diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/defaults/main.yml
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+###########
+# LocalAI #
+###########
+container_localai_version: v3.5.0-aio-cpu # https://hub.docker.com/r/localai/localai/tags?name=cpu
+container_localai_domain: localai.example.com
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/files/.gitkeep b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/files/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/handlers/main.yml
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/meta/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/meta/main.yml
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/tasks/main.yml
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+- name: Ensure data directories exist
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ container_base_dir }}/data/{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+  loop:
+    - "models"
+  become: false
+
+- name: Deploy Docker Compose and .env files
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ container_base_dir }}/{{ item.dest }}"
+    mode: '0644'
+  loop:
+    - { src: 'docker-compose.yml.j2', dest: 'docker-compose.yml' }
+    - { src: '.env.j2', dest: '.env' }
+  become: false
+
+- name: Start Container
+  community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
+    project_src: "{{ container_base_dir }}"
+    pull: always
+    docker_host: "unix:///run/user/1000/docker.sock"
+  become: false
diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/templates/.env.j2 b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/templates/.env.j2
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+LOCALAI_VERSION={{ container_localai_version }}
+LOCALAI_DOMAIN={{ container_localai_domain }}
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
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+---
+services:
+  api:
+    image: localai/localai:${LOCALAI_VERSION}
+    container_name: localai
+    networks:
+      - traefik
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/models:/models:cached
+    environment:
+      - DEBUG=true
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.docker.network=traefik"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.localai.entrypoints=http"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.localai.rule=Host(`${LOCALAI_DOMAIN}`)"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.localai-https-redirect.redirectscheme.scheme=https"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.localai.middlewares=localai-https-redirect"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.localai-secure.entrypoints=https"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.localai-secure.rule=Host(`${LOCALAI_DOMAIN}`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.localai-secure.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.localai-secure.service=localai"
+      - "traefik.http.services.localai.loadbalancer.server.port=8080"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/readyz"]
+      interval: 1m
+      timeout: 20m
+      retries: 5
+  
+networks:
+  traefik:
+    external: true
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_localai/vars/main.yml
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+container_base_dir: /opt/docker/localai
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