diff --git a/roles/users/README.md b/roles/users/README.md
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+ansible-users
+=========
+
+Create user accounts according to a YAML manifest.
+
+Controls:
+  - username and UID
+  - groupname and GID
+  - homedir creation
+  - GECOS field (typically full user name)
+  - shell
+  - SSH public key deployment to `.ssh/authorized_keys`
+  - account expiration
+  - memory, swap and CPU allocation limits via user slices
+
+Check out [corvus-migratorius/ansible-disk-quotas](https://github.com/corvus-migratorius/ansible-disk-quotas) for controlling non-root filesystem quotas.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+- systemd
+- openssh
+
+Role Variables
+--------------
+
+`manifest_path`: a YAML file containing user definitions (see `molecule/default/users.yml` for an example)
+
+`users`: a list of objects mirroring the YAML structure expected by `manifest_path`; takes precedence over it
+
+`common_memory_max`: e.g. `"500M"`, optional
+
+`common_swap_max`: e.g. `"2G"`, optional
+
+`common_cpu_quota`: e.g. `"100%"`, optional
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+Example Playbook
+----------------
+
+- Configuring users in a YAML manifest: [converge.yml](molecule/default/converge.yml)
+- Configuring user list as a variable: [converge.yml](molecule/users_from_var/converge.yml)
+
+License
+-------
+
+BSD
+
+Author Information
+------------------
+
+corvus-migratorius@proton.me
+masayganova@gmail.com
diff --git a/roles/users/defaults/main.yml b/roles/users/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+users_default_home_root: /home
diff --git a/roles/users/handlers/main.yml b/roles/users/handlers/main.yml
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+---
diff --git a/roles/users/meta/main.yml b/roles/users/meta/main.yml
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+galaxy_info:
+  role_name: users
+  namespace: genlab
+  author: Alexander Gorelyshev
+  company: Genlab, LLC
+  description: Configure user accounts
+  license: GPL-2.0-or-later
+  min_ansible_version: "2.1"
+
+  platforms:
+    - name: Ubuntu
+      versions: ["jammy", "noble"]
+
+  galaxy_tags: []
+
+dependencies: []
diff --git a/roles/users/molecule/default/configuration/users.yml b/roles/users/molecule/default/configuration/users.yml
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+---
+users:
+  - name: "user0"
+    uid: 1001
+    gid: 1004
+    full_name: "User Zero"
+    state: "present"
+    groups: [sudo]
+    create_home: true
+    home_root: "/tmp/someplace"
+    shell: "/bin/bash"
+    pubkeys_file: "user0.keys"
+
+  - name: "user1"
+    uid: 1002
+    full_name: "User One"
+    state: "present"
+    groups: []
+    create_home: true
+    shell: "/bin/sh"
+    expires: "2024-07-23 12:00:00"
+    generate_ssh_key: true
diff --git a/roles/users/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/users/molecule/default/converge.yml
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+---
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+
+  roles:
+    - role: genlab.common.users
+      manifest_path: "configuration/users.yml"
+      common_memory_max: "500M"
+      common_swap_max: "2G"
+      common_cpu_quota: "100%"
diff --git a/roles/users/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/users/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/users/molecule/default/user0.keys b/roles/users/molecule/default/user0.keys
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+++ b/roles/users/molecule/default/user0.keys
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+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMh9Y+wR4LH8lWJjJXqHn76kSoTRujkab+PYwD3IReFh user0@hostname
diff --git a/roles/users/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/users/molecule/default/verify.yml
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+---
+- name: Verify
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: true
+  any_errors_fatal: true
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: "Get user info from /etc/passwd"
+      register: users_etc_passwd
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: set -o pipefail; cat /etc/passwd | grep user
+        executable: /bin/bash
+
+    - name: "Get user info from /etc/shadow"
+      register: users_etc_shadow
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: set -o pipefail; cat /etc/shadow | grep user
+        executable: /bin/bash
+
+    # using a hack since here the date of last password change == date of account creation
+    - name: "Verify expected account configuration"
+      vars:
+        expected_shadow:
+          - "user0:!:{{ (ansible_date_time.epoch | int) // 86400 }}:0:99999:7:::"
+          - "user1:!:{{ (ansible_date_time.epoch | int) // 86400 }}:0:99999:7::19927:"
+        expected_passwd:
+          - "user0:x:1001:1004:User Zero:/tmp/someplace/user0:/bin/bash"
+          - "user1:x:1002:1002:User One:/home/user1:/bin/sh"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - users_etc_passwd.stdout_lines == expected_passwd
+          - users_etc_shadow.stdout_lines == expected_shadow
+
+    - name: "Get SSH key contents for user1"
+      register: users_user1_ssh_key
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: cat /home/user1/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
+
+    - name: "Verify the SSH key contents for user1"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "'user1@ubuntu' in users_user1_ssh_key.stdout"
+
+    - name: "Get the user slice drop-in for user0"
+      register: users_user0_slice_dropin
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: cat /etc/systemd/system/user-1001.slice.d/50-limits.conf
