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+# Debian Jessie
+
+Debian Jessie installation Notes:
+
+- Add
+
+ ```GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1"```
+
+ to /etc/default/grub. Then update with
+
+ ```ShellSession
+ sudo update-grub
+ sudo update-grub2
+ sudo reboot
+ ```
+
+- Add the [backports](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/) which contain Systemd 2.30 and update Systemd.
+
+ ```apt-get -t jessie-backports install systemd```
+
+ (Necessary because the default Systemd version (2.15) does not support the "Delegate" directive in service files)
+
+- Add the Ansible repository and install Ansible to get a proper version
+
+ ```ShellSession
+ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-get install ansible
+
+ ```
+
+- Install Jinja2 and Python-Netaddr
+
+ ```sudo apt-get install python-jinja2=2.8-1~bpo8+1 python-netaddr```
+
+Now you can continue with [Preparing your deployment](getting-started.md#starting-custom-deployment)