diff --git a/playbooks/ansible_user.yml b/playbooks/ansible_user.yml
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+- hosts: staging
+  become: yes
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: user setup
+      block:
+      - name: create ansible user
+        ansible.builtin.user:
+          user: admin
+          state: present
+          shell: /bin/bash
+          groups: sudo
+
+      - name: add admin ssh-key
+        ansible.posix.authorized_key:
+          user: admin
+          state: present
+          key: "ssh-rsa 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 ansible@Septentrion"