diff --git a/.ansible/ansible.cfg b/.ansible/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdffeee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[defaults]
+inventory = inventory
+remote_tmp = $HOME/.ansible/tmp
+remote_user = root
+nocows = 1
+roles_path = roles
+retry_files_enabled = False
+max_diff_size = 250000
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
+scp_if_ssh = True
+retries = 7
+
diff --git a/.ansible/inventory b/.ansible/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3801f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[testtgt]
+dotya.ml
+
diff --git a/.ansible/playbooks/host_vars/dotya.ml.yml b/.ansible/playbooks/host_vars/dotya.ml.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed97d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/playbooks/host_vars/dotya.ml.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+---
diff --git a/.ansible/playbooks/playbook.yml b/.ansible/playbooks/playbook.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b618855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/playbooks/playbook.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+- hosts: testtgt
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  become_method: sudo
+  roles:
+    - { role: sayhi }
diff --git a/.ansible/roles/sayhi/README.md b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c00ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# sayhi
+this role is used to say hi (create test files)
+
+## License
+GPLv3
+
+## Author
+wanderer@git.dotya.ml
+
diff --git a/.ansible/roles/sayhi/defaults/main.yml b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed97d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+---
diff --git a/.ansible/roles/sayhi/tasks/main.yml b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..940f12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: verify files are not present
+  file:
+    path: "/tmp/{{item}}"
+    state: absent
+    mode: 0755
+  with_items:
+    - "{{additional_var}}"
+    - "{{another_var}}"
diff --git a/.ansible/roles/sayhi/vars/main.yml b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed97d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible/roles/sayhi/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+---
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b3b8af8..7a8e166 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -33,4 +33,24 @@ steps:
         - echo $PATH
         - echo $SHELL
         - /usr/local/bin/giteaupdater
-        - ansible --version
+
+  - name: ansible - sayhi
+    image: plugins/ansible:3.0.0
+    environment:
+      ANSIBLE_CONFIG: .ansible/ansible.cfg
+      DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER:
+        from_secret: username
+    settings:
+      playbook: .ansible/playbooks/playbook.yml
+      inventory: .ansible/inventory
+      extra_vars:
+        'additional_var=footestpls,another_var=bartest'
+      ssh_extra_args: "'-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'"
+      private_key:
+        from_secret: ssh-key
+      verbose: 2
+      user:
+        from_secret: username
+    when:
+      event:
+        - push