diff --git a/glance.yml b/glance.yml
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+---
+- hosts: glance
+  become: True
+  roles:
+     - glance
diff --git a/roles/glance/tasks/main.yml b/roles/glance/tasks/main.yml
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+# Build and install a docker image for glance.
+---
+- include: ../common/tasks/docker.yml
+
+- name: Make build and persistent directories
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0777
+  with_items:
+      - /srv/glance
+
+## Todo: remove this when we have a docker repo
+#- name: clone docker-glance repo
+#  git:
+#    accept_hostkey: True
+#    repo: ssh://git@git.webhosting.rug.nl:222/P256174/docker-glance.git
+#    dest: /srv/glance
+
+- name: build glance image
+  docker_image:
+    path: /srv/glance
+    name: hpc/openstack-glance
+
+- name: install service file.
+  template:
+    src: templates/glance.service
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/glance.service
+    mode: 644
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
+- command: systemctl daemon-reload
+
+- name: Initialize database.
+  command: docke run --rm hpc/openstack-glance /etc/bootstrap.sh
+  tags: bootstrap
+
+- name: make sure service is started
+  systemd:
+    name: glance.service
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/glance/templates/glance.service b/roles/glance/templates/glance.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Openstack Glance Container
+After=docker.service
+Requires=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+TimeoutStartSec=0
+Restart=always
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker stop %n
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm %n
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --name %n \
+  --add-host=mariadb:{{ hostvars[groups['databases'][0]]['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] }} \
+  -p 9292:9292 \
+  hpc/openstack-glance
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target