diff --git a/roles/node_status/defaults/main.yml b/roles/node_status/defaults/main.yml
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--- a/roles/node_status/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/node_status/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 ---
-# defaults file for node_status
+node_status_host  : zg-lxut02.thezengarden.net
+node_status_user  : chris
+node_status_group : chris
+node_status_dir   : /home/chris/node_status
+node_status_file  : status.csv
+node_status_count : 3
diff --git a/roles/node_status/files/.keep b/roles/node_status/files/.keep
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diff --git a/roles/node_status/handlers/main.yml b/roles/node_status/handlers/main.yml
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--- a/roles/node_status/handlers/main.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-# handlers file for node_status
diff --git a/roles/node_status/tasks/main.yml b/roles/node_status/tasks/main.yml
index 766c922..774e13d 100644
--- a/roles/node_status/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/node_status/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,32 @@
 ---
-# tasks file for node_status
+- name: Update node status when not running in a container
+  when: not ansible_virtualization_type | regex_search("docker|podman|container")
+  block:
+    - name: Create directory {{ node_status_dir }}
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path      : "{{ node_status_dir }}"
+        state     : directory
+        mode      : '0755'
+      become      : false
+      run_once    : true
+      delegate_to : "{{ node_status_host }}"
+
+
+    - name: Capture system uptime
+      ansible.builtin.command  : uptime
+      register : r_node_status_uptime
+      changed_when: false
+
+
+    - name: Log node status
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path      : "{{ node_status_dir }}/{{ node_status_file }}"
+        state     : present
+        regexp    : "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+        line      : "{{ ansible_date_time.epoch }},,{{ inventory_hostname }},,{{ ansible_distribution }} {{ ansible_distribution_version }},,{{ r_node_status_uptime.stdout }}"
+        create    : true
+        mode      : '0644'
+        owner     : "{{ node_status_user }}"
+        group     : "{{ node_status_group }}"
+      delegate_to : "{{ node_status_host }}"
+      loop: "{{ range(0, node_status_count) | list }}"
diff --git a/roles/node_status/templates/.keep b/roles/node_status/templates/.keep
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diff --git a/roles/node_status/vars/main.yml b/roles/node_status/vars/main.yml
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--- a/roles/node_status/vars/main.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-# vars file for node_status