "{{ item.minute | default(omit) }}"
+    hour: "{{ item.hour | default(omit) }}"
+    day: "{{ item.day | default(omit) }}"
+    month: "{{ item.month | default(omit) }}"
+    weekday: "{{ item.weekday | default(omit) }}"
+    job: "{{ item.job }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
+  with_items: "{{ rclone_cron }}"
diff --git a/roles/rclone/templates/rclone.conf.j2 b/roles/rclone/templates/rclone.conf.j2
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+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+[{{ item.name }}]
+type = {{ item.type }}
+account = {{ item.account }}
+key = {{ item.key }}
diff --git a/roles/rclone/vars/Debian.yaml b/roles/rclone/vars/Debian.yaml
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+---
+rclone_package_url: https://downloads.rclone.org/v1.50.1/rclone-v1.50.1-linux-amd64.deb