diff --git a/stanford-corenlp/defaults/main.yml b/stanford-corenlp/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+# https://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/
+stanford_corenlp_version: latest
+stanford_corenlp_name: stanford-corenlp
+stanford_corenlp_extension: war
+stanford_corenlp_file: '{{ stanford_corenlp_name }}-{{ stanford_corenlp_version }}.{{ stanford_corenlp_extension }}'
+stanford_corenlp_group_id: edu.stanford.nlp
+stanford_corenlp_languages:
+  - arabic
+  - chinese
+  - english
+  - english_kbp
+  - french
+  - german
+  - spanish
+
+stanford_corenlp_user: corenlp
+stanford_corenlp_base_dir: /opt/corenlp
+stanford_corenlp_dist_dir: '{{ stanford_corenlp_base_dir }}/stanford-corenlp'
+stanford_corenlp_log_dir: '{{ stanford_corenlp_base_dir }}/logs'
+stanford_corenlp_cmd: 'java -cp "*" -mx4g edu.stanford.nlp.pipeline.StanfordCoreNLPServer -props StanfordCoreNLP-english.properties -port 9000 -timeout 60000'
+
+tint_service_cmd: './tint-server.sh -p 9001'
diff --git a/stanford-corenlp/tasks/main.yml b/stanford-corenlp/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- block:
+    - name: Create the CoreNLP logs directory
+      file: dest={{ stanford_corenlp_log_dir }} state=directory owner={{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
+
+    - name: Install the CoreNLP startup script
+      template: src=stanford-corenlp.upstart.j2 dest=/etc/init/stanford-corenlp.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+
+    - name: Ensure that CoreNLP is enabled and running
+      service: name=stanford-corenlp state=started enabled=yes
+
+    - name: Install the tint service startup script
+      template: src=tint.upstart.j2 dest=/etc/init/tint.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+
+    - name: Ensure that the tint service is enabled and running
+      service: name=tint state=started enabled=yes
+
+  tags: [ 'corenlp', 'stanford_corenlp' ]
diff --git a/stanford-corenlp/templates/stanford-corenlp.upstart.j2 b/stanford-corenlp/templates/stanford-corenlp.upstart.j2
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+description "Stanford CoreNLP"
+start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
+stop on runlevel [016]
+
+respawn
+respawn limit 10 5
+setuid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
+setgid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
+
+script
+  exec cd {{ stanford_corenlp_dist_dir }} {{ stanford_corenlp_cmd }}  > {{ stanford_corenlp_log_dir }}/corenlp.log 2>&1
+end script
diff --git a/stanford-corenlp/templates/tint.upstart.j2 b/stanford-corenlp/templates/tint.upstart.j2
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+description "TINT service"
+start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
+stop on runlevel [016]
+
+respawn
+respawn limit 10 5
+setuid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
+setgid {{ stanford_corenlp_user }}
+
+script
+  exec cd {{ stanford_corenlp_dist_dir }}/tint {{ tint_service_cmd }}  > {{ stanford_corenlp_log_dir }}/tint.log 2>&1
+end script