diff --git a/roles/ara_api/vars/Debian.yaml b/roles/ara_api/vars/Debian.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..c81cefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ara_api/vars/Debian.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ubuntu.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/ara_api/vars/Ubuntu.yaml b/roles/ara_api/vars/Ubuntu.yaml
index 72aac05..8eca4cb 100644
--- a/roles/ara_api/vars/Ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/roles/ara_api/vars/Ubuntu.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ ara_distribution_packages: []
 ara_api_required_packages:
   - git
   - python3-venv
+  - python3-setuptools
+  - python-pkg-resources
+  - python3-pkg-resources
 
 ara_api_postgresql_packages:
   - postgresql
diff --git a/roles/ara_frontend_nginx/vars/Debian.yaml b/roles/ara_frontend_nginx/vars/Debian.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..c81cefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ara_frontend_nginx/vars/Debian.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ubuntu.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/ara_web/README.rst b/roles/ara_web/README.rst
index 158dc1a..47c9c09 100644
--- a/roles/ara_web/README.rst
+++ b/roles/ara_web/README.rst
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ Deploy the ARA API and web client on the same machine with defaults:
         ara_api_allowed_hosts:
         - api.ara.example.org
         ara_api_cors_origin_whitelist:
-        - web.ara.example.org
+        - "http://web.ara.example.org"
         # ara_web
         ara_web_fqdn: web.ara.example.org
+        ara_web_frontend_server: nginx
         ara_web_api_endpoint: "http://api.ara.example.org"
     roles:
         - ara_api