diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/defaults/main.yml
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+##########
+# Mealie #
+##########
+# defaults for container_mealie
+
+container_mealie_version: "latest"
+container_mealie_allow_signup: "false"
+container_mealie_loglevel: "INFO"
+container_mealie_domain: "mealie.example.com"
+
+# Database settings
+container_mealie_dbengine: "sqlite"   # möglich: sqlite, postgres
+container_mealie_db_user: "mealie"
+container_mealie_db_password: "yourpassword"
+container_mealie_db_name: "mealie"
+
+# SMTP settings
+container_mealie_smtp_host: "smtp.example.com"
+container_mealie_smtp_port: 587
+container_mealie_smtp_from_mail: "noreply@example.com"
+container_mealie_smtp_auth: "TLS"     # möglich: TLS, SSL, NONE
+container_mealie_smtp_password: "changeme"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/files/.gitkeep b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/files/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/handlers/main.yml
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/meta/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/meta/main.yml
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Ensure data directories exist
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ container_base_dir }}/"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+  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_mealie/templates/.env.j2 b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/templates/.env.j2
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+MEALIE_VERSION={{ container_mealie_version }}
+MEALIE_DOMAIN={{ container_mealie_domain }}
+MEALIE_ALLOW_SIGNUP={{ container_mealie_allow_signup }}
+MEALIE_LOGLEVEL={{ container_mealie_loglevel }}
+MEALIE_DBENGINE={{ container_mealie_dbengine }}
+MEALIE_DB_USER={{ container_mealie_db_user }}
+MEALIE_DB_PASSWORD={{ container_mealie_db_password }}
+MEALIE_DB_NAME={{ container_mealie_db_name }}
+MEALIE_SMTP_HOST={{ container_mealie_smtp_host }}
+MEALIE_SMTP_PORT={{ container_mealie_smtp_port }}
+MEALIE_SMTP_FROM_MAIL={{ container_mealie_smtp_from_mail }}
+MEALIE_SMTP_AUTH={{ container_mealie_smtp_auth }}
+MEALIE_SMTP_PASSWORD={{ container_mealie_smtp_password }}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
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+---
+services:
+  mealie:
+    image: ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:${MEALIE_VERSION}
+    container_name: mealie
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - mealie-data:/app/data/
+    networks:
+      - traefik
+    environment:
+      ALLOW_SIGNUP: "${MEALIE_ALLOW_SIGNUP}"
+      LOG_LEVEL: "${MEALIE_LOGLEVEL}"
+      DB_ENGINE: ${MEALIE_DBENGINE} # Optional: 'sqlite', 'postgres'
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${MEALIE_DB_USER}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${MEALIE_DB_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_SERVER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${MEALIE_DB_NAME}
+      SMTP_HOST=${MEALIE_SMTP_HOST}
+      SMTP_PORT=${MEALIE_SMTP_PORT}
+      SMTP_FROM_NAME=${MEALIE_SMTP_FROM_MAIL}
+      SMTP_AUTH_STRATEGY=${MEALIE_SMTP_AUTH} # Options: 'TLS', 'SSL', 'NONE'
+      SMTP_FROM_EMAIL=${MEALIE_SMTP_FROM_MAIL}
+      SMTP_USER=${MEALIE_SMTP_FROM_MAIL}
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.docker.network=traefik"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.mealie.entrypoints=http"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.mealie.rule=Host(`${MEALIE_DOMAIN}`)"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.mealie-https-redirect.redirectscheme.scheme=https"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.mealie.middlewares=mealie-https-redirect"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.mealie-secure.entrypoints=https"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.mealie-secure.rule=Host(`${MEALIE_DOMAIN}`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.mealie-secure.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.mealie-secure.service=mealie"
+      - "traefik.http.services.mealie.loadbalancer.server.port=9000"
+
+networks:
+  traefik:
+    external: true
+
+volumes:
+  mealie-data:
+    driver: local
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/deploy_container_mealie/vars/main.yml
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+container_base_dir: /opt/docker/mealie
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