diff --git a/playbooks/alpha/nginx.yml b/playbooks/alpha/nginx.yml
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+# This playbook just installs nginx so that it is ready to configure
+# we don't bother with extra user accounts like with Beta because we
+# are only concerned with using nginx to serve fully containerized
+# applications. Not static files
+---
+- hosts: alpha
+  tasks:
+    - name: Install Nginx
+      become: yes
+      apt:
+        name: nginx
+        update_cache: yes
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Update Snap
+      become: yes
+      community.general.snap:
+        name: core
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Install Certbot
+      community.general.snap:
+        name: certbot
+        classic: yes
+
diff --git a/playbooks/alpha/searx/main.yml b/playbooks/alpha/searx/main.yml
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+---
+- hosts: alpha
+  remote_user: ubuntu
+  become: yes
+  tasks:
+    - name: Pull latest Searx Repo patches
+      community.docker.docker_container:
+        name: searx
+        image: searx/searx
+        pull: yes
+        restart_policy: always
+        recreate: yes
+        ports:
+          - "8080:8080"
+