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+---
+- block:
+    - name: Remove the old  files
+      file: path={{ item }} state=absent
+      with_items:
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ ws_explorer_name }}'
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ ws_explorer_name }}.{{ ws_explorer_extension }}'
+
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ d4science_user }}'
+  when: not ws_explorer_install 
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'ws_explorer', 'tomcat' ]
+
+- block:
+    - name: Get the ws explorer app 
+      maven_artifact: artifact_id={{ ws_explorer_name }} version={{ ws_explorer_version | default('latest') }} group_id={{ ws_explorer_group_id }} extension={{ ws_explorer_extension | default('war') }} repository_url={{ smartgears_global_base_url }} dest={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ ws_explorer_file }} verify_checksum=always
+      register: ws_explorer_download
+  
+    - name: Remove the old ws explorer
+      file: path={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ ws_explorer_name }} state=absent
+      when: ws_explorer_download is changed
+
+    - name: Copy the ws explorer war file into the webapps directory
+      copy: src={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ ws_explorer_file }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ ws_explorer_name }}.{{ ws_explorer_extension }} remote_src=yes force=yes
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ d4science_user }}'
+  when: ws_explorer_install 
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'ws_explorer', 'tomcat' ]
+