+
+    - name: "Verify drop-in contens"
+      vars:
+        expected:
+          - "[Slice]"
+          - "MemoryAccounting=1"
+          - "MemoryMax=500M"
+          - "MemorySwapMax=2G"
+          - "CPUAccounting=1"
+          - "CPUQuota=100%"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "users_user0_slice_dropin.stdout_lines == expected"
+        success_msg: "Got the expected limits slice drop-in"
+        fail_msg: "Unexpected limits slice drop-in contents"
diff --git a/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/converge.yml b/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/converge.yml
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+---
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+
+  roles:
+    - role: genlab.common.users
+      manifest_path: "some-none-existent-file"  # the 'users' variable is supposed to take precedence
+      common_memory_max: "500M"
+      common_swap_max: "2G"
+      common_cpu_quota: "100%"
+      users:
+        - name: "user0"
+          uid: 1001
+          gid: 1004
+          full_name: "User Zero"
+          state: "present"
+          groups: [sudo]
+          create_home: true
+          home_root: "/tmp/someplace"
+          shell: "/bin/bash"
+          pubkeys_file: "user0.keys"
+
+        - name: "user1"
+          uid: 1002
+          full_name: "User One"
+          state: "present"
+          groups: []
+          create_home: true
+          shell: "/bin/sh"
+          expires: "2024-07-23 12:00:00"
+          generate_ssh_key: true
diff --git a/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/molecule.yml b/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/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/users/molecule/users_from_var/user0.keys b/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/user0.keys
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+++ b/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/user0.keys
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMh9Y+wR4LH8lWJjJXqHn76kSoTRujkab+PYwD3IReFh user0@hostname
diff --git a/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/verify.yml b/roles/users/molecule/users_from_var/verify.yml
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+---
+- name: Verify
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: true
+  any_errors_fatal: true
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: "Get user info from /etc/passwd"
+      register: users_etc_passwd
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: set -o pipefail; cat /etc/passwd | grep user
+        executable: /bin/bash
+
+    - name: "Get user info from /etc/shadow"
+      register: users_etc_shadow
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: set -o pipefail; cat /etc/shadow | grep user
+        executable: /bin/bash
+
+    # using a hack since here the date of last password change == date of account creation
+    - name: "Verify expected account configuration"
+      vars:
+        expected_shadow:
+          - "user0:!:{{ (ansible_date_time.epoch | int) // 86400 }}:0:99999:7:::"
+          - "user1:!:{{ (ansible_date_time.epoch | int) // 86400 }}:0:99999:7::19927:"
+        expected_passwd:
+          - "user0:x:1001:1004:User Zero:/tmp/someplace/user0:/bin/bash"
+          - "user1:x:1002:1002:User One:/home/user1:/bin/sh"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - users_etc_passwd.stdout_lines == expected_passwd
+          - users_etc_shadow.stdout_lines == expected_shadow
+
+    - name: "Get SSH key contents for user1"
+      register: users_user1_ssh_key
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: cat /home/user1/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
+
+    - name: "Verify the SSH key contents for user1"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "'user1@ubuntu' in users_user1_ssh_key.stdout"
+
+    - name: "Get the user slice drop-in for user0"
+      register: users_user0_slice_dropin
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: cat /etc/systemd/system/user-1001.slice.d/50-limits.conf
+
+    - name: "Verify drop-in contens"
+      vars:
+        expected:
+          - "[Slice]"
+          - "MemoryAccounting=1"
+          - "MemoryMax=500M"
+          - "MemorySwapMax=2G"
+          - "CPUAccounting=1"
+          - "CPUQuota=100%"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "users_user0_slice_dropin.stdout_lines == expected"
+        success_msg: "Got the expected limits slice drop-in"
+        fail_msg: "Unexpected limits slice drop-in contents"
diff --git a/roles/users/tasks/create.yml b/roles/users/tasks/create.yml
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+---
+- name: "Create | Get current user's group entity info ({{ user.name }})"
+  failed_when: false
+  ansible.builtin.getent:
+    database: group
+    key: "{{ user.name }}"
+    split: ":"
+
+- name: "Create | Create user group ('{{ user.name }}')"  # to handle cases where GID!=UID
+  when:
+    - getent_group[user.name] is not defined
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: "{{ user.name }}"
+    gid: "{{ user.gid is defined | ternary(user.gid, user.uid) }}"
+    state: "{{ user.state }}"
+
+- name: "Create | Create user account ('{{ user.name }}')"
+  vars:
+    home_root: "{{ user.home_root is defined | ternary(user.home_root, users_default_home_root) }}"
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ user.name }}"
+    state: "{{ user.state }}"
+    uid: "{{ user.uid }}"
+    group: "{{ user.name }}"
+    create_home: "{{ user.create_home | default(true) }}"
+    home: "{{ home_root }}/{{ user.name }}"
+    comment: "{{ user.full_name }}"
