diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/ch01.balsillie.house/ansible_become.yml b/inventory/host_vars/ch01.balsillie.house/ansible_become.yml
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+++ b/inventory/host_vars/ch01.balsillie.house/ansible_become.yml
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+ansible_become_method: ansible.builtin.sudo
+ansible_sudo_user: root
+ansible_sudo_pass: "{{ lookup('community.general.passwordstore', 'ansible/become-password') }}"
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/ch01.balsillie.house/ansible_connection.yml b/inventory/host_vars/ch01.balsillie.house/ansible_connection.yml
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+++ b/inventory/host_vars/ch01.balsillie.house/ansible_connection.yml
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+ansible_connection: ansible.builtin.ssh
+ansible_ssh_host: ch01.balsillie.house
+ansible_ssh_port: 22
+ansible_ssh_user: ladmin
diff --git a/inventory/inventory.yml b/inventory/inventory.yml
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+++ b/inventory/inventory.yml
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+all:
+  children:
+    container_hosts:
+      hosts:
+        ch01.balsillie.house:
diff --git a/playbooks/container-host.yml b/playbooks/container-host.yml
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+++ b/playbooks/container-host.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Configure container hosts
+  hosts:
+    - ch01.balsillie.house
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: Ping
+      become: true
+      ansible.builtin.ping:
+        data: "pong"