diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index ae19f42..e033e2e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ---
 
+- name: debian package requirements
+  apt:
+    pkg:
+      - uwsgi
+      - uwsgi-plugin-python3
+
 - import_role:
     name: mongodb
 
@@ -13,9 +19,14 @@
     name: alerta
     executable: pip3
 
+- name: alerta installation directory
+  file:
+    path: /opt/alerta
+    state: directory
+
 - name: alerta-webui installation directory
   file:
-    path: /opt/alerta-webui
+    path: /opt/alerta/webui
     state: directory
 
 - name: get alerta-webui releases
@@ -27,13 +38,42 @@
 - name: download latest alerta-webui release
   get_url:
     url: "{{_alerta_webui_dl_url}}"
-    dest: /opt/alerta-webui/alerta-webui-{{_alerta_webui_version}}.tar.gz
+    dest: /opt/alerta/webui/alerta-webui-{{_alerta_webui_version}}.tar.gz
 
 - name: extract alerta-webui release
   unarchive:
-    src: /opt/alerta-webui/alerta-webui-{{_alerta_webui_version}}.tar.gz
-    dest: /opt/alerta-webui
+    src: /opt/alerta/webui/alerta-webui-{{_alerta_webui_version}}.tar.gz
+    dest: /opt/alerta/webui
     mode: u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx
     owner: root
     group: root
     remote_src: true
+
+- name: alerta-webui config
+  copy:
+    content: "{{alerta_webui_config}}"
+    dest: /opt/alerta/config.json
+
+- name: alerta user
+  user:
+    name: alerta
+    system: yes
+    home: /
+  register: _alerta_user
+
+- name: alerta uwsgi configuration
+  copy:
+    content:
+      uwsgi: "{{alerta_uwsgi_config}}"
+    dest: /etc/uwsgi/apps-available/alerta.json
+
+- name: enable alerta uwsgi configuration
+  file:
+    src: ../apps-available/alerta.json
+    dest: /etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/alerta.json
+    state: link
+
+- name: alerta wsgi python file
+  copy:
+    content: from alerta import app
+    dest: /opt/alerta/wsgi.py
diff --git a/vars/main.yaml b/vars/main.yaml
index 51693b8..e4f952e 100644
--- a/vars/main.yaml
+++ b/vars/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 ---
 _alerta_webui_dl_url: "{{ _alerta_webui_releases.json.assets | json_query(\"[?name=='alerta-webui.tar.gz'].browser_download_url|[0]\") }}"
 _alerta_webui_version: "{{ _alerta_webui_releases.json.tag_name }}"
+
+alerta_uwsgi_config:
+  uid: alerta
+  gid: alerta
+  chdir: /opt/alerta
+  mount: /api=wsgi.py
+  callable: app
+  manage-script-name: true
+  env: BASE_URL=/api
+  buffer-size: 32768
+  plugin: python3
+
+alerta_webui_config:
+  endpoint: /api