diff --git a/inventories/testing b/inventories/testing
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+++ b/inventories/testing
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+[puppet-masters]
+puppet-master-testing	ansible_host=192.168.100.200
diff --git a/playbooks/bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/bootstrap.yml
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+++ b/playbooks/bootstrap.yml
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+---
+- hosts: all
+  remote_user: root
+  roles:
+    - basepackages
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/basepackages/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/basepackages/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Make sure base packages are installed
+  apt:
+    state: latest
+    install_recommends: no
+    update_cache: yes
+    pkg:
+      - tmux
+      - sysstat
+      - ntpdate
+      - ntp
+      - htop
+      - ca-certificates
+      - rsync