diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/README.txt b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e4fac4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+install ansible
+	sudo yum install epel-release
+	sudo yum install ansible
+install ansible modules 
+	ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.utils
+Edit /etc/ansible/hosts and add 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/gofr.yaml b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/gofr.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f677c474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/gofr.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+---
+- name: GOFR Installation into /var/lib/gofr
+  hosts: all
+  # gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - pause:
+        prompt: "Please enter the name of the site without space"
+      register: result
+      until: result.user_input is not search(' ')
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 0
+    - set_fact:
+        site: "{{ result.user_input }}"
+
+    - name: Clonning GOFR github repo
+      git:
+        repo: 'https://github.com/intrahealth/gofr.git'
+        dest: /var/lib/gofr
+        clone: yes
+        force: yes
+
+    - name: Creating GOFR backend site
+      file:
+        path: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Copying GOFR backend site
+      copy:
+        src: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/lib/gofr-backend-site/
+        dest: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}
+
+    - name: Creating GOFR frontend site
+      file:
+        path: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-gui/src/site
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Copying GOFR frontend site
+      copy:
+        src: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-gui/src/gofr-frontend-site/
+        dest: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-gui/src/site
+
+    - name: Installing npm packages into gofr-backend
+      shell: |
+        cd /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend
+        npm install
+
+    - name: Installing npm packages into {{site}}
+      shell: |
+        cd /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}
+        npm install
+
+    - name: Installing npm packages into gofr-gui
+      shell: |
+        cd /var/lib/gofr/gofr-gui
+        npm install
+    
+    - name: Installing configuration
+      copy:
+        src: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}/config/default.json.example
+        dest: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}/config/default.json
+
+    - name: Reading configuration file
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        configfile: "{{ lookup('file', '/var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}/config/default.json') }}"
+
+    - name: Updating configuration file
+      ansible.utils.update_fact:
+        updates:
+        - path: configfile.app.site.path
+          value: /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}
+        - path: configfile.mCSD.server.basePath
+          value: fhir
+      register: updated
+    
+    - name: Saving configuration file
+      copy: content="{{ updated.configfile | to_nice_json }}" dest="/var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}/config/default.json"
+
+    - name: Getting path of node
+      command: which node
+      register: node_path
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Install systemd template for gofr service
+      template:
+        src: gofr.service.j2
+        dest: /etc/systemd/system/gofr.service
+        mode: 0755
+        force: yes
+
+    - name: Start and Enable GOFR
+      service: 
+        name: gofr
+        state: started
+        enabled: yes
+        daemon_reload: yes
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diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/hapi.yaml b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/hapi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4077de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/hapi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+---
+- name: HAPI FHIR Server
+  hosts: all
+  # become: true
+  tags: prep
+
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: Add the OS specific variables
+        include_vars:
+          file: index.yaml
+
+    - name: hapi folder exists
+      stat:
+        path: /tmp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter
+      register: stat_result2
+
+
+    - name: git clone repo hapi-jpa-server-starter
+      git:
+        repo: 'https://github.com/hapifhir/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter.git'
+        dest: /tmp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter
+        clone: yes
+        force: yes
+      when: stat_result2.stat.exists == False
+
+
+    - name: git pull if updated
+      git:
+        repo: 'https://github.com/hapifhir/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter.git'
+        dest: /tmp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter
+        update: yes
+        force: yes
+
+
+    - name: git checkout v{{hapi_ver}}
+      shell: git checkout v{{hapi_ver}}
+      args:
+        chdir: /tmp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter
+
+
+    - name: install application.yaml template for hapi jpa Server
+      template:
+        src: ../570-application.yaml
