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