diff --git a/roles/myLimbo.docker.promtail/meta/main.yml b/roles/myLimbo.docker.promtail/meta/main.yml
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+
+
+
+galaxy_info:
+  author: mf
+  description: promtail docker role
+  company: limbosolutions
+
+  # If the issue tracker for your role is not on github, uncomment the
+  # next line and provide a value
+  # issue_tracker_url: http://example.com/issue/tracker
+
+  # Choose a valid license ID from https://spdx.org - some suggested licenses:
+  # - BSD-3-Clause (default)
+  # - MIT
+  # - GPL-2.0-or-later
+  # - GPL-3.0-only
+  # - Apache-2.0
+  # - CC-BY-4.0
+  license: license (GPL-2.0-or-later, MIT, etc)
+
+  min_ansible_version: 2.1
+
+  # If this a Container Enabled role, provide the minimum Ansible Container version.
+  # min_ansible_container_version:
+
+  #
+  # Provide a list of supported platforms, and for each platform a list of versions.
+  # If you don't wish to enumerate all versions for a particular platform, use 'all'.
+  # To view available platforms and versions (or releases), visit:
+  # https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v1/platforms/
+  #
+  # platforms:
+  # - name: Fedora
+  #   versions:
+  #   - all
+  #   - 25
+  # - name: SomePlatform
+  #   versions:
+  #   - all
+  #   - 1.0
+  #   - 7
+  #   - 99.99
+
+  galaxy_tags: []
+    # List tags for your role here, one per line. A tag is a keyword that describes
+    # and categorizes the role. Users find roles by searching for tags. Be sure to
+    # remove the '[]' above, if you add tags to this list.
+    #
+    # NOTE: A tag is limited to a single word comprised of alphanumeric characters.
+    #       Maximum 20 tags per role.
+
+dependencies: []
diff --git a/roles/myLimbo.docker.promtail/tasks/main.yml b/roles/myLimbo.docker.promtail/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Check folders
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ config_file.host_path }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+
+
+- name: Setup config File
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ config_file.host_path }}/config.yaml" 
+    mode: '0644'
+    content: |
+      # file maintained by myLimbo.docker.promtail ansible role
+      server:
+        http_listen_port: 9080
+        grpc_listen_port: 0
+      positions:
+        filename: /data/positions.yaml
+
+      clients:
+        - url: {{loki.url}}
+
+      scrape_configs:
+      {% if  scrape.host_log_files.enabled == true %}
+        - job_name: varlog
+          static_configs:
+          - targets:
+              - localhost
+            labels:
+              job: varlog
+              host: "{{ labels.host }}"
+              __path__: /var/log/*log
+      {% endif %}
+        - job_name: journald
+          journal:
+            json: true
+            max_age: 12h
+            path: /var/log/journal
+            # matches: _TRANSPORT=kernel
+            labels:
+              job: journald
+              host: "{{ labels.host }}"
+          relabel_configs:
+            - source_labels: ['__journal__systemd_unit']
+              target_label: 'journal_systemd_unit'
+            - source_labels: ['__journal_syslog_identifier']
+              target_label: 'journal_syslog_identifier'
+            - source_labels: ['__journal__hostname']
+              target_label: 'journal_hostname'
+          pipeline_stages:
+            - match:
+                selector: '{journal_systemd_unit="docker.service"}'
+                stages:
+                  - json:
+                        expressions:
+                          container_name: CONTAINER_NAME
+                  - labels:
+                      container_name:
+      {% if scrape.docker.enabled == true %}
+        - job_name: docker
+          docker_sd_configs:
+            - host: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+              refresh_interval: 5s
+          pipeline_stages:
+            - static_labels:
+                job: "docker"
+                host: "{{ labels.host }}"
+          relabel_configs:
+            - source_labels: ['container_name']
+              target_label: "container_name"
+      {% endif %}
+
+- name: Docker Container Setup
+  become: true
+  community.docker.docker_container:
+    name: promtail
+    image: grafana/promtail:latest
+    state: started
+    restart_policy: unless-stopped
+    pull: yes
+    command: -config.file=/mnt/config/config.yaml -config.expand-env=true
+    volumes:
+      - "{{ config_file.host_path }}:/mnt/config"
+      - promtail-data:/data 
+      - /var/log:/var/log
+      - /var/log/journal/:/var/log/journal
+      - /run/log/journal/:/run/log/journal
+      - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+
diff --git a/roles/myLimbo.docker.promtail/vars/main.yml b/roles/myLimbo.docker.promtail/vars/main.yml
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+---
+config_file:
+  host_path: /etc/myLimbo/docker-promtail
+loki:
+  url:  http://loki.lan
+scrape:
+  labels:
+    host: "$HOSTNAME"
+  docker:
+    enabled: false
+  host_log_files:
+    enabled: false