diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c8d9a89..16cf0d5 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 ---
+# Unix vars
+etebase_group: 'etebase'
+etebase_user: 'etebase'
+etebase_user_home: '/var/lib/etebase'
+etebase_shell: '/bin/false'
+
 # should we do a version check? (recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
diff --git a/tasks/create_user.yml b/tasks/create_user.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cddb9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/create_user.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- name: "Create EteBase Group"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: "{{ etebase_group }}"
+    system: true
+    state: "present"
+
+- name: "Create Etebase User"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ etebase_user }}"
+    comment: "Etebase User"
+    group: "{{ etebase_group }}"
+    groups: "{{ etebase_groups | default(omit) }}"
+    home: "{{ etebase_user_home }}"
+    shell: "{{ etebase_shell }}"
+    system: true
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index f188539..5f39359 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 - name: Run optional versionscheck
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: versioncheck.yml
   when: submodules_versioncheck | bool
+
+- name: Create Etebase User/Group
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: create_user.yml
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index bf4b0d9..1e5f200 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
 # versionscheck
-playbook_version_number: 02   # should be a integer
-playbook_version_path: 'role-<some_unique_string>.version'
+playbook_version_number: 03   # should be a integer
+playbook_version_path: 'role-etebase'