diff --git a/hdf5/defaults/main.yml b/hdf5/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ed9d9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdf5/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+hdf5_install: True 
+hdf5_pkg_state: latest 
+
+hdf5_pkgs_list:
+  - hdf5-tools
+  - hdf5-helpers
+  - libhdf5-10
+  - libhdf5-dev
diff --git a/hdf5/tasks/main.yml b/hdf5/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e865c1f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdf5/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- block:
+  - name: apt key for the internal ppa repository
+    apt_key: url=http://ppa.research-infrastructures.eu/system/keys/system-archive.asc state=present
+
+  - name: Setup the infrascience trusty repository
+    apt_repository: repo='deb [arch=amd64] http://ppa.research-infrastructures.eu/trusty-infrascience {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main' update_cache=yes
+
+  - name: Install the hdf5 packages 
+    apt: pkg={{ item }} state={{ hdf5_pkg_state }} update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=3600
+    with_items: '{{ hdf5_pkgs_list }}'
+
+  tags: [ 'hdf5' ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smaph/defaults/main.yml b/smaph/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29a89f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smaph/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+# smaph_service_token: Use a vault file 
+smaph_db_base_dir: /var/lib/smaph_data
diff --git a/smaph/tasks/main.yml b/smaph/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87b963df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smaph/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- block:
+  - name: Install the catalina configuration needed by smaph
+    template: src=catalina-smaph.xml.j2 dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/conf/Catalina/localhost/smaph.xml 
+
+  tags: [ 'smaph', 'tomcat' ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smaph/templates/catalina-smaph.xml.j2 b/smaph/templates/catalina-smaph.xml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbec3ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smaph/templates/catalina-smaph.xml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<Context>
+    <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>
+    <Parameter name="it.unipi.di.acube.smaph.wat-gcube-token" value="{{ smaph_service_token }}" override="false"/>
+    <Parameter name="it.unipi.di.acube.smaph.wiki-to-freebase-db" value="{{ smaph_db_base_dir }}/freebase.db" override="false"/>
+    <Parameter name="it.unipi.di.acube.smaph.entity-to-anchors-db" value="{{ smaph_db_base_dir }}/e2a.db" override="false"/>
+</Context>
+
diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
index 55fe0040..59985936 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/defaults/main.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ dataminer_algorithms_updater_hour_frequency: "*"
 
 dataminer_data_file_from_thredds: 'http://thredds.d4science.org/thredds/fileServer/public/netcdf/gebco_08_OCEANS_CLIMATOLOGY_METEOROLOGY_ATMOSPHERE_.nc'
 
+dataminer_conda_install: True
+dataminer_hdf5: False
+
 # dev, prod, preprod
 dataminer_infra_reference: dev
 
diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/meta/main.yml b/smartgears/dataminer_app/meta/main.yml
index be64f21b..a1e4dc58 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/meta/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
-  - role: '../../library/roles/conda'
+  - { role: ../../library/roles/conda, when: dataminer_conda_install }
+  - { role: ../../library/roles/hdf5, when: dataminer_hdf5 }
diff --git a/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml b/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml
index a0b129da..ef143735 100644
--- a/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@
   ignore_errors: True
   tags: packages
 
+- name: Setup the infrascience trusty repository
+  apt_repository: repo='deb [arch=amd64] http://ppa.research-infrastructures.eu/trusty-infrascience {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main' update_cache=yes
+  when:
+    - is_trusty
+    - infrascience_internal_ppa
+  ignore_errors: True
+  tags: packages
+
 - name: install common packages
   apt: pkg={{ item }} state={{ pkg_state }}
   with_items: '{{ common_packages }}'