+    shell: "{{ user.shell | default('/bin/bash') }}"
+    groups: "{{ user.groups | default([]) }}"
+    append: false
+    generate_ssh_key: "{{ user.generate_ssh_key | default(false) }}"
+    ssh_key_type: "{{ user.ssh_key_type | default('ed25519') }}"
+    ssh_key_comment: "{{ user.name }}@{{ ansible_nodename }}"
+    # password_lock: "{{ user.password_lock | default('false') }}"
+
+- name: "Create | Set user account expiration date where defined ('{{ user.name }}')"
+  when: user.expires is defined
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ user.name }}"
+    state: "{{ user.state }}"
+    expires: "{{ (user.expires | to_datetime).strftime('%s') }}"
+
+- name: "Create | Ensure no user account expiration date where undefined ('{{ user.name }}')"
+  when: user.expires is undefined
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ user.name }}"
+    state: "{{ user.state }}"
+    expires: "-1"
+
+- name: "Create | Deploy SSH public key to 'authorized_keys' files ('{{ user.name }}')"
+  when: (user.pubkeys_file is defined) and (user.pubkeys_file != "")
+  ansible.posix.authorized_key:
+    user: "{{ user.name }}"
+    key: "{{ lookup('file', user.pubkeys_file) }}"
+    key_options: "{{ user.options | default('') }}"
+    exclusive: true
+
+- name: "Create | Create a systemd slice directory ('{{ user.name }}')"
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/systemd/system/user-{{ user.uid }}.slice.d
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0750'
+
+# Set user's maximum memory limit to 'memory_limit' defined in the user manifest_path.
+# If 'memory_limit' is undefined there, use 'common_memory_max' as fallback.
+# If 'common_memory_max' is also undefined, set to "", which should be ignored by the template.
+# - 'memory_max:' may use postfix like K, M, G.
+# - 'cpu_quota':  "100%" for 1 full core.
+# REF https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.resource-control.html
+# REF https://serverfault.com/a/1092803
+- name: "Create | Create/update a systemd slice limits config ('{{ user.name }}')"
+  when: user.uid is defined
+  register: users_limit_state
+  vars:
+    memory_max: "{{ (user.memory_max is defined and user.memory_max != '') | ternary(user.memory_max, common_memory_max) | default('') }}"
+    swap_max: "{{ (user.swap_max is defined and user.swap_max != '') | ternary(user.swap_max, common_swap_max) | default('') }}"
+    cpu_quota: "{{ (user.cpu_quota is defined and user.cpu_quota != '') | ternary(user.cpu_quota, common_cpu_quota) | default('') }}"
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: slice.j2
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/user-{{ user.uid }}.slice.d/50-limits.conf"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0750'
+
+- name: "Create | Enable user systemd service ('{{ user.name }}')"  # noqa: no-handler
+  when: users_limit_state.changed
+  ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
+    name: user@{{ user.uid }}.service
+    enabled: true
+
+# User service cannot be restarted if:
+# - the account is expired (we check for that)
+# - password change was enforced
+# Sometimes restarting fails with obscure 'status=219/CGROUP', but works fine after a retry
+# Didn't debug this yet, sorry ;(
+- name: "Restart user service (systemd limits) ('{{ user.name }}')"
+  when:
+    - users_limit_state.changed
+    - user.expires is undefined or (user.expires | to_datetime).strftime('%s') > now(fmt='%s')
+  retries: 3
+  ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
+    name: user@{{ user.uid }}.service
+    state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: true
diff --git a/roles/users/tasks/main.yml b/roles/users/tasks/main.yml
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+++ b/roles/users/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: "Include OpenSSH client installation tasks"
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: openssh.yml
+
+- name: "Include user definition vars"
+  when: (manifest_path is defined) and (manifest_path != "") and users is not defined
+  ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+    file: "{{ manifest_path }}"
+
+- name: "Create user accounts"
+  loop: "{{ users }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: user
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: create.yml
diff --git a/roles/users/tasks/openssh.yml b/roles/users/tasks/openssh.yml
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+++ b/roles/users/tasks/openssh.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: "OpenSSH | Ensure openssh client tools are installed"
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: openssh-client
+    state: present
+    cache_valid_time: 3000
+
+- name: "OpenSSH | Ensure openssh client tools are installed"
+  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+  ansible.builtin.dnf:
+    name: openssh-clients
+    state: present
+    update_cache: true
diff --git a/roles/users/templates/slice.j2 b/roles/users/templates/slice.j2
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+++ b/roles/users/templates/slice.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Slice]
+{% if memory_max is defined and memory_max != "" %}
+MemoryAccounting=1
+MemoryMax={{ memory_max }}
+MemorySwapMax={{ swap_max }}
+{% else %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if cpu_quota is defined and cpu_quota != "" %}
+CPUAccounting=1
+CPUQuota={{ cpu_quota }}
+{% else %}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/users/vars/main.yml b/roles/users/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/users/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+---