diff --git a/roles/opencloud/defaults/main.yml b/roles/opencloud/defaults/main.yml
index 7a65c3e..67ef6a4 100644
--- a/roles/opencloud/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opencloud/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
 #SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 ---
 # defaults file for opencloud
+
+# Base directory configuration (inherited from base role or defined here)
+docker_compose_base_dir: /etc/docker/compose
+docker_volume_base_dir: /srv/data
+
+# OpenCloud-specific configuration
+opencloud_service_name: opencloud
+opencloud_docker_compose_dir: "{{ docker_compose_base_dir }}/{{ opencloud_service_name }}"
+opencloud_docker_volume_dir: "{{ docker_volume_base_dir }}/{{ opencloud_service_name }}"
+
+# Service configuration
+opencloud_domain: "opencloud.local.test"
+opencloud_image: "opencloudeu/opencloud:latest"
+opencloud_port: 9200
+opencloud_admin_password: "admin"
+opencloud_log_level: "warn"
+opencloud_extra_hosts: []
+
+# Traefik configuration
+opencloud_traefik_network: "proxy"
+opencloud_use_ssl: true
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diff --git a/roles/opencloud/handlers/main.yml b/roles/opencloud/handlers/main.yml
index 335615c..95b6986 100644
--- a/roles/opencloud/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opencloud/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 ---
 # handlers file for opencloud
+
+- name: restart opencloud
+  community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
+    project_src: "{{ opencloud_docker_compose_dir }}"
+    state: restarted
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diff --git a/roles/opencloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/opencloud/tasks/main.yml
index 7d7408c..65b4c70 100644
--- a/roles/opencloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opencloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
 #SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 ---
 # tasks file for opencloud
+
+- name: Create docker compose directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ opencloud_docker_compose_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Create opencloud data directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ opencloud_docker_volume_dir }}/data"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Create opencloud config directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ opencloud_docker_volume_dir }}/config"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Create docker-compose file for opencloud
+  template:
+    src: docker-compose.yml.j2
+    dest: "{{ opencloud_docker_compose_dir }}/docker-compose.yml"
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify: restart opencloud
+
+- name: Start opencloud container
+  community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
+    project_src: "{{ opencloud_docker_compose_dir }}"
+    state: present
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diff --git a/roles/opencloud/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/opencloud/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc6d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/opencloud/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+services:
+  opencloud:
+    image: {{ opencloud_image }}
+    container_name: {{ opencloud_service_name }}
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    entrypoint:
+      - /bin/sh
+    command: ["-c", "opencloud init || true; opencloud server"]
+    volumes:
+      - {{ opencloud_docker_volume_dir }}/config:/etc/ocis
+      - {{ opencloud_docker_volume_dir }}/data:/var/lib/ocis
+    environment:
+{% if opencloud_use_ssl %}
+      OC_URL: "https://{{ opencloud_domain }}"
+{% else %}
+      OC_URL: "http://{{ opencloud_domain }}"
+{% endif %}
+      OC_INSECURE: "true"
+      OC_LOG_LEVEL: "{{ opencloud_log_level }}"
+      PROXY_TLS: "false"
+      IDM_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "{{ opencloud_admin_password }}"
+    networks:
+      - {{ opencloud_traefik_network }}
+{% if opencloud_extra_hosts is defined and opencloud_extra_hosts | length > 0 %}
+    extra_hosts:
+{% for host in opencloud_extra_hosts %}
+      - "{{ host }}"
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+    labels:
+      - traefik.enable=true
+      - traefik.docker.network={{ opencloud_traefik_network }}
+      - traefik.http.routers.{{ opencloud_service_name }}.rule=Host(`{{ opencloud_domain }}`)
+{% if opencloud_use_ssl %}
+      - traefik.http.routers.{{ opencloud_service_name }}.entrypoints=websecure
+      - traefik.http.routers.{{ opencloud_service_name }}.tls=true
+{% else %}
+      - traefik.http.routers.{{ opencloud_service_name }}.entrypoints=web
+{% endif %}
+      - traefik.http.services.{{ opencloud_service_name }}.loadbalancer.server.port={{ opencloud_port }}
+
+networks:
+  {{ opencloud_traefik_network }}:
+    external: true
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