diff --git a/shinyproxy/defaults/main.yml b/shinyproxy/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+shinyproxy_install: False
+shinyproxy_version: 0.8.6
+shinyproxy_file_name: 'shinyproxy-{{ shinyproxy_version }}.jar'
+shinyproxy_url: 'https://www.shinyproxy.io/downloads/{{ shinyproxy_file_name }}'
+shinyproxy_app_name: shinyproxy.jar
+shinyproxy_user: shinyproxy
+shinyproxy_install_dir: /opt/shinyproxy
+shinyproxy_http_port: 8080
diff --git a/shinyproxy/tasks/main.yml b/shinyproxy/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- block:
+    - name: Create the shinyproxy user
+      user: name={{ shinyproxy_user }} home={{ shinyproxy_install_dir }} createhome=yes system=yes shell=/usr/sbin/nologin
+
+    - name: Download the shinyproxy jar
+      become: True
+      become_user: '{{ shinyproxy_user }}'
+      get_url: url={{ shinyproxy_url }} dest={{ shinyproxy_install_dir }}
+
+    - name: Set up a symlink to an unversioned app name
+      become: True
+      become_user: '{{ shinyproxy_user }}'
+      file: src={{ shinyproxy_install_dir }}/{{ shinyproxy_file_name }} dest={{ shinyproxy_install_dir }}/{{ shinyproxy_app_name }} state=link
+
+    - name: Install the upstart init file
+      template: src=upstart-shiniproxy.conf.j2 dest=/etc/init/shinyproxy.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+      when: is_trusty
+
+    - name: Ensure that the shinyproxy service is enabled and running
+      service: name=shinyproxy state=started enabled=yes
+
+  when: shinyproxy_install
+  tags: shinyproxy
+
diff --git a/shinyproxy/upstart-shinyproxy.conf.j2 b/shinyproxy/upstart-shinyproxy.conf.j2
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+# shinyproxy - springboot based shiny executor
+
+description	"shinyproxy service"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+respawn
+respawn limit 10 5
+
+setuid {{ shinyproxy_user }}
+setgid {{ shinyproxy_user }}
+
+exec java -jar {{ shinyproxy_install_dir }}/{{ shinyproxy_app_name }}