diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -34,27 +34,23 @@ It provides installation and configuration of the web application under the
 Using the role
 --------------
 
-You can get the role using the following commands:
-
-::
-    mkdir roles
-    git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ansible-role-ara roles/ara
-
-By default, the embedded server will be use, you have to edit defaults/main.yaml to set
-use_apache_server to True
-
-Create a simple playbook to do the deployment:
+The default parameters of the role will install ARA and configure a persistent
+systemd service to run the embedded development server:
 
 ::
     mkdir roles
     git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ansible-role-ara roles/ara
     cat << EOF > playbook.yml
-    - hosts: all
+    - name: Install ARA with default settings
+      hosts: localhost
       roles:
         - ara
     EOF
     ansible-playbook playbook.yml
 
+For more configuration and deployment examples, please refer to the
+``example-playbooks`` directory.
+
 Contributors
 ============
 See contributors on GitHub_.
diff --git a/example-playbooks/default.yml b/example-playbooks/default.yml
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+++ b/example-playbooks/default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+#  Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#  This file is part of ARA Records Ansible.
+#
+#  ARA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  ARA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with ARA.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This runs the ARA role with default parameters on localhost.
+# It sets up ARA to run through the embedded webserver with a systemd unit file.
+- name: Install ARA with default settings
+  hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+    - ara
diff --git a/example-playbooks/mod_wsgi.yml b/example-playbooks/mod_wsgi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b8509d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-playbooks/mod_wsgi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+#  Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#  This file is part of ARA Records Ansible.
+#
+#  ARA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  ARA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with ARA.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This runs the ARA role with parameters to set up apache with mod_wsgi.
+- name: Install ARA with mod_wsgi
+  hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    ara_override:
+      deployment:
+        server: apache
+        type: mod_wsgi
+  roles:
+    - ara
diff --git a/example-playbooks/nginx_embedded_proxy.yml b/example-playbooks/nginx_embedded_proxy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..314f5ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-playbooks/nginx_embedded_proxy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+#  Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#  This file is part of ARA Records Ansible.
+#
+#  ARA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  ARA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with ARA.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This runs the ARA role with parameters to set up nginx as a reverse proxy to
+# the embedded server. The web application will be available on '/ara'.
+- name: Install ARA with nginx as reverse proxy to the embedded server
+  hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    ara_override:
+      config:
+        application_root: /ara
+      deployment:
+        server: nginx
+        type: embedded_proxy
+  roles:
+    - ara