diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/README.md b/roles/singularity_deb/README.md
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+singularity
+=========
+
+Install singularity
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+- build-essential
+- cryptsetup-bin
+- git
+- libgpgme-dev
+- libseccomp-dev
+- pkg-config
+- squashfs-tools
+- uuid-dev
+- wget
+- golang
+
+Role Variables
+--------------
+`singularity_version`
+
+Example Playbook
+----------------
+
+See `molecule/default/converge.yml`
+
+License
+-------
+
+MIT
+
+Author Information
+------------------
+
+corvus-migratorius@proton.me
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/defaults/main.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+singularity_deb_os_name: "jammy"
+singularity_deb_version: "3.9.9"
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/handlers/main.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/handlers/main.yml
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+---
+# handlers file for playbooks/roles/singularity
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/meta/main.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/meta/main.yml
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+---
+galaxy_info:
+  role_name: singularity
+  namespace: genlab
+  author: Alexander Gorelyshev
+  company: "Genlab, LLC"
+  description: ""
+  license: "MIT"
+  min_ansible_version: "2.1"
+
+  platforms:
+    - name: "Ubuntu"
+      versions: ["jammy", "noble"]
+
+  galaxy_tags: []
+
+dependencies: []
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/molecule/default/converge.yml
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+++ b/roles/singularity_deb/molecule/default/converge.yml
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+---
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: "Update apt cache"
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        update_cache: true
+        cache_valid_time: 3600
+
+  roles:
+    - role: "genlab.common.singularity_deb"
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/molecule/default/molecule.yml
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+---
+dependency:
+  name: galaxy
+
+driver:
+  name: docker
+
+platforms:
+  - name: ubuntu
+    image: geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-ubuntu2404}-ansible:latest
+    pre_build_image: true
+    command: ${MOLECULE_DOCKER_COMMAND:-""}
+    volumes:
+      - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw
+    cgroupns_mode: host
+    privileged: true
+
+provisioner:
+  name: ansible
+
+verifier:
+  name: ansible
+
+lint: |
+  set -e
+  yamllint .
+  ansible-lint .
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/molecule/default/verify.yml
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+---
+- name: Verify
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: false
+  any_errors_fatal: true
+
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: "Verify | include default vars"
+      ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+        dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'MOLECULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY') }}/defaults/"
+        extensions: ['yml']
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: "Verify | check the installed Singularity version"
+      register: singularity_deb_installed_version
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: singularity --version
+
+    - name: "Verify | assert installed version correctness"
+      tags: singularity
+      vars:
+        installed: "{{ singularity_deb_installed_version.stdout }}"
+        expected: "singularity-ce version {{ singularity_deb_version }}-{{ singularity_deb_os_name }}"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: installed == expected
+        success_msg: "OK, expected version present: '{{ installed }}'"
+        fail_msg: "Unexpected Singularity version: '{{ installed }}'"
+
+    # - name: "Assert version correctness"
+    #   ansible.builtin.assert:
+    #     that: singularity_installed_version.stdout == "singularity version " + singularity_deb_version
+    #     success_msg: "Found the expected Singularity version: '{{ singularity_version }}'"
+    #     fail_msg: "Unexpected Sinagularity version ({{ singularity_installed_version }})"
+
+    - name: "Verify | test Singularity deployment with a 'hello-world' job"  # noqa: no-changed-when
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: "singularity --debug run shub://GodloveD/lolcow"
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: "Install | install Singularity"
+  tags: singularity
+  block:
+    - name: "Install | get the installed Singularity version"
+      tags: singularity
+      register: singularity_deb_installed_version
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: singularity --version
+
+    - name: "Install | assert installed version correctness"
+      tags: singularity
+      vars:
+        installed: "{{ singularity_deb_installed_version.stdout }}"
+        expected: "singularity-ce version {{ singularity_deb_version }}-{{ singularity_deb_os_name }}"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: installed == expected
+        success_msg: "Expected version already present: '{{ installed }}'"
+        fail_msg: "Found unexpected Singularity version: '{{ installed }}'"
+
+  rescue:
+    - name: "Install | download GitHub release .deb"
+      tags: singularity
+      vars:
+        baseurl: "github.com/sylabs/singularity/releases/download"
+        singver: "{{ singularity_deb_version }}"
+        osname: "{{ singularity_deb_os_name }}"
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: "https://{{ baseurl }}/v{{ singver }}/singularity-ce_{{ singver }}-{{ osname }}_amd64.deb"
+        dest: "/tmp/singularity.deb"
+        mode: "0644"
+
+    - name: "Install | install downloaded package"
+      tags: singularity
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        deb: "/tmp/singularity.deb"
+
+    - name: "Install | clean up the .deb artifact"
+      tags: singularity
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "/tmp/singularity.deb"
+        state: absent
diff --git a/roles/singularity_deb/vars/main.yml b/roles/singularity_deb/vars/main.yml
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+---
+# vars file for playbooks/roles/singularity