diff --git a/playbooks/atlas/init/perma-mount-drives.yml b/playbooks/atlas/init/perma-mount-drives.yml
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+# This ensures that the mount points for our docker volumes are present and
+# populated correctly
+---
+- hosts: atlas
+  become: yes
+  vars:
+    filesystem: ext4
+  tasks:
+    - name: Fetch vars for getting mount points
+      include_vars:
+        file: ../vars/drives.yml
+
+    - name: Creat mountpoints for mounted volumes
+      file:
+        path: "{{ item }}"
+        state: directory
+        owner: ubuntu
+      loop:
+        - "{{ CLIPPABLE_MOUNT_POINT }}"
+        - "{{ FILEBROWSER_MOUNT_POINT }}"
+
+    - name: Partition Devices
+      community.general.parted:
+        device: "{{ item }}"
+        number: 1
+        label: gpt
+        part_start: 0%
+        part_end:   100%
+        name: data
+      loop:
+        - "{{ FILEBROWSER_DRIVE }}"
+        - "{{ CLIPPABLE_DRIVE }}"
+
+    - name: Format the drive for use
+      community.general.filesystem:
+        dev: "{{ item }}"
+        fstype: "{{ filesystem }}"
+      loop:
+        - "{{ FILEBROWSER_DRIVE }}"
+        - "{{ CLIPPABLE_DRIVE }}"
+
+    - name: Permanently Mount Drives
+      mount:
+        state: mounted
+        path: "{{ item.dst }}"
+        src:  "{{ item.src }}"
+        fstype: "{{ filesystem }}"
+      loop:
+        - { src: "{{ FILEBROWSER_DRIVE }}", dst: "{{ FILEBROWSER_MOUNT_POINT }}" }
+        - { src: "{{ CLIPPABLE_DRIVE }}",   dst: "{{ CLIPPABLE_MOUNT_POINT }}" }
diff --git a/playbooks/atlas/init/system-deps.yml b/playbooks/atlas/init/system-deps.yml
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+# This playbook downloads all the basic requirements to give containers
+# an environment where they can be brought up safely. We focus primarily
+# on the host with this playbook
+---
+- hosts: atlas
+  become: yes
+  become_method: sudo
+  tasks:
+    - name: Install docker dependencies
+      apt:
+        name: "{{item}}"
+        update_cache: yes
+      loop:
+        - apt-transport-https
+        - ca-certificates
+        - curl
+        - gnupg
+        - software-properties-common
+        - lsb-release
+
+    - name: Install docker GPG key
+      apt_key:
+        url: https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Add Docker Apt Repo
+      apt_repository:
+        repo: deb https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu impish stable
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Install Docker components
+      apt:
+        name: "{{item}}"
+        update_cache: yes
+      loop:
+        - docker-ce
+        - docker-ce-cli
+        - containerd.io
+
diff --git a/playbooks/atlas/vars/drives.yml b/playbooks/atlas/vars/drives.yml
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+# These vars are really only used to configure the host for the first time
+CLIPPABLE_MOUNT_POINT: /mnt/clippable
+CLIPPABLE_DRIVE:   /dev/nvme1n1
+FILEBROWSER_DRIVE: /dev/nvme2n1
+FILEBROWSER_MOUNT_POINT: /mnt/filebrowser