diff --git a/ansible/roles/vim/defaults/all b/ansible/roles/vim/defaults/all
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+---
+
+vim_plugins:
+    - url: "https://github.com/jvirtanen/vim-hcl.git"
+      dest: "vim-hcl"
+    - url: "https://github.com/fatih/vim-go.git"
+      dest: "vim-go"
+    - url: "https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline.git"
+      dest: "vim-airline"
+    - url: "https://tpope.io/vim/fugitive.git"
+      dest: "fugitive"
+    - url: "https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale"
+      dest: "ale"
+    - url: "https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree"
+      dest: "nerdtree"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/vim/files/vimrc b/ansible/roles/vim/files/vimrc
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+" ansible managed
+
+" We don't care about vi
+set nocompatible
+" Syntax color
+syntax on
+" Read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more than 50 lines of registers
+set viminfo='20,\"50
+" Keep 50 lines of command line history
+set history=50
+" Disable auto-indent
+set noautoindent
+" Show line and column number of cursor
+set ruler
+" Search is case sensistive only if there is uppercase in the pattern
+set smartcase
+" Disable bell and use visualbell
+set noerrorbells
+set visualbell
+" Highlight search match
+set hlsearch
+" Always display a status line
+set laststatus=2
+" Use spaces when using the tab key
+set expandtab
+" Use 4 spaces
+set shiftwidth=4
+set softtabstop=4
+" Restore cursor position
+autocmd BufReadPost * if line("'\"") && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal `\"" | endif
+" Disable automatic visual mode
+set mouse-=a
+" show line numbers
+set nu
+" set color for white background
+:color desert
+:highlight ws ctermbg=red guibg=red
+:match ws /\s\+$/
+
+set statusline+=%#warningmsg#
+set statusline+=%{SyntasticStatuslineFlag()}
+set statusline+=%*
+
+let g:syntastic_always_populate_loc_list = 1
+let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list = 1
+let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1
+let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0
+
+let g:ale_fixers = {
+\    '*': ['remove_trailing_lines','trim_whitespace'],
+\    'yaml': ['yamllint'],
+\    'python': ['pylint'],
+\}
+
+filetype plugin indent on
diff --git a/ansible/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml
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+++ b/ansible/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+- name: install vim and requirements for role
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  remote_user: "{{ app_user | default('root') }}"
+  become: true
+  with_items:
+    - vim
+    - git
+
+- name: deploy vimrc
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: vimrc
+    dest: "{{ vim_dir | default('/root/') }}/.vimrc"
+    owner: "{{ app_user | default('root') }}"
+    group: "{{ vim_group | default('root') }}"
+    mode: 0644
+  remote_user: "{{ app_user | default('root') }}"
+
+- name: ensure plugins and colors folder exists
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ vim_plugins_dir | default('/root/.vim/pack/plugins/start') }}"
+
+- name: download and install vim plugins
+  ansible.builtin.git:
+    repo: "{{ item.url }}"
+    dest: "{{ vim_plugins_dir | default('/root/.vim/pack/plugins/start') }}/{{ item.dest }}"
+  remote_user: "{{ app_user | default('root') }}"
+  loop: "{{ vim_plugins }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/vim/vars/Debian.yml b/ansible/roles/vim/vars/Debian.yml
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+++ b/ansible/roles/vim/vars/Debian.yml
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+---
+
+vim_package: vim
+vim_plugins_dir: "~/.vim/pack/plugins/start"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/vim/vars/OpenBSD.yml b/ansible/roles/vim/vars/OpenBSD.yml
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+++ b/ansible/roles/vim/vars/OpenBSD.yml
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+---
+
+vim_package: vim--no_x11
+vim_root_group: wheel