diff --git a/roles/crictl/README.md b/roles/crictl/README.md
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+# `crictl`
diff --git a/roles/crictl/defaults/main.yml b/roles/crictl/defaults/main.yml
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+# Copyright (c) 2023 VEXXHOST, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+crictl_bin_dir: /usr/bin
+
+crictl_version: v1.25.0
+crictl_checksums:
+  arm64:
+    v1.25.0: 651c939eca010bbf48cc3932516b194028af0893025f9e366127f5b50ad5c4f4
+  amd64:
+    v1.25.0: 86ab210c007f521ac4cdcbcf0ae3fb2e10923e65f16de83e0e1db191a07f0235
+
+crictl_download_url: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/{{ crictl_version }}/crictl-{{ crictl_version }}-{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ download_artifact_goarch }}.tar.gz" # noqa: yaml[line-length]
+crictl_download_dest: "{{ crictl_download_unarchive_dest }}.tar.gz"
+crictl_download_unarchive_dest: "{{ download_artifact_work_directory }}/crictl-{{ crictl_version }}-{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ download_artifact_goarch }}"
+crictl_binary_checksum: "{{ crictl_checksums[download_artifact_goarch][crictl_version] }}"
+
+# NOTE(mnaser): This is to accomodate for the uninstallation of the old packages
+#               that shipped with the operating system
+crictl_package_name: cri-tools
+
+crictl_socket: /run/containerd/containerd.sock
diff --git a/roles/crictl/meta/main.yml b/roles/crictl/meta/main.yml
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+# Copyright (c) 2023 VEXXHOST, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+galaxy_info:
+  author: VEXXHOST, Inc.
+  description: Ansible role for "crictl"
+  license: Apache-2.0
+  min_ansible_version: 5.5.0
+  standalone: false
+  platforms:
+    - name: Debian
+      versions:
+        - buster
+        - bullseye
+    - name: Fedora
+      versions:
+        - "36"
+        - "37"
+    - name: EL
+      versions:
+        - "8"
+        - "9"
+    - name: Ubuntu
+      versions:
+        - focal
+        - jammy
+
+dependencies:
+  - role: download_artifact
+    download_artifact_url: "{{ crictl_download_url }}"
+    download_artifact_dest: "{{ crictl_download_dest }}"
+    download_artifact_checksum: "sha256:{{ crictl_binary_checksum }}"
+    download_artifact_owner: root
+    download_artifact_mode: "0755"
+    download_artifact_unarchive: true
+    download_artifact_unarchive_dest: "{{ crictl_download_unarchive_dest }}"
diff --git a/roles/crictl/tasks/main.yml b/roles/crictl/tasks/main.yml
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+# Copyright (c) 2023 VEXXHOST, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+- name: Uninstall crictl package
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: "{{ crictl_package_name }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Copy crictl binary from download dir
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ download_artifact_dest }}"
+    dest: "{{ crictl_bin_dir }}/crictl"
+    mode: "0755"
+    remote_src: true
+
+- name: Create crictl config
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: crictl.yaml.j2
+    dest: /etc/crictl.yaml
+    owner: root
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: Remove crictl orphaned binary
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /usr/bin/crictl
+    state: absent
+  when: crictl_bin_dir != "/usr/bin"
diff --git a/roles/crictl/templates/crictl.yaml.j2 b/roles/crictl/templates/crictl.yaml.j2
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+runtime-endpoint: unix://{{ crictl_socket }}
+image-endpoint: unix://{{ crictl_socket }}
+timeout: 30
+debug: false