+        dest: /tmp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+        owner: "tomcat"
+        group: "tomcat"
+        mode: 0755
+        force: yes
+
+
+    - name: Building hapi-fhir
+      shell: /opt/maven/bin/mvn clean install --no-transfer-progress --batch-mode package -DskipTests
+      args:
+        chdir: /tmp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter
+      environment:
+        MAVEN_OPTS: -Xmx2048m
+
+
+  # stop tomcat
+    - name: stop tomcat
+      service: 
+        name: tomcat
+        state: stopped
+      become: true
+
+    # pause to let tomcat stop
+    - pause:
+        seconds: 10
+
+
+  # move default ROOT into ROOT-Closed
+    - name: move default ROOT into ROOT-Closed
+      file:
+        path: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/webapps/ROOT
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: move war file to /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/webapps/
+      shell: cp ROOT.war /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/webapps/
+      args:
+        chdir: /tmp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter/target/
+      become: true
+      
+
+    - name: create lucene target
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/target
+        state: directory
+        # needs broad perms
+        mode: '0777'
+        owner: tomcat
+        group: tomcat
+      become: true
+
+    - name: create lucenefiles
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/target/lucenefiles
+        state: directory
+        mode: '0777'
+        owner: tomcat
+        group: tomcat
+      become: true
+
+    - name: restart tomcat
+      systemd:
+        name: tomcat
+        state: started
+
+    - pause:
+        seconds: 10
+
+    - name: status
+      command: systemctl status tomcat.service
+      register: status
+
+
+    - debug:
+        msg: "{{ status.stdout_lines }}"
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/maven.yaml b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/maven.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08df71e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/maven.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+- name: Install Apache Maven on CentOS
+  hosts: all
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Add the OS specific variables
+      include_vars:
+        file: index.yaml
+        
+    - name: Download Apache Maven
+      get_url:
+        url: "https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-{{maven_v_num}}/{{maven_ver}}/binaries/apache-maven-{{maven_ver}}-bin.tar.gz"
+        dest: "/tmp/apache-maven-{{maven_ver}}-bin.tar.gz"
+        mode: '0644'
+
+    - name: Extract Apache Maven
+      ansible.builtin.unarchive:
+        src: "/tmp/apache-maven-{{maven_ver}}-bin.tar.gz"
+        dest: "/opt/"
+        remote_src: yes
+        creates: "/opt/apache-maven-{{maven_ver}}"
+
+    - name: Create Symbolic Link for Maven
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        src: "/opt/apache-maven-{{maven_ver}}"
+        dest: "/opt/maven"
+        state: link
+
+    - name: Set Environment Variables for Maven
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: |
+          export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
+          export M2=$M2_HOME/bin
+          export PATH=$M2:$PATH
+        dest: "/etc/profile.d/maven.sh"
+      notify: Reload Environment Variables
+ 
+  handlers:
+    - name: Reload Environment Variables
+      shell: source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh
+      args:
+        executable: /bin/bash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/postgresinstall.yaml b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/postgresinstall.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0d96bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/postgresinstall.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+---
+- name: Install PostgreSQL 9 or above
+  hosts: all
+  remote_user: root
+  become: yes
+
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: Install PostgreSQL
+      apt:
+        name: ['postgresql', 'postgresql-contrib']
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Start and enable PostgreSQL
+      systemd:
+        name: postgresql
+        enabled: yes
+        state: started
+    
+    - name: Gather PostgreSQL Information
+      become: true
+      become_user: postgres
+      community.postgresql.postgresql_info:
+      register: postgres_info
+
+    - name: Create a new database with name hapi
+      postgresql_db:
+        name: hapi
+      become: true
+      become_user: postgres
+
+    - name: Create hapi user, and grant access to hapi database
+      no_log: true
+      postgresql_user:
+        db: hapi
+        name: hapi
+        password: hapi
+        priv: ALL
+      become: true
+      become_user: postgres
+
+    - name: Allow md5 connection for the db user
+      postgresql_pg_hba:
+        dest: "/etc/postgresql/{{postgres_info.version.major}}/main/pg_hba.conf"
+        contype: host
+        databases: all
+        method: md5
+        users: hapi
+        create: true
+      become: yes
+      become_user: postgres
+      notify: restart postgresql
+
+  handlers:
+    - name: restart postgresql
+      systemd:
+        name: postgresql
+        state: restarted
