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+import os
+import tasks
+
+from pyinfra import host, config
+from pyinfra.facts.server import LinuxName, Which
+from pyinfra.operations import server, apk, apt
+from tasks.secrets import secrets
+from tasks.croc import install_croc
+
+config.REQUIRE_PACKAGES = "requirements.txt"
+
+
+if LinuxName == "Alpine":
+    # make sure template operations work smoothly
+    # because they run under smtp
+    apk.packages(
+        name="add openssh sftp package for pyinfra file operations",
+        packages=[
+            "openssh-sftp-server",
+        ],
+    )
+
+install_croc()
+
+
+def main_operations():
+    if LinuxName == "Ubuntu":
+        if host.data.remove_ubuntu_snap:
+            server.shell("snap remove lxd")
+            server.shell("snap remove core20")
+            server.shell("snap remove snapd")
+            apt.purge(["snapd"])
+
+    if "pleroma_hosts" in host.groups:
+        tasks.pleroma.install()
+        tasks.aproxy.install()
+        tasks.nginx.install_with_services()
+
+    if "static_file_hosts" in host.groups:
+        tasks.nginx.install_with_services()
+
+    if "monitoring_hosts" in host.groups:
+        tasks.uptime_kuma.install()
+        tasks.nginx.install_with_services()
+
+
+# setting so that you can quickly iterate in a specific host
+maybe_specific_group = os.environ.get("DEPLOY_GROUPS")
+if maybe_specific_group:
+    if maybe_specific_group in host.groups:
+        main_operations()
+else:
+    main_operations()