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+# Role `redis`
+
+Ensures `redis` is installed by installing the distributions package.
+
+## Supported Distributions
+
+Should work on Debian-based distributions.
+
+## Required Arguments
+
+None.
+
+## Optional Arguments
+
+None.
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+- name: Ensure redis is installed
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name:
+      - redis
+  become: true