diff --git a/ansible/roles/k3s/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/k3s/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e22f2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/k3s/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+k3s_version: v1.24.8+k3s1
+kube_storage: False
diff --git a/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/clients.yml b/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/clients.yml
index b650223..86484b4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/clients.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/clients.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,4 @@
     enabled: yes
     name: k3s
     state: started
-
-- name: ensure nfsd is installed
-  apt:
-    name: nfs-common
-    state: present
 ...
diff --git a/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/get_k3s.yml b/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/get_k3s.yml
index c684f1f..7314d72 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/get_k3s.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/k3s/tasks/get_k3s.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     name:
       - apparmor
       - apparmor-utils
+      - nfs-common
+      - open-iscsi
 
 - name: check k3s version
   shell:
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@
     mode: 0755
     owner: root
     group: root
+    force: True
   when: installed_k3s_version.stdout != k3s_version
   notify: restart k3s
 
@@ -45,4 +48,12 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644
+
+- name: ensure mount is configured
+  ansible.posix.mount:
+    path: /mnt/storage
+    src: /dev/nvme0n1p1
+    fstype: ext4
+    state: mounted
+  when: kube_storage
 ...