diff --git a/smartgears/accounting-service/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/accounting-service/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+
+accounting_service_gcube_repository: 'gcube-snapshots'
+accounting_service_install: False
+accounting_service_ver: 1.0.0-20170323.102652-1
+accounting_service_snap: 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+accounting_service_name: accounting-service
+accounting_service_filename: '{{ accounting_service_name }}-{{ accounting_service_ver }}.war'
+accounting_service_url: 'http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/service/local/repositories/{{ accounting_service_gcube_repository }}/content/org/gcube/data/publishing/{{ accounting_service_name }}/{{ accounting_service_snap}}/{{ accounting_service_filename }}'
+accounting_service_war_file: '{{ accounting_service_name }}.war'
diff --git a/smartgears/accounting-service/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/accounting-service/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- block:
+
+    - name: Remove the installed accounting-service before upgrading
+      file: dest={{ item }} state=absent
+      with_items:
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/accounting-service'
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/accounting-service.war'
+      when: smartgears_upgrade
+
+    - name: Get the accounting-service war file
+      get_url: url={{ accounting_service_url }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ accounting_service_war_file }}
+      
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
+  when: accounting_service_install
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'accounting_service', 'tomcat' ]