diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,19 @@ password: ubuntu
 ```
 
 ## Post-Installation
-There are some things that will not be setup post install. As of now, it is also required to run a shell script to further configure the system. We will streamline this in the future.
+The ubunutu autoinstall can only handle basic installation. We require a more powerful tool to configure the post-install environment. For this reason, we will be using ansible.
+
+First, install ansible and sshpass. Perform all the following commands in the `post-install/` directory.
+
+Check that ansible can talk to the vm:
+```
+$ ansible -m ping all
+```
+
+We can now complete the rest of the post-install with
+```
+$ ansible-playbook -K playbook.yml
+```
 
 ## System Details
 For those that are interested.
diff --git a/mirror/README.md b/mirror/README.md
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--- a/mirror/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Mirror
-After setting up the vm this playbook will setup mirror's services
-## Instructions
-Install ansible then run the playbook
-```
-apt install -y ansible
-ansible-playbook main.yml
-```
diff --git a/mirror/main.yml b/mirror/main.yml
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--- a/mirror/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
----
-# https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror
-#
-# may want to split this into multiple files
-#
-# right now we will just take configs from mirror
-# later we will edit them as required
-#
-# user should running this as root:root
-# so unsure if need to set owner:group for files/dirs
-#
-# unsure that hosts does
-- hosts: 127.0.0.1
-  tasks:
-    - name: install dependencies
-      apt:
-        pkg:
-          - zfsutils-linux
-          - rsync
-          - nginx
-          - proftpd
-        state: latest
-        update_cache: true
-        state: started
-    - name: create zfs mountpoint
-      file:
-        path: /mirror/root/.cscmirror
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: 0777
-        recurse: yes
-    - name: create and mount zpool
-      # double check this works (and produces the correct result)
-      # may be better to use the /dev/disk/by-id/... instead
-      commmand: zpool create -f -m /mirror/root/.cscmirror cscmirror raidz2 /dev/vdc /dev/vdd /dev/vde /dev/vdf
-      # may need to mount it (also check that it will automount on boot)
-      # zfs mount -a
-    - name: enable and start rsync daemon
-      systemd:
-        name: rsync
-        enabled: true
-        state: started
-    - name: add rsync config
-      template:
-        src: rsync/rsyncd.conf.j2
-        dest: /etc/rsyncd.conf
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: 0644
-      template:
-        src: rsync/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2
-        dest: /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: 0644
-      notify: restart rsync
-
diff --git a/post-install/ansible.cfg b/post-install/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ed865bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-install/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[defaults]
+inventory = hosts
diff --git a/post-install/hosts b/post-install/hosts
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-install/hosts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ubuntu@localhost
+
+[all:vars]
+ansible_connection=ssh
+ansible_port=7777
+ansible_user=ubuntu
+ansible_password=ubuntu
diff --git a/post-install/playbook.yml b/post-install/playbook.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f9140cf
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+++ b/post-install/playbook.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  become: true
+  roles:
+  - setup
+  - zfs
+  - rsync
diff --git a/post-install/roles/rsync/tasks/main.yml b/post-install/roles/rsync/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..32d2765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-install/roles/rsync/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+- name: enable and start rsync daemon
+  systemd:
+    name: rsync
+    enabled: true
+    state: started
+
+- name: add rsync config
+  template:
+    src: ../templates/rsyncd.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/rsyncd.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+  template:
+    src: ../templates/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+  notify: restart rsync
diff --git a/mirror/rsync/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2 b/post-install/roles/rsync/templates/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from mirror/rsync/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2
rename to post-install/roles/rsync/templates/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2
diff --git a/mirror/rsync/rsyncd.conf.j2 b/post-install/roles/rsync/templates/rsyncd.conf.j2
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from mirror/rsync/rsyncd.conf.j2
rename to post-install/roles/rsync/templates/rsyncd.conf.j2
diff --git a/post-install/roles/setup/tasks/main.yml b/post-install/roles/setup/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b98fe34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-install/roles/setup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- name: install dependencies
+  apt:
+    pkg:
+      - zfsutils-linux
+      - rsync
+      - nginx
+      - proftpd
+    state: latest
+    update_cache: true
diff --git a/post-install/roles/zfs/tasks/main.yml b/post-install/roles/zfs/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..035283e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-install/roles/zfs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- name: create zfs mountpoint
+  file:
+    path: /mirror/root/.cscmirror
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0777
+    recurse: yes
+
+- name: create and mount zpool
+  # double check this works (and produces the correct result)
+  # may be better to use the /dev/disk/by-id/... instead
+  commmand: zpool create -f -m /mirror/root/.cscmirror cscmirror raidz2 /dev/vdc /dev/vdd /dev/vde /dev/vdf
+  # may need to mount it (also check that it will automount on boot)
+  # zfs mount -a