diff --git a/group_vars/fet_containers b/group_vars/fet_containers
index 3f9a804..15cac8e 100644
--- a/group_vars/fet_containers
+++ b/group_vars/fet_containers
@@ -1,2 +1,24 @@
 ---
-common_apt: False
+common_basic_packages:
+  - cron-apt
+  - curl
+  - emacs-nox
+  - ncurses-term
+  - etckeeper
+  - git
+  - htop
+  - iputils-ping
+  - mtr-tiny
+  - ncdu
+  - rsync
+  - strace
+  - sudo
+  - screen
+  - tmux
+  - tree
+  - vim
+  - zsh
+  # for ansible/debian
+  - lsb-release
+  - python3-apt
+  - python3-pycurl