diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 225dd44..6f3c6e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Role Name
 =========
 
-A brief description of the role goes here.
+Ensures cockpit is running
 
 Requirements
 ------------
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passe
 License
 -------
 
-BSD
+LGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 Author Information
 ------------------
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 227ad9c..931f95d 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 galaxy_info:
-  author: your name
-  description: your role description
+  author: Jason Rothstein
+  description: Ensures cockpit is installed, running, and functional
   company: your company (optional)
 
   # If the issue tracker for your role is not on github, uncomment the
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ galaxy_info:
   # - GPL-3.0-only
   # - Apache-2.0
   # - CC-BY-4.0
-  license: license (GPL-2.0-or-later, MIT, etc)
+  license: LGPL-3.0-or-later
 
   min_ansible_version: 2.9
 
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ galaxy_info:
 dependencies: []
   # List your role dependencies here, one per line. Be sure to remove the '[]' above,
   # if you add dependencies to this list.
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8829754..f8019a5 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,61 @@
 ---
-# tasks file for ensure_cockpit
\ No newline at end of file
+# tasks file for ensure_cockpit
+- name: 'include variables'
+  when:
+    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
+  include_vars:
+    file: '{{ lookup("first_found", findme ) }}'
+    name: 'ensure_cockpit'
+  vars:
+    findme:
+      files:
+        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-default.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-default.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_os_family }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_os_family }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-default.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_os_family }}-default.yml'
+        - 'default.yml'
+      paths:
+        - '../vars/'
+      errors: 'ignore'
+- name: 'package discovery'
+  when:
+    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
+    - packages is not defined
+  ansible.builtin.package_facts:
+- name: 'ensure packages'
+  when:
+    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
+    - ensure_cockpit is defined
+    - ensure_cockpit.package_list is defined
+    - ensure_cockpit.package_list is iterable
+    - packages[item.name] is not defined
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: '{{ item.name }}'
+    state: '{{ item.state }}'
+  loop: '{{ ensure_cockpit.package_list }}'
+  loop_control:
+    label: '{{ item.name }} will be {{ item.state }}'
+  notify:
+    - 'ensure_cockpit.package_facts'
+    - 'ensure_cockpit.service_facts'
+- name: 'ensure services'
+  when:
+    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
+    - ensure_cockpit is defined
+    - ensure_cockpit.service_list is defined
+    - ensure_cockpit.service_list is iterable
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    enabled: '{{ item.enabled }}'
+    name: '{{ item.name }}'
+    state: '{{ item.state }}'
+  loop: '{{ ensure_cockpit.service_list }}'
+  loop_control:
+    label: '{{ item.name }} will be {{ item.state }}'
+  notify:
+    - 'ensure_cockpit.package_facts'
+    - 'ensure_cockpit.service_facts'
+- name: 'flush handlers'
+  meta: 'flush_handlers'
+
diff --git a/vars/Fedora-33.yml b/vars/Fedora-33.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..580f590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/Fedora-33.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+# vars file for ensure_cockpit
+package_list:
+  - name: 'cockpit'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-bridge'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-dashboard'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-doc'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-kdump'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-networkmanager'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-packagekit'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-pcp'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-selinux'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-storaged'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-system'
+    state: 'present'
+  - name: 'cockpit-ws'
+    state: 'present'
+service_list:
+  - name: 'cockpit.socket'
+    state: 'started'
+    enabled: 'yes'
+
diff --git a/vars/default.yml b/vars/default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3db30dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+# vars file for ensure_cockpit
\ No newline at end of file