diff --git a/group_vars/asgard/vars.yml b/group_vars/asgard/vars.yml
index 80a04a3..3648023 100644
--- a/group_vars/asgard/vars.yml
+++ b/group_vars/asgard/vars.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ vpn_bridge_dnat: "{{ services_host_services | dict2items |
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # services
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+services_root_directory: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}"
+services_home_directory: "{{ services_root_directory }}/home"
+services_data_directory: "{{ services_root_directory }}/data"
+services_containers_directory: "{{ services_root_directory }}/containers"
+
 services_all_hosts: "{{ groups['asgard'] }}"
 services_all_services: "{{
   services_all_hosts | map('extract', hostvars, 'services_host_services') | map('dict2items') |
diff --git a/host_vars/yggdrasil/vars.yml b/host_vars/yggdrasil/vars.yml
index 73472f9..a13555f 100644
--- a/host_vars/yggdrasil/vars.yml
+++ b/host_vars/yggdrasil/vars.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,31 @@ vpn_wireguard_server_preshared_key: "{{ vault_vpn_wireguard_server_preshared_key
 vpn_wireguard_server_address: "{{ vault_vpn_wireguard_server_address }}"
 vpn_wireguard_routing_table: 66
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# backup:snapshots
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+backups_snapshots_sanoid_system_datasets:
+  - name: "bpool/BOOT"
+    templates: ["system"]
+    recursive: true
+    children_only: true
+  - name: "rpool/ROOT"
+    templates: ["system"]
+    recursive: true
+    children_only: true
+  - name: "rpool/home"
+    templates: ["system", "home"]
+    recursive: true
+    children_only: true
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # services
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+services_root_dataset: "rpool{{ services_root_directory }}"
+services_home_dataset: "rpool{{ services_home_directory }}"
+services_data_dataset: "rpool{{ services_data_directory }}"
+services_containers_dataset: "rpool{{ services_containers_directory }}"
+
 services_host_services:
   lrproxy:
     address: "{{ vpn_bridge_prefix }}.2"
@@ -47,3 +69,18 @@ services_host_services:
     tcp: ["{{ services.git.ssh_port }}"]
   notes:
     address: "{{ vpn_bridge_prefix }}.6"
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# services:backups
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+services_backups_datasets_root: "rpool/var/lib/yggdrasil/data"
+services_backups_datasets: "\
+  {% set datasets = {} %}\
+  {% for service in services_host_services.keys() %}\
+  {{ datasets.update({ ( 'pod-' ~ service ): None }) }}\
+  {% endfor %}\
+  {{ datasets }}"
+services_backups_snapshots_syncoid:
+  datasets_root: "hpool/backup/yggdrasil/data"
+  default_recursive: true
+  default_skip_parent: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/meta/argument_specs.yml
index be04257..231ac8a 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/tasks/main.yml b/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/tasks/main.yml
index ff76d72..107a8d6 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/datasets/system/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
 - name: "create services root dataset"
   community.general.zfs:
-    name: "rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}"
+    name: "{{ services_root_dataset }}"
     state: "present"
 
 - name: "create containers zvol"
   community.general.zfs:
-    name: "rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers"
+    name: "{{ services_containers_dataset }}"
     state: "present"
     extra_zfs_properties:
       volsize: "100G"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 - name: "format containers zvol"
   community.general.filesystem:
-    dev: "/dev/rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers"
+    dev: "/dev/{{ services_containers_dataset }}"
     fstype: "ext4"
   register: services_datasets_system_zvol_format
 
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 
     - name: "get containers zvol uuid"
       ansible.builtin.command: >-
-        blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers
+        blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/{{ services_containers_dataset }}
       register: services_datasets_system_zvol_uuid
 
     - name: "system : add fstab entry and mount containers zvol"
       ansible.posix.mount:
-        path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers"
+        path: "{{ services_containers_directory }}"
         src: "UUID={{ services_datasets_system_zvol_uuid.stdout }}"
         fstype: "ext4"
         state: "mounted"
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
 
 - name: "create data root dataset"
   community.general.zfs:
-    name: "rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data"
+    name: "{{ services_data_dataset }}"
     state: "present"
     extra_zfs_properties:
       canmount: "off"
 
 - name: "create home root dataset"
   community.general.zfs:
-    name: "rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/home"
+    name: "{{ services_home_dataset }}"
     state: "present"
     extra_zfs_properties:
       canmount: "off"
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/meta/argument_specs.yml
index f50c4e7..3e3b173 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,15 @@ argument_specs:
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_dataset:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/tasks/main.yml b/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/tasks/main.yml
index fb4d1bb..74be8aa 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/datasets/user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : create home dataset"
   community.general.zfs:
-    name: "rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/home/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+    name: "{{ services_home_dataset }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
     state: "present"
   register: services_datasets_user_zfs_home
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : create data dataset"
   community.general.zfs:
-    name: "rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+    name: "{{ services_data_dataset }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
     state: "present"
     extra_zfs_properties:
       canmount: "off"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : create volume datasets"
   community.general.zfs:
-    name: "rpool/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data/{{ services_service_user_name }}/{{ item.key }}"
+    name: "{{ services_data_dataset }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}/{{ item.key }}"
     state: "present"
     extra_zfs_properties: "{{ item.value.extra_zfs_properties | default({}) }}"
   loop: "{{ services_volumes[services_service_name] | dict2items }}"
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 77fe1a4..d4b2ae4 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-cron.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-cron.service.j2
