diff --git a/roles/mysql/files/ansiblekey b/roles/mysql/files/ansiblekey
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..b82551f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mysql/files/ansiblekey
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../ansiblehost/files/ansiblekey
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/mysql/meta/main.yml b/roles/mysql/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d098f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mysql/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+allow_duplicates: no
diff --git a/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb4c41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
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+#!/usr/bin/ansible-playbook
+# vim:ft=ansible:
+---
+- name: Set up MySQL
+  block:
+  - name: Install MySQL
+    apt:
+      name: "{{ packages }}"
+    vars:
+      packages:
+      - mariadb-server
+      - python-mysqldb
+  - name: Start MySQL
+    service:
+      name: mysql
+      state: started
+      enabled: true
+  become: true