diff --git a/deploy/ansible-playbook.yml b/deploy/ansible-playbook.yml
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+---
+- hosts: internal-apps
+  become: true
+  vars_files: 
+    - ./vars.yml
+  tasks:
+    - name: Update Packages
+      ansible.builtin.dnf:
+        update_cache: yes
+
+    - name: Install Packages
+      ansible.builtin.dnf:
+        name:
+          - vim
+          - podman
+          - fail2ban
+          - python3-libdnf5
+        state: present
+    
+    - name: Create directories 
+      file:
+        path: "{{ item }}"
+        state: directory
+        mode: '0755'
+      loop: "{{ directories }}"
+
+    - name: Create internal podman network
+      containers.podman.podman_network:
+        name: npm_internal
+        ip_range: 10.10.0.128/25
+        subnet: 10.10.0.0/24
+        gateway: 10.10.0.1
+        state: present
+
+    - name: pull images
+      containers.podman.podman_image:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+      loop: "{{ images }}"
+
+### NGINX Proxy manager --------------------------##
+    - name: Deploy Nginx Proxy Manager 
+      containers.podman.podman_container:
+        image: "docker.io/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest"
+        name: npm
+        restart_policy: always
+        recreate: true
+        state: started
+        ports:
+          - "80:80"
+          - "81:81"
+          - "443:443"
+        volumes:
+          - "/opt/apps/npm:/data:z"
+          - "/opt/apps/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt:z"
+        network:
+          - npm_internal
+        ip: '10.10.0.19'
+
+### Deploy Gitea ---------------------------------##
+    - name: Deploy Gitea 
+      containers.podman.podman_container:
+        image: docker.gitea.com/gitea:nightly
+        name: gitea
+        env:
+          USER_UID: 1000
+          USER_GID: 1000
+        restart_policy: always
+        recreate: true
+        state: started
+        volumes:
+          - /opt/apps/gitea:/data:z
+          - /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Denver:/etc/timezone:ro
+          - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+        network:
+          - npm_internal
+        ip: '10.10.0.25'
+        ports:
+        #  - "3000:3000"
+          - "222:22"
+
+
+###---- Deploy Matrix Synapse ------------------#
+    - name: Deploy Matrix Synapse
+      containers.podman.podman_container:
+        image: docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
+        name: synapse
+        volumes:
+          - /opt/apps/synapse/data:/data:z
+        command: run -m synapse.app.generic_worker --config-path=/data/homeserver.yaml --config-path=/data/generic_worker.yaml
+        network:
+          - npm_internal
+        ip: '10.10.0.35'
+        # ports:
+        #   - 8008:8008
+
+
+
diff --git a/deploy/inentory.ini b/deploy/inentory.ini
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+[internal-apps]
+internal-apps
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/requirements.yml b/deploy/requirements.yml
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+collections:
+  - name: containers.podman
diff --git a/deploy/vars.yml b/deploy/vars.yml
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+## add generic 755 directory for application here
+directories:
+  - /opt/apps/npm
+  - /opt/apps/letsencrypt
+  - /opt/apps/gitea
+  - /opt/apps/prowler/data
+  - /opt/apps/prowler/tmp/prowler_api_output
+  - /opt/apps/prowler/postgres/data
+  - /opt/apps/synapse/data
+#  - /opt/apps/n8n/files
+
+
+images:
+  - docker.io/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest
+  - docker.gitea.com/gitea:nightly
+  - docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
+
+sudo_password: sdfwwww
+
+POSTGRES_ADMIN_USER: theuseriwant
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD: theuserthatineedpaswoord
+POSTGRES_DB: thatoneit
+