index 08d728d..c0cb4ab 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-cron.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-cron.service.j2
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --label "io.containers.autoupdate=image" \
                           -dt \
                           --add-host=pod-database:{{ services_all_services['database'].address }} \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-cloud/nextcloud/_data:/var/www/html \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-cloud/data/_data:/var/www/html/data \
+                          -v {{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-cloud/nextcloud/_data:/var/www/html \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-cloud/data/_data:/var/www/html/data \
                           --name=pod-cloud-cron \
                           docker.io/library/nextcloud:{{ services_deploy_versions.cloud.nextcloud }} \
                           /cron.sh
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nextcloud.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nextcloud.service.j2
index 5e59215..175df20 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nextcloud.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nextcloud.service.j2
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --label "io.containers.autoupdate=image" \
                           -dt \
                           --add-host=pod-database:{{ services_all_services['database'].address }} \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-cloud/nextcloud/_data:/var/www/html \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-cloud/data/_data:/var/www/html/data \
+                          -v {{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-cloud/nextcloud/_data:/var/www/html \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-cloud/data/_data:/var/www/html/data \
                           -v ./.config/pod-cloud/database.name:/run/secrets/database.name:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-cloud/database.user:/run/secrets/database.user:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-cloud/database.password:/run/secrets/database.password:ro \
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nginx.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nginx.service.j2
index 96d67e8..9a7117f 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nginx.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/container-cloud-nginx.service.j2
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --replace \
                           --label "io.containers.autoupdate=image" \
                           -dt \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-cloud/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-cloud/nextcloud/_data:/var/www/html \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-cloud/data/_data:/var/www/html/data \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-cloud/nextcloud/_data:/var/www/html \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-cloud/data/_data:/var/www/html/data \
                           --name=pod-cloud-nginx \
                           docker.io/library/nginx:{{ services_deploy_versions.cloud.nginx }}
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop --ignore --cidfile %t/container-cloud-nginx.ctr-id -t 10
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/pod-cloud.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/pod-cloud.service.j2
index 95fa260..4727efb 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/pod-cloud.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/cloud/templates/systemd/pod-cloud.service.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TimeoutStopSec=70
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/pod-cloud.pid %t/pod-cloud.pod-id
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod create --infra-conmon-pidfile %t/pod-cloud.pid --pod-id-file %t/pod-cloud.pod-id --name=cloud --network=none --replace
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start --pod-id-file %t/pod-cloud.pod-id
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" cloud) > /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-cloud/pidfile'
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" cloud) > {{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-cloud/pidfile'
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop --ignore --pod-id-file %t/pod-cloud.pod-id -t 10
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman pod rm --ignore -f --pod-id-file %t/pod-cloud.pod-id
 PIDFile=%t/pod-cloud.pid
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 9b743ac..f0dfe9e 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/container-database-postgres.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/container-database-postgres.service.j2
index abb8c3d..790574b 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/container-database-postgres.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/container-database-postgres.service.j2
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --replace \
                           --label "io.containers.autoupdate=image" \
                           -dt \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-database/database.password:/run/secrets/database.password:ro \
                           -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/database.password \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-database/wal/_data:/var/lib/postgresql-wal \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-database/wal/_data:/var/lib/postgresql-wal \
                           -e POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR=/var/lib/postgresql-wal \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-database/data/_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-database/data/_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
                           --name=pod-database-postgres \
                           docker.io/library/postgres:{{ services_deploy_versions.database.postgres }}
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop --ignore --cidfile %t/container-database-postgres.ctr-id -t 10
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/pod-database.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/pod-database.service.j2
index b9554d0..73144dd 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/pod-database.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/database/templates/systemd/pod-database.service.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TimeoutStopSec=70
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/pod-database.pid %t/pod-database.pod-id
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod create --infra-conmon-pidfile %t/pod-database.pid --pod-id-file %t/pod-database.pod-id --name=database --network=none --replace
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start --pod-id-file %t/pod-database.pod-id
