diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/defaults/main.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+
+vault_unseal_version: 0.7.2
+vault_unseal_bin_url: https://github.com/lrstanley/vault-unseal/releases/download/v{{ vault_unseal_version }}/vault-unseal_linux_amd64
+vault_unseal_bin_sha256: f6e2ee07a4e10e73b9518a6d45e22ff68797c8a78dbedc7df5789dc279b60284
+vault_unseal_root_dir: /opt/vault_unseal
+vault_unseal_user: vault-unseal
+
+vault_unseal_base_conf:
+  # named environment that vault-unseal is running in, gets passed in when sending
+  # email alerts.
+  environment: dev
+  
+  # delay between seal-checks of each vault node.
+  check_interval: 15s
+  
+  # maximum delay between checks of each vault node. when an error occurs, we will
+  # add a backoff delay, up to this maximum.
+  max_check_interval: 30m
+  
+  # list of vault nodes to check, must include http/https, and a port (unless 80/443).
+  vault_nodes: []
+  
+  # unseal tokens necessary to unseal any of the given vaults in the above node
+  # list.
+  #
+  # WARNING: do not put enough tokens in this list that can be used to unseal a
+  # vault instance. I.e. if vault requires 3 of 5 tokens, DO NOT PUT 3 TOKENS HERE.
+  # the goal is to put less than the required amount, but have more instances of
+  # vault-unseal setup with the other missing tokens from the list. this ensures
+  # that if the server was compromised, they don't have all of the needed tokens.
+  #
+  # i.e. 1 instance of vault-unseal on each of the three nodes, each with two
+  # tokens. given A, B, and C tokens required, each instance should have the
+  # following tokens:
+  #   * 1: AB
+  #   * 2: BC
+  #   * 3: AC
+  unseal_tokens: []
+  
+  # skip tls checks for the given vault instance. useful if your instance doesn't
+  # have a certificate which has all of the server hostnames on it.
+  tls_skip_verify: false
+  
+  # email notifications. setting this to false will disable all notifications.
+  email:
+    enabled: false
+    hostname: 127.0.0.1
+    port: 25
+    # username: your-username
+    # password: your-password
+    # address to send from.
+    from_addr: vault-unseal-{{ ansible_hostname }}@{{ ansible_domain }}
+    # addresses to send to. the first will be the TO, the second and on will be CC'd
+    # onto the message.
+    send_addrs:
+      - "{{ system_admin_email }}"
+    # Skip TLS certificate validation.
+    # tls_skip_verify: false
+    # Require TLS for SMTP connections.
+    # The default is opportunistic.
+    # mandatory_tls: false
+  
+  # notifications in vault-unseal queue up to prevent email spam (e.g. 20 alerts
+  # in one email). this is the max allotted time an event can be queued before
+  # the queue is sent as a notification.
+  notify_max_elapsed: 10m
+  
+  # queue delay is the amount of time vault-unseal waits after the last received
+  # notification, before it sends all of them in bulk.
+  notify_queue_delay: 60s
+
+vault_unseal_extra_conf: {}
+vault_unseal_host_conf: {}
+vault_unseal_conf: "{{ vault_unseal_base_conf | combine(vault_unseal_extra_conf, recursive=True) | combine(vault_unseal_host_conf, recursive=True) }}"
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/handlers/main.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/handlers/main.yml
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+---
+
+- name: restart vault-unseal
+  service: name=vault-unseal state={{ vault_unseal_enabled | ternary('restarted', 'stopped') }}
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/conf.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/conf.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Deploy vault-unseal configuration
+  template: src=vault-unseal.yaml.j2 dest=/etc/vault-unseal.yaml owner=root group={{ vault_unseal_user }} mode=440
+  notify: restart vault-unseal
+  tags: vault
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/facts.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/facts.yml
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+---
+
+- set_fact:
+    vault_unseal_install_mode: 'none'
+  tags: vault
+
+- name: Detect if vault_unseal is installed
+  stat: path=/usr/local/bin/vault_unseal
+  register: vault_unseal_bin
+  tags: vault
+
+- when: not vault_unseal_bin.stat.exists
+  set_fact: vault_unseal_install_mode='install'
+  tags: vault
+
+- when: vault_unseal_bin.stat.exists
+  block:
+    - name: Detect installed version
+      shell: |
+        /usr/local/bin/vault_unseal -v | perl -pe 's/vault-unseal version: (\d+(\.\d+)*).*/$1/'
+      changed_when: False
+      register: vault_unseal_current_version
+    - set_fact:
+        vault_current_version: "{{ vault_unseal_current_version.stdout }}"
+  tags: vault
+
+- when: vault_unseal_bin.stat.exists and vault_unseal_current_version != vault_unseal_version
+  set_fact: vault_unseal_install_mode='upgrade'
+  tags: vault
+
+- debug: msg={{ vault_unseal_conf }}
+  tags: vault
+
+- debug: msg={{ vault_unseal_conf.vault_nodes }}
+  tags: vault
+
+- set_fact: vault_unseal_enabled={{ (vault_unseal_conf.vault_nodes | length > 0 and vault_unseal_conf.unseal_tokens | length > 0) | ternary(true, false) }}
+  tags: vault
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/install.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/install.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Download vault-unseal
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ vault_unseal_bin_url }}"
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/vault-unseal
+    checksum: sha256:{{ vault_unseal_bin_sha256 }}
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 755
+  when: vault_unseal_install_mode != 'none'
+  tags: vault
+
+- name: Deploy systemd unit
+  template: src=vault-unseal.service.j2 dest=/etc/systemd/system/vault-unseal.service
+  notify: restart vault-unseal
+  tags: vault
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/main.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+- include_tasks: user.yml
+  tags: always
+
+- include_tasks: facts.yml
+  tags: always
+
+- include_tasks: install.yml
+  tags: always
+
+- include_tasks: conf.yml
+  tags: always
+
+- include_tasks: service.yml
+  tags: always
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/service.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/service.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Handle vault-unseal service
+  service: name=vault-unseal state={{ vault_unseal_enabled | ternary('started', 'stopped') }} enabled={{ vault_unseal_enabled }}
+  tags: vault
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/user.yml b/roles/vault_unseal/tasks/user.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Create vault-unseal user
+  user:
+    name: "{{ vault_unseal_user }}"
+    home: "{{ vault_unseal_root_dir }}"
+    system: true
+    shell: /sbin/nologin
+  tags: vault
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/templates/vault-unseal.service.j2 b/roles/vault_unseal/templates/vault-unseal.service.j2
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+[Unit]
+Description=Vault unsealing utility
+Documentation=https://github.com/lrstanley/vault-unseal
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=vault-unseal
+Group=vault-unseal
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/vault-unseal --config /etc/vault-unseal.yaml
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+StartLimitInterval=0
+TimeoutStopSec=10s
+KillMode=mixed
+KillSignal=SIGQUIT
+
+PrivateDevices=true
+ProtectHome=true
+ProtectSystem=full
+PrivateTmp=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/vault_unseal/templates/vault-unseal.yaml.j2 b/roles/vault_unseal/templates/vault-unseal.yaml.j2
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+{{ vault_unseal_conf | to_nice_yaml }}