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+---
+- block:
+    - name: Remove the old service files
+      file: path={{ item }} state=absent
+      with_items:
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smartgears_generic_service_name }}'
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smartgears_generic_service_name }}.{{ smartgears_generic_service_extension }}'
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+      check_mode: yes
+
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ d4science_user }}'
+  tags: [ 'smartgears_generic_service' ]
+  when: not smartgears_generic_service_install 
+
+- block:
+    - name: Get the smartgears-service war
+      maven_artifact: artifact_id={{ smartgears_generic_service_name }} version={{ smartgears_generic_service_version | default(omit) }} group_id={{ smartgears_generic_service_group_id }} extension={{ smartgears_generic_service_extension | default('war') }} repository_url={{ smartgears_global_base_url }} dest={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ smartgears_generic_service_file }} verify_checksum=always
+      register: smartgears_generic_service_download
+  
+    - name: Remove the old service files
+      file: path={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smartgears_generic_service_name }} state=absent
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+      when: smartgears_generic_service_download is changed
+      check_mode: yes
+  
+    - name: Copy the service under the webapps directory
+      copy: src={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ smartgears_generic_service_file }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smartgears_generic_service_name }}.{{ smartgears_generic_service_extension }} remote_src=yes force=yes
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+      check_mode: yes
+
+    - name: Create the service webapp directory
+      file: dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smartgears_generic_service_name }} state=directory
+      when:  smartgears_generic_service_download
+
+    - name: Unarchive the service  war file
+      unarchive: copy=no src={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ smartgears_generic_service_file }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smartgears_generic_service_name }}
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+
+
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ d4science_user }}'
+  tags: [ 'smartgears_generic_service' ]
+  when: smartgears_generic_service_install 
+  check_mode: yes
+