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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
+---
+# handlers file for bootstrap
+- name: Pull podman images
+  listen: rsync
+  block:
+    - name: Pull container images via podman
+      containers.podman.podman_image:
+        name: "{{ item.value['name'] }}"
+        tag: "{{ item.value['tag'] | default('latest') }}"
+        state: present
+      notify: "{{ item.key }}"
+      loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', software.containers) }}"