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/prep.yaml b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/prep.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b288b0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/prep.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+- name: Installing supporting packages
+  hosts: all
+  become: yes
+
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: Updating apt cache
+      apt:
+        update_cache: yes
+
+    - name: Install basic packages
+      apt:
+        name: ['git', 'python3-psycopg2']
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Install Redis
+      apt:
+        name: redis-server
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Start redis
+      service:
+        name: redis
+        state: started
+        enabled: yes
+
+    - name: Download NodeSource setup script
+      get_url:
+        url: https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x
+        dest: /tmp/setup_node.sh
+
+    - name: Execute NodeSource setup script
+      command: /bin/bash /tmp/setup_node.sh
+
+    - name: Install Node.js
+      apt:
+        name: nodejs
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Remove temporary setup script
+      file:
+        path: /tmp/setup_node.sh
+        state: absent
+
+    # - name: Install npm
+    #   apt:
+    #     name: npm
+    #     state: present
+
+    - name: Install fsh-sushi
+      shell: |
+        npm install -g fsh-sushi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/run.sh b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f9e1cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+
+# this only works for vagrant ubuntu instances (localhost)
+# --forks 1 to stop hosts checking on first run: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/25068
+ansible-playbook prep.yaml --connection=local
+ansible-playbook postgresinstall.yaml --connection=local
+ansible-playbook tomcat.yaml --connection=local
+ansible-playbook maven.yaml --connection=local
+ansible-playbook hapi.yaml --connection=local
+ansible-playbook gofr.yaml --connection=local
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/context.xml.j2 b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/context.xml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa6c09e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/context.xml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<Context antiResourceLocking="false" privileged="true" >
+</Context>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/gofr.service.j2 b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/gofr.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb8fa220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/gofr.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=GOFR
+Documentation=https://gofr.org
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend
+ExecStart={{node_path}} /var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/{{site}}/bin/www
+Restart=always
+Environment=NODE_ENV=production
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat-users.xml.j2 b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat-users.xml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5441fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat-users.xml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<tomcat-users xmlns="http://tomcat.apache.org/xml"
+              xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+              xsi:schemaLocation="http://tomcat.apache.org/xml tomcat-users.xsd"
+              version="1.0">
+<!--
+  NOTE:  By default, no user is included in the "manager-gui" role required
+  to operate the "/manager/html" web application.  If you wish to use this app,
+  you must define such a user - the username and password are arbitrary. It is
+  strongly recommended that you do NOT use one of the users in the commented out
+  section below since they are intended for use with the examples web
+  application.
+-->
+<!--
+  NOTE:  The sample user and role entries below are intended for use with the
+  examples web application. They are wrapped in a comment and thus are ignored
+  when reading this file. If you wish to configure these users for use with the
+  examples web application, do not forget to remove the <!.. ..> that surrounds
+  them. You will also need to set the passwords to something appropriate.
+-->
+<!-- user manager can access only manager section -->
+<role rolename="manager-gui" />
+<user username="{{ ui_manager_user }}" password="{{ ui_manager_pass }}" roles="manager-gui" />
+
+<!-- user admin can access manager and admin section both -->
+<role rolename="admin-gui" />
+<user username="{{ ui_admin_username }}" password="{{ ui_admin_pass }}" roles="manager-gui,admin-gui" />
+</tomcat-users>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat.j2 b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4cfb608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          Tomcat
+# Required-Start:    $all
+# Required-Stop:
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:
+# Short-Description: Tomcat Server basic start/shutdown script
+### END INIT INFO
+
+TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/bin
+START_TOMCAT=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/bin/startup.sh
+STOP_TOMCAT=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/bin/shutdown.sh
+
+start() {
+ echo -n "Starting tomcat: "
+ cd $TOMCAT_HOME
+ ${START_TOMCAT}
+ echo "done."
+}
+
+stop() {
+ echo -n "Shutting down tomcat: "
+ cd $TOMCAT_HOME
+ ${STOP_TOMCAT}
+ echo "done."
