diff --git a/lxc/defaults/main.yml b/lxc/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+# Should LXC containers run in unprivilegied (non root) mode?
+lxc_unprivilegied_containers: true
+
+# Network type to use. See lxc.container.conf(5).
+lxc_network_type: "none"
+
+# Partition to bind mount into containers.
+lxc_mount_part: "/home"
+
+# List of LXC containers to create.
+# Eg.:
+# lxc_containers:
+#   - name: php56
+#     release: jessie
+#   - name: php70
+#     release: stretch
+lxc_containers: []
diff --git a/lxc/tasks/create-container.yml b/lxc/tasks/create-container.yml
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+---
+- name: Check if container exists
+  command: "lxc-ls {{name}}"
+  register: container_exists
+
+- name: Create container
+  command: "lxc-create -n {{name}} -t download -- --dist debian --release {{release}} --arch amd64"
+  when: container_exists.stdout_lines == []
+
+- name: Disable network configuration inside container
+  replace:
+    name: "/var/lib/lxc/{{name}}/rootfs/etc/default/networking"
+    regexp: "^#CONFIGURE_INTERFACES=yes"
+    replace: CONFIGURE_INTERFACES=no
+  when: lxc_network_type == "none"
+
+- name: Disable interface shut down on halt inside container
+  lineinfile:
+    name: "/var/lib/lxc/{{name}}/rootfs/etc/default/halt"
+    line: "NETDOWN=no"
+  when: lxc_network_type == "none"
+
+- name: Make the container poweroff on SIGPWR (sent by lxc-stop) on jessie
+  file:
+    src: /lib/systemd/system/poweroff.target
+    dest: "/var/lib/lxc/{{name}}/rootfs/etc/systemd/system/sigpwr.target"
+    state: link
+  when: release == 'jessie'
+
+- name: Set the DNS resolvers
+  command: "cp /etc/resolv.conf /var/lib/lxc/{{name}}/rootfs/etc/"
+
+- name: Add hostname in /etc/hosts
+  lineinfile:
+    name: "/var/lib/lxc/{{name}}/rootfs/etc/hosts"
+    line: "127.0.0.1 {{name}}"
+
+# Still needed?
+- name: Fix permission on /dev
+  lineinfile:
+    name: "/var/lib/lxc/{{name}}/rootfs/etc/rc.local"
+    line: "chmod 755 /dev"
+    insertbefore: "^exit 0$"
+
+- name: Check if container is running
+  command: "lxc-ls --running {{name}}"
+  register: container_running
+
+- name: "Start {{name}} container"
+  command: "lxc-start -dn {{name}}"
+  when: container_running.stdout_lines == []
+
diff --git a/lxc/tasks/main.yml b/lxc/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Install lxc tools
+  apt:
+    name: lxc
+
+- name: Copy LXC default containers configuration
+  template:
+    src: default.conf
+    dest: /etc/lxc/
+
+- name: Check if root has subuids
+  command: grep '^root:100000:10000$' /etc/subuid
+  register: root_subuids
+
+- name: Add subuid and subgid ranges to root
+  command: usermod -v 100000-199999 -w 100000-109999 root
+  when: not root_subuids.rc
+
+- name: Create containers
+  include: "create-container.yml name={{item.name}} release={{item.release}}"
+  with_items: lxc_containers
diff --git a/lxc/templates/default.conf b/lxc/templates/default.conf
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+{% if lxc_unprivilegied_containers %}
+# Run containers in unprivilegied mode.
+# Map both user and group IDs in range 0-9999 in the container to the IDs
+# 100000-109999 on the host.
+lxc.id_map = u 0 100000 10000
+lxc.id_map = g 0 100000 10000
+
+{% endif %}
+# Set the default network virtualization method.
+lxc.network.type = {{lxc_network_type}}
+
+{% if lxc_mount_part %}
+# Mount {{lxc_mount_part}} into containers.
+# lxc.mount.entry = {{lxc_mount_part}} {{lxc_mount_part |replace('/', '')}} none bind 0 0
+
+{% endif %}
+# Only one tty is enough.
+# This require that you disabled others tty ([2-6]) in systemd.
+lxc.tty = 1
+
+# Run 64bits containers
+lxc.arch = x86_64