diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9d1596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*~
+*.bak
+*.retry
diff --git a/roles/aws_linux2_base/defaults/main.yml b/roles/aws_linux2_base/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..201d9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/aws_linux2_base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+git_version: "2.14.4"
diff --git a/roles/aws_linux2_base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/aws_linux2_base/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0acb366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/aws_linux2_base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+- name: Install common packages
+  yum:
+    name:
+      - jq
+      - git-{{git_version}}