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+ 
+start)
+ start
+ ;;
+
+stop)
+ stop
+ ;;
+
+restart)
+ stop
+ sleep 10
+ start
+ ;;
+
+*)
+ echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+
+esac
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat.service.j2 b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a51f20bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/templates/tomcat.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Tomcat
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+
+User=tomcat
+Group=tomcat
+
+Environment=JAVA_HOME={{ JAVA_HOME }}
+Environment='JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true'
+
+Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/temp/tomcat.pid
+
+ExecStart=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/bin/catalina.sh start
+ExecStop=/opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/bin/catalina.sh stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/tomcat.yaml b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/tomcat.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cf2a0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/tomcat.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+---
+- name: Installing Apache tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: Add the OS specific variables
+      include_vars:
+        file: index.yaml
+
+    - name: Download JDK 17
+      get_url:
+        url: "https://download.oracle.com/java/{{java_ver}}/latest/jdk-{{java_ver}}_linux-x64_bin.deb"
+        dest: "/tmp/jdk-{{java_ver}}.deb"
+
+    - name: Installing JDK {{java_ver}}
+      ansible.builtin.apt: deb="/tmp/jdk-{{java_ver}}.deb"
+
+    - name: Add tomcat group
+      group:
+        name: tomcat
+
+    - name: Add "tomcat" user
+      user:
+        name: tomcat
+        group: tomcat
+        home: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+        createhome: no
+        system: yes
+
+    - name: Create a Tomcat Directory
+      file:
+        path: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+        owner: tomcat
+        group: tomcat
+        mode: 755
+        recurse: yes
+
+    - name: download & unarchive tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+      unarchive:
+        src: https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-{{tomcat_v_num}}/v{{tomcat_ver}}/bin/apache-tomcat-{{tomcat_ver}}.tar.gz
+        dest: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+        remote_src: yes
+        extra_opts: [--strip-components=1]
+
+    - name: Change ownership of tomcat directory
+      file:
+        path: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}
+        owner: tomcat
+        group: tomcat
+        mode: "u+rwx,g+rx,o=rx"
+        recurse: yes
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Copy tomcat service file
+      template:
+        src: templates/tomcat.j2
+        dest: /etc/init.d/tomcat
+      when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd"
+
+    - name: Create symlink to start/stop/restart tomcat
+      file:
+        src: /etc/init.d/tomcat
+        dest: /etc/rc2.d/S99tomcat
+        state: link
+
+    - name: Making tomcat service executable by users
+      file:
+        path: /etc/init.d/tomcat
+        mode: "ugo=x"
+
+    - name: Start tomcat
+      service:
+        name: tomcat
+        enabled: yes
+        state: started
+
+    - name: Set UI access credentials
+      template:
+        src: tomcat-users.xml.j2
+        dest: /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/conf/tomcat-users.xml
+      notify: restart tomcat
+
+    - name: Allow access to Manager and Host Manager apps from any IP
+      template:
+        src: context.xml.j2 
+        dest: "{{ item }}"
+      with_items:
+        - /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/webapps/host-manager/META-INF/context.xml
+        - /opt/tomcat{{tomcat_v_num}}/webapps/manager/META-INF/context.xml
+      notify: restart tomcat
+
+  handlers:
+    - name: restart tomcat
+      service:
+        name: tomcat
+        state: restarted
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/vars/index.yaml b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/vars/index.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fca6aedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/ansible/ubuntu/vars/index.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#JAVA
+JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-17-oracle-x64
+java_ver: 17
+
+#tomcat
+tomcat_ver: 9.0.80                          # Tomcat version to install
+tomcat_v_num: 9                             # Tomcat version number
+ui_manager_user: manager                    # User who can access the UI manager section only
+ui_manager_pass: Str0ngManagerP@ssw3rd      # UI manager user password
+ui_admin_username: admin                    # User who can access bpth manager and admin UI sections
+ui_admin_pass: Str0ngAdminP@ssw3rd          # UI admin password
+
+#maven
+maven_ver: 3.9.4
+maven_v_num: 3
+
+#hapi
+hapi_ver: 5.7.0
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