diff --git a/roles/miniforge/README.md b/roles/miniforge/README.md
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+Role Name
+=========
+
+Install the Miniforge distribution for each supplied user and, optionally, deploy Mamba environment from provided YAML files.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+None
+
+Role Variables
+--------------
+
+`miniforge_release`: Miniforge release version
+`miniforge_script_path`: where to download the installation script
+`miniforge_release_base_url`: base URL
+`miniforge_create_envs`: whethere to create environments for each user or not
+
+`miniforge_users`: a list of dictionaries representing user accounts that need Miniforge
+`manifest_dir`: path to folder on the Ansible controller host where environment files are kept
+`miniforge_condarc`: a dictionary that will be YAMLified into the condarc file
+
+NOTE: `miniforge_users` items must have `name` string attribute and, optionally, a `mamba_files` list attribute (filenames must be available under the `manifest_dir`).
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+None
+
+Example Playbook
+----------------
+
+See `molecule` > `default` > `converge.yml`
+
+----------------
+
+License
+-------
+
+BSD
+
+Author Information
+------------------
+
+corvus-migratorius@proton.me
+masayganova@gmail.com
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/defaults/main.yml b/roles/miniforge/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+miniforge_release: "26.3.2-2"
+miniforge_script_path: "/tmp/{{ miniforge_install_script_name }}.sh"
+miniforge_release_base_url: "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/"
+miniforge_create_envs: false
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/handlers/main.yml b/roles/miniforge/handlers/main.yml
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+---
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/meta/main.yml b/roles/miniforge/meta/main.yml
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+---
+galaxy_info:
+  role_name: miniforge
+  namespace: genlab
+  author: Alexander Gorelyshev
+  company: Genlab, LLC
+  description: Deploy the Miniforge distribution of the Mamba package manager
+  license: MIT
+  min_ansible_version: "2.1"
+
+  platforms:
+    - name: "Ubuntu"
+      versions: ["jammy", "noble"]
+
+  galaxy_tags: []
+
+dependencies: []
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/converge.yml
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+---
+# you can use {{all_users | selectattr('name', 'in', mamba_users)}} to narrow down a larger list
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+  vars:
+    mamba_users:
+      - name: alice
+        mamba_files: [project-alpha.yml, project-beta.yml]
+      - name: bob
+        mamba_files: [project-alpha.yml, project-beta.yml]
+      - name: charlie
+
+
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: "Create test users"
+      loop: [alice, bob, charlie]
+      ansible.builtin.user:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        state: present
+        create_home: true
+        shell: /bin/bash
+
+  roles:
+    - role: genlab.common.miniforge
+      miniforge_users: "{{ mamba_users }}"
+      manifest_dir: "manifests"
+      miniforge_create_envs: true
+      miniforge_condarc:
+        channels: [conda-forge]
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/manifests/project-alpha.yml b/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/manifests/project-alpha.yml
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+---
+name: env_alpha
+channels:
+   - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+   - python~=3.12
+   - pip>=22.2
+   - stress-ng==0.17.03
+   - pip:
+        - humanfriendly
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/manifests/project-beta.yml b/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/manifests/project-beta.yml
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+---
+name: cucubeta
+channels:
+   - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+   - python~=3.10
+   - pip>=22.2
+   - pip:
+        - arrow
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/molecule.yml
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+---
+dependency:
+  name: galaxy
+
+driver:
+  name: docker
+
+platforms:
+  - name: ubuntu
+    image: geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-ubuntu2204}-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/miniforge/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/miniforge/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 | get the version of Miniforge installed"
+      become: true
+      become_user: alice
+      changed_when: false
+      register: miniforge_installed_version
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: ~/miniforge3/bin/conda --version
+
+    - name: "Verify | check the installed version of Miniforge"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "'{{ miniforge_release | split('-') | first }}' in miniforge_installed_version.stdout"
+        success_msg: "OK, expected version installed: '{{ miniforge_installed_version.stdout }}'"
+        fail_msg: "FAIL: unexpected version installed: '{{ miniforge_installed_version.stdout }}'"
+
+    - name: "Verify | check Mamba installing correct tools from channels"
+      become: true
+      become_user: alice
+      changed_when: false
+      vars:
+        env: env_alpha
+      register: miniforge_tool_version
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: ~/miniforge3/envs/{{ env }}/bin/stress-ng --version
+
+    - name: "Verify | check the version of the installed tool"
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "'stress-ng, version 0.17.03' in miniforge_tool_version.stdout"
+        success_msg: "OK, expected version installed: '{{ miniforge_tool_version.stdout }}'"
+        fail_msg: "FAIL: unexpected version installed: '{{ miniforge_tool_version.stdout }}'"
+
+    - name: "Verify | check the deployed environments for Alice (pip)"
+      become: true
+      become_user: alice
+      loop:
+        - { env: 'env_alpha', module: 'humanfriendly' }
+        - { env: 'cucubeta', module: 'arrow' }
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: ~/miniforge3/envs/{{ item.env }}/bin/python -c 'import {{ item.module }}'
+
+    - name: "Verify | check the deployed environments for Bob"
+      become: true
+      become_user: bob
+      loop:
+        - { env: 'cucubeta', module: 'arrow' }
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: ~/miniforge3/envs/{{ item.env }}/bin/python -c 'import {{ item.module }}'
+
+    - name: "Verify | check that no environments were deployed for Charlie"