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" database) > /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-database/pidfile'
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" database) > {{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-database/pidfile'
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop --ignore --pod-id-file %t/pod-database.pod-id -t 10
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman pod rm --ignore -f --pod-id-file %t/pod-database.pod-id
 PIDFile=%t/pod-database.pid
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/meta/argument_specs.yml
index ba1a451..157252f 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
@@ -13,7 +25,7 @@ argument_specs:
             type: "str"
             required: true
       services:
-        cloud:
+        git:
           domain:
             type: "str"
             required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/container-git-gitea.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/container-git-gitea.service.j2
index e65891d..636ef72 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/container-git-gitea.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/container-git-gitea.service.j2
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --label "io.containers.autoupdate=image" \
                           -dt \
                           --add-host=pod-database:{{ services_all_services['database'].address }} \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-git/data/_data:/data \
+                          -v {{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-git/data/_data:/data \
                           -v /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro \
                           -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
                           -e USER_UID="1000" \
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/pod-git.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/pod-git.service.j2
index c52d4cd..cf662e0 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/pod-git.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/git/templates/systemd/pod-git.service.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TimeoutStopSec=70
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/pod-git.pid %t/pod-git.pod-id
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod create --infra-conmon-pidfile %t/pod-git.pid --pod-id-file %t/pod-git.pod-id --name=git --network=none --replace
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start --pod-id-file %t/pod-git.pod-id
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" git) > /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-git/pidfile'
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" git) > {{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-git/pidfile'
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop --ignore --pod-id-file %t/pod-git.pod-id -t 10
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman pod rm --ignore -f --pod-id-file %t/pod-git.pod-id
 PIDFile=%t/pod-git.pid
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 6c62cf5..ccc8985 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml
index 57229ce..d0ccd03 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         user: "pod-rproxy"
         state: "present"
         key: "{{ services_deploy_lrproxy_keypair.public_key }}"
-        key_options: "command=\"rsync --server --sender -avz . /var/lib/valkyrie/data/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/\",from=\"{{ vpn_wireguard_address }}\",no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-pty,no-user-rc,no-x11-forwarding"
+        key_options: "command=\"rsync --server --sender -avz . {{ hostvars['valkyrie'].services_data_directory }}/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/\",from=\"{{ vpn_wireguard_address }}\",no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-pty,no-user-rc,no-x11-forwarding"
 
     - name: "enable the service"
       ansible.builtin.systemd:
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/container-lrproxy-nginx.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/container-lrproxy-nginx.service.j2
index 7b2bbee..219d05c 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/container-lrproxy-nginx.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/container-lrproxy-nginx.service.j2
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --label "io.containers.autoupdate=image" \
                           -dt \
                           {{ services_rproxy_nginx_add_hosts }} \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-lrproxy/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-lrproxy/nginx-conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-lrproxy/dhparam.pem:/etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-lrproxy/etc-letsencrypt/_data:/etc/letsencrypt:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-lrproxy/etc-letsencrypt/_data:/etc/letsencrypt:ro \
                           --name=pod-lrproxy-nginx \
                           docker.io/library/nginx:{{ services_deploy_versions.lrproxy.nginx }}
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop --ignore --cidfile %t/container-lrproxy-nginx.ctr-id -t 10
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/pod-lrproxy.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/pod-lrproxy.service.j2
index e12b1f6..35b36db 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/pod-lrproxy.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/pod-lrproxy.service.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TimeoutStopSec=70
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/pod-lrproxy.pid %t/pod-lrproxy.pod-id
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod create --infra-conmon-pidfile %t/pod-lrproxy.pid --pod-id-file %t/pod-lrproxy.pod-id --name=lrproxy --network=none --replace
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start --pod-id-file %t/pod-lrproxy.pod-id
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" lrproxy) > /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-lrproxy/pidfile'
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" lrproxy) > {{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-lrproxy/pidfile'
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop --ignore --pod-id-file %t/pod-lrproxy.pod-id -t 10
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman pod rm --ignore -f --pod-id-file %t/pod-lrproxy.pod-id
 PIDFile=%t/pod-lrproxy.pid
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/rsync-certificates.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/rsync-certificates.service.j2
index 4fe197d..edb3d0c 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/rsync-certificates.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/lrproxy/templates/systemd/rsync-certificates.service.j2
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsync -e 'ssh -i .ssh/valkyrie-pod-rproxy -l pod-rproxy' \
                          -avz \
                          --delete \
