diff --git a/site/roles/manifests/infra/storage/vault.pp b/site/roles/manifests/infra/storage/vault.pp
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+# a role to deploy a vault node
+class roles::infra::storage::vault {
+  include profiles::defaults
+  include profiles::base
+}