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+- name: install required software
+  hosts: apache-intranet
+  become: yes
+  tasks:
+    - name: install software
+      apt:
+        name:
+          - curl
+          - bc
+        state: present
+        update_cache: yes
+
+###check_ssl_cert depends on the above
+
+    - name: install check_ssl_cert
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matteocorti/check_ssl_cert/master/check_ssl_cert
+        dest: /usr/local/bin/check_ssl_cert
+        mode: '0755'
+        owner: root
+        group: root
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