diff --git a/ansible/roles/sqlite-for-hedgedoc/defaults/main.json b/ansible/roles/sqlite-for-hedgedoc/defaults/main.json
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+++ b/ansible/roles/sqlite-for-hedgedoc/defaults/main.json
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+{
+	"var_sqlite_for_hedgedoc_path": "/var/hedgedoc/data.sqlite",
+	"var_sqlite_for_hedgedoc_user_name": "hedgedoc"
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/sqlite-for-hedgedoc/tasks/main.json b/ansible/roles/sqlite-for-hedgedoc/tasks/main.json
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+[
+	{
+		"name": "directory",
+		"become": true,
+		"ansible.builtin.file": {
+			"state": "directory",
+			"path": "{{var_sqlite_for_hedgedoc_path | dirname}}",
+			"owner": "{{var_hedgedoc_user_name}}"
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		"name": "file",
+		"become": true,
+		"ansible.builtin.file": {
+			"state": "touch",
+			"path": "{{var_sqlite_for_hedgedoc_path}}",
+			"owner": "{{var_sqlite_for_hedgedoc_user_name}}"
+		}
+	}
+]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/sqlite-for-hedgedoc/vardef.json b/ansible/roles/sqlite-for-hedgedoc/vardef.json
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+{
+	"path": {
+		"type": "string",
+		"mandatory": false
+	},
+	"user_name": {
+		"type": "string",
+		"mandatory": false
+	}
+}