diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92cba2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+host_vars
diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index 6bb04a0..ad1116c 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ remote_tmp              = /tmp/.ansible-${USER}/tmp
 gathering               = smart
 gather_timeout          = 600
 fact_caching            = jsonfile
-fact_caching_connection = /etc/ansible/facts
+fact_caching_connection = /etc/ansible/facts.d
 fact_caching_timeout    = 300
 retry_files_enabled     = False
 forks                   = 40
diff --git a/baseos.yml b/baseos.yml
index 84393e8..cf60797 100644
--- a/baseos.yml
+++ b/baseos.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: Provision hosts using the jchristianh.baseos Ansible collection
+- name: Deploy a standardized base configuration
   hosts: all
   become: yes
   gather_facts: yes
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     - name: Include relevant role(s)
       include_role:
         name: "{{ item }}"
-      loop: "{{ baseos_include_roles }}"
+      loop: "{{ __baseos_include_roles }}"
 
 
 ...
diff --git a/files/lxcmon.pl b/files/lxcmon.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4915991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/lxcmon.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+
+# > ls /var/lib/lxc
+# cnode1/  cnode2/  cnode3/  cnode4/  cnode5/
+
+my @nodes = `ls /var/lib/lxc`;
+
+for (@nodes)
+{
+  chomp $_;
+
+  my $mac = `grep hwaddr /var/lib/lxc/$_/config|grep -v '#'`;
+  $mac =~ s/.*?=\s+(.*?)/$1/;
+
+  print `lxc-info -n $_`;
+  print "MAC Addr:\t$mac\n";
+}
diff --git a/files/lxcmon2.pl b/files/lxcmon2.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..349918e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/lxcmon2.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+
+# > ls /var/lib/lxc
+# cnode1/  cnode2/  cnode3/  cnode4/  cnode5/
+
+my @nodes = `ls /var/lib/lxc`;
+
+for (@nodes)
+{
+  chomp $_;
+
+  my $mac = `grep hwaddr /var/lib/lxc/$_/config|grep -v '#'`;
+  $mac =~ s/.*?=\s+(.*?)/$1/;
+
+  print "Name:\t\t$_\n";
+  print `lxc-info -n $_ -is`;
+  print "MAC Addr:\t$mac\n";
+}
diff --git a/files/root.bashrc b/files/root.bashrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66f2382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/root.bashrc
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# /etc/skel/.bashrc:
+# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/skel/.bashrc,v 1.7 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $
+
+# This file is sourced by all *interactive* bash shells on startup.  This
+# file *should generate no output* or it will break the scp and rcp commands.
+
+######## TTY Colours #######
+
+export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;31m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'
+
+### linux console colors (jwr dark) ###
+
+if [ "$TERM" = "linux" ]; then
+    echo -en "\e]P0000000" #black
+    echo -en "\e]P83d3d3d" #darkgrey
+    echo -en "\e]P18c4665" #darkred
+    echo -en "\e]P9bf4d80" #red
+    echo -en "\e]P2287373" #darkgreen
+    echo -en "\e]PA53a6a6" #green
+    echo -en "\e]P3914e89" #brown
+    echo -en "\e]PBbf85cc" #yellow
+    echo -en "\e]P4395573" #darkblue
+    echo -en "\e]PC477ab3" #blue
+    echo -en "\e]P55e468c" #darkmagenta
+    echo -en "\e]PD7e62b3" #magenta
+    echo -en "\e]P631658c" #darkcyan
+    echo -en "\e]PE6096bf" #cyan
+    echo -en "\e]P7899ca1" #lightgrey
+    echo -en "\e]PFc0c0c0" #white
+    clear # bring us back to default input colours
+fi
+
+
+# colors for ls, etc.
+alias bc="bc -q"
+alias d="ls --color"
+alias ls="ls -F --color=auto"
+alias ll="ls --color -al"
+alias cls="clear"
+alias kansai="ssh kansai"
+alias amaterasu="ssh amaterasu"
+alias tokyo="ssh tokyo"
+alias tm="clear;tail -f /var/log/messages"
+alias tz="clear;tail -f /virtual/thezengarden.net/logs/access_log"
+alias nslookup="nslookup -sil"
+#alias do="sudo"
+alias watch="watch -t -n 2"
+#alias up="watch -t -n 10 uptime"
+alias loads="/home/chris/scripts/monitor/loadwatch.sh"
+alias wwwrestart='/home/chris/scripts/www/restart_webnodes.sh'
+
+alias block="/home/chris/scripts/ipblock.sh"
+
+alias update="/home/chris/scripts/update_system.sh"
+
+alias localtime=\
+'perl -e '\''print scalar localtime(shift||time),"\n"'\'''
+
+alias bigfiles="find . -maxdepth 15 -type f -exec du -ckx {} \; | grep -v total | sort -rn > /home/chris/files.lst"
+alias top10="du -a . | sort -nr | head -n 10"
+
+
+export PS1='\h: \[\033[1;31m\]\w\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0m\]> '
+
+export EDITOR=vim
+
+# find partition name for a given filename
+findpart() { [ -e "$1" ] && df -P "$1"  | awk '/^\/dev/ {print $1}' || echo "$1 not found"; }
+
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="/home/chris/.config"
+export TERM="xterm-256color"
+
+
+#alias lxcmon='watch -t -n .3 "grep hwaddr /var/lib/lxc/*/config|grep -v '\''#'\'';echo && echo "running containers:" && lxc-ls --active"'
+alias lxcmon='watch -t -n .3 /root/lxcmon.pl'
+alias lxcmon2='watch -t -n .3 /root/lxcmon2.pl'
diff --git a/inventory/hosts b/inventory/hosts
index 29d66f4..34d4031 100644
--- a/inventory/hosts
+++ b/inventory/hosts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-debian-test      ansible_host=10.1.1.41
-centos-test      ansible_host=10.1.1.27 ansible_user=root
-tumbleweed-test  ansible_host=10.1.1.86
+centos-test      ansible_host=10.1.1.39 ansible_user=root
+debian-test      ansible_host=10.1.1.43 ansible_user=root
diff --git a/vars/baseos_vars.yml b/vars/baseos_vars.yml
index fcb0eb9..ef40d28 100644
--- a/vars/baseos_vars.yml
+++ b/vars/baseos_vars.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 ---
-baseos_include_roles:
-  - base_packages
-  - update_all_packages
-  - etc_hosts
+__baseos_include_roles:
   - resolv_conf
-  - snmpd_conf
+  - hostname
+  - etc_hosts
+  - bashrc
   - motd
+  - update_all_packages
+  - base_packages
+  - snmpd_conf
 
 
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