diff --git a/ansible/plays/web.yml b/ansible/plays/web.yml
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+---
+- name: copies docker-compose files to all web hosts
+  hosts: web
+  roles:
+    - role: roles/web
+
diff --git a/ansible/roles/web/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/web/tasks/main.yml
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+- name: Ensure remote docker directory exists
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ remote_compose_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Copy local docker-compose directory to remote
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ local_compose_dir }}/"
+    dest: "{{ remote_compose_dir }}/"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+
+- name: Ensure compose-all.sh is executable
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ remote_compose_dir }}/compose-all.sh"
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Run compose-all.sh up
+  ansible.builtin.command: bash compose-all.sh up
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ remote_compose_dir }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/web/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/web/vars/main.yml
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+local_compose_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../../docker-compose"
+remote_compose_dir: /opt/docker
+