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+---
+- name: Create Portainer directories
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+  loop:
+    - "{{ portainer_data_dir }}"
+    - "{{ portainer_certs_dir }}"
+    - "{{ portainer_logs_dir }}"
+  become: yes
+  tags: deploy_portainer
+
+- name: Deploy docker-compose.yml
+  template:
+    src: docker-compose.yml.j2
+    dest: "{{ portainer_compose_dir }}/docker-compose.yml"
+    mode: '0644'
+  become: yes
+  notify: Restart Portainer
+  tags: deploy_portainer
+
+- name: Start Portainer container
+  command: docker compose up -d
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ portainer_compose_dir }}"
+  become: yes
+  register: portainer_deploy
+  changed_when: "'Creating' in portainer_deploy.stdout or 'Recreating' in portainer_deploy.stdout"
+  tags: deploy_portainer
+
+- name: Wait for Portainer HTTPS port
+  wait_for:
+    port: "{{ portainer_https_port }}"
+    state: started
+    delay: 2
+    timeout: 30
+  tags: deploy_portainer
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