diff --git a/datacoop_hosts b/datacoop_hosts
index 55b667f4..5fd8e2b7 100644
--- a/datacoop_hosts
+++ b/datacoop_hosts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ######################################
 ### All hosts
-10.1.1.198
-10.1.1.199
+10.1.1.198 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3
+10.1.1.199 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3
 
 ######################################
 ### Application servers
diff --git a/roles/docker/files/composefiles/.gitea.yml.swp b/roles/docker/files/composefiles/.gitea.yml.swp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf70f960
Binary files /dev/null and b/roles/docker/files/composefiles/.gitea.yml.swp differ
diff --git a/roles/docker/files/composefiles/gitea.yml b/roles/docker/files/composefiles/gitea.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09081f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/files/composefiles/gitea.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+version: "2.3"
+
+networks:
+  gitea:
+    external: false
+
+services:
+  server:
+    image: gitea/gitea:latest
+    environment:
+      - USER_UID=1000
+      - USER_GID=1000
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      - gitea
+    volumes:
+      - gitea:/data
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+      - "222:22"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:9.6
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=gitea
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=gitea
+      - POSTGRES_DB=gitea
+    networks:
+      - gitea
+    volumes:
+      - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  gitea:
+  postgres:
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
index 4670c248..ba626fc9 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@
   apt:
     name: docker-ce
     state: present
+
+- name: install docker python bindings
+  pip:
+    executable: "pip3"
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+    - docker-compose
+
+- name: setup services
+  include_tasks: services.yml
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/services.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/services.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27baa935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/services.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- name: setup gitea
+  docker_service:
+    project_name: gitea
+    definition:
+        "{{ lookup('file', 'composefiles/gitea.yml') | from_yaml }}"
diff --git a/roles/ubuntu_base/tasks/base.yml b/roles/ubuntu_base/tasks/base.yml
index 058ad625..eddff22b 100644
--- a/roles/ubuntu_base/tasks/base.yml
+++ b/roles/ubuntu_base/tasks/base.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
-- name: Install aptitude if missing
+- name: Install necessary packages
   apt:
-    name: aptitude
-    state: present
\ No newline at end of file
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+    - aptitude
+    - python3-pip