+      become: true
+      become_user: charlie
+      register: miniforge_charlie_envs
+      failed_when: miniforge_charlie_envs.stdout_lines | length > 0
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: "ls ~/miniforge3/envs"
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/tasks/main.yml b/roles/miniforge/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: "Download miniforge from '{{ miniforge_release_base_url }}'"
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 1
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    timeout: 10
+    url: "{{ miniforge_release_base_url }}/{{ miniforge_release }}/{{ miniforge_install_script_name }}.sh"
+    dest: "{{ miniforge_script_path }}"
+    mode: "0664"
+
+- name: "Deploy Mamba in a user loop"
+  loop: "{{ miniforge_users }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: user
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "miniforge.yml"
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/tasks/manifests.yml b/roles/miniforge/tasks/manifests.yml
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+---
+- name: "Manifests | get contents of the manifest file"
+  register: miniforge_manifest_content
+  ansible.builtin.slurp:
+    src: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/{{ file }}"
+
+# Since the file can be named whatever, we need to extract the environment name
+# as that is what the actual environment folder name will be
+- name: "Manifests | extract environment name from manifest file"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    miniforge_env_name: '{{ (miniforge_manifest_content.content | b64decode | from_yaml).name }}'
+
+- name: "Manifests | display the extracted environment name"
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ miniforge_env_name }}"
+
+- name: "Manifests | create environment: {{ miniforge_env_name }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ user.name }}"
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/miniforge3/bin/mamba env create -f {{ miniforge_homedir }}/{{ file }}"
+    executable: /bin/bash
+    # ensures that the task runs only when the environment doesn't exist
+    creates: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/miniforge3/envs/{{ miniforge_env_name }}"
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/tasks/miniforge.yml b/roles/miniforge/tasks/miniforge.yml
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+---
+# These variables are registered as host vars, for whatever deep reason
+- name: "Miniforge | get current user entity info ({{ user.name }})"
+  ansible.builtin.getent:
+    database: passwd
+    key: "{{ user.name }}"
+    split: ":"
+
+- name: "Miniforge | get current user home directory ({{ user.name }})"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    miniforge_homedir: "{{ getent_passwd[user.name][4] }}"
+
+- name: "Miniforge | set miniforge dir ({{ user.name }})"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    miniforge_dir: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/miniforge3"
+
+- name: "Miniforge | build miniforge bin path ({{ user.name }})"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    miniforge_mamba_bin_path: "{{ miniforge_dir }}/bin/mamba"
+
+- name: "Miniforge | display miniforge script path ({{ user.name }})"
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ miniforge_script_path }}"
+
+- name: "Miniforge | install miniforge ({{ user.name }})"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ user.name }}"
+  vars:
+    allow_world_readable_tmpfiles: true
+  block:
+    - name: "Miniforge | check Mamba availability ({{ user.name }})"
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: "{{ miniforge_mamba_bin_path }} info"
+  rescue:
+    - name: "Miniforge | install miniforge in a non-interactive mode ({{ user.name }})"
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: "/bin/bash {{ miniforge_script_path }} -b"
+        creates: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/miniforge3"
+
+    - name: "Miniforge | initialize Mamba/Conda ({{ user.name }})"
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: "{{ miniforge_mamba_bin_path }} shell init"
+
+    - name: "Miniforge | check if Mamba has become available ({{ user.name }})"
+      changed_when: false
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: "{{ miniforge_mamba_bin_path }} info"
+
+
+- name: "Miniforge | deploy default .condarc if it doesn't exist already ({{ user.name }})"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ user.name }}"
+  block:
+    - name: "Miniforge | check if .condarc already exists ({{ user.name }})"
+      register: miniforge_condarc_stat
+      failed_when: miniforge_condarc_stat.stat.exists is false
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/.condarc"
+
+  rescue:
+    - name: "Miniforge | set default .condarc from external file if provided ({{ user.name }})"
+      when: condarc_file is defined and condarc_file != ""
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: "{{ condarc_file }}"
+        dest: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/.condarc"
+        mode: "0600"
+
+    - name: "Miniforge | set default content via .condarc ({{ user.name }})"
+      when: condarc_file is not defined or condarc_file == ""
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/.condarc"
+        content: "{{ miniforge_condarc | to_nice_yaml }}"
+        mode: "0600"
+
+
+- name: "Miniforge | deploy manifest files for user: {{ user.name }}"
+  when:
+    - "manifest_dir is defined"
+    - "user.mamba_files is defined"
+  loop: "{{ user.mamba_files }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ user.name }}"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ manifest_dir }}/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ miniforge_homedir }}/{{ item }}"
+    owner: "{{ user.name }}"
+    group: "{{ user.name }}"
+    mode: "0660"
+
+
+# Variables from the outer scope (like 'user') will get passed down to the included tasks
+- name: "Miniforge | create environments from deployed manifests for user: {{ user.name }}"
+  when:
+    - "miniforge_create_envs is true"
+    - "user.mamba_files is defined"
+  loop: "{{ user.mamba_files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: file
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "manifests.yml"
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/vars/main.yml b/roles/miniforge/vars/main.yml
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+---
+miniforge_install_script_name: "Miniforge3-{{ ansible_system }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}"