-                         {{ hostvars['valkyrie'].vpn_wireguard_address }}:/var/lib/valkyrie/data/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/ \
-                         /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-lrproxy/etc-letsencrypt
+                         {{ hostvars['valkyrie'].vpn_wireguard_address }}:{{ hostvars['valkyrie'].services_data_directory }}/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/ \
+                         {{ hostvars['yggdrasil'].services_data_directory }}/pod-lrproxy/etc-letsencrypt
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/meta/argument_specs.yml
index b8f6e3b..be85fea 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
@@ -13,7 +25,7 @@ argument_specs:
             type: "str"
             required: true
       services:
-        cloud:
+        notes:
           domain:
             type: "str"
             required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-chown.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-chown.service.j2
index d48a409..9cfc0fb 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-chown.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-chown.service.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --cgroups=no-conmon \
                           --pod-id-file %t/pod-notes.pod-id \
                           --replace \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-notes/data/_data:/data \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-notes/data/_data:/data \
                           --user=0 \
                           --entrypoint="/bin/bash" \
                           --name=pod-notes-chown \
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-joplin.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-joplin.service.j2
index b65ad1d..c90807f 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-joplin.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/container-notes-joplin.service.j2
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --label "io.containers.autoupdate=image" \
                           -dt \
                           --add-host=pod-database:{{ services_all_services['database'].address }} \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/yggdrasil/data/pod-notes/data/_data:/data \
+                          -v {{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-notes/data/_data:/data \
                           -e APP_BASE_URL="https://{{ services[services_service_name].domain }}" \
                           -e APP_PORT="22300" \
                           -e DB_CLIENT="pg" \
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/pod-notes.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/pod-notes.service.j2
index 8d3e49f..cbb58e5 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/pod-notes.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/notes/templates/systemd/pod-notes.service.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TimeoutStopSec=70
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/pod-notes.pid %t/pod-notes.pod-id
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod create --infra-conmon-pidfile %t/pod-notes.pid --pod-id-file %t/pod-notes.pod-id --name=notes --network=none --replace
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start --pod-id-file %t/pod-notes.pod-id
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" notes) > /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-notes/pidfile'
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" notes) > {{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-notes/pidfile'
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop --ignore --pod-id-file %t/pod-notes.pod-id -t 10
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman pod rm --ignore -f --pod-id-file %t/pod-notes.pod-id
 PIDFile=%t/pod-notes.pid
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 6c62cf5..ccc8985 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-certbot.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-certbot.service.j2
index f76d4ea..1f97c1e 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-certbot.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-certbot.service.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           --pod-id-file %t/pod-rproxy.pod-id \
                           --replace \
                           -v /etc/resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/valkyrie/data/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/_data:/etc/letsencrypt \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/_data:/etc/letsencrypt \
                           -v var-lib-letsencrypt:/var/lib/letsencrypt \
                           -v var-www-html:/var/www/html \
                           --name=pod-rproxy-certbot \
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-nginx.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-nginx.service.j2
index 0e56c60..26d7562 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-nginx.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/container-rproxy-nginx.service.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                           -v ./.config/pod-rproxy/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-rproxy/nginx-conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d:ro \
                           -v ./.config/pod-rproxy/dhparam.pem:/etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem:ro \
-                          -v /var/lib/valkyrie/data/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/_data:/etc/letsencrypt:ro \
+                          -v {{ services_data_directory }}/pod-rproxy/etc-letsencrypt/_data:/etc/letsencrypt:ro \
                           -v var-lib-letsencrypt:/var/lib/letsencrypt:ro \
                           -v var-www-html:/var/www/html \
                           --name=pod-rproxy-nginx \
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/pod-rproxy.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/pod-rproxy.service.j2
index 99d7748..137a92e 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/pod-rproxy.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/rproxy/templates/systemd/pod-rproxy.service.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TimeoutStopSec=70
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/pod-rproxy.pid %t/pod-rproxy.pod-id
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod create --infra-conmon-pidfile %t/pod-rproxy.pid --pod-id-file %t/pod-rproxy.pod-id --name=rproxy --network=none --replace
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start --pod-id-file %t/pod-rproxy.pod-id
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" rproxy) > /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-rproxy/pidfile'
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" rproxy) > {{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-rproxy/pidfile'
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop --ignore --pod-id-file %t/pod-rproxy.pod-id -t 10
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman pod rm --ignore -f --pod-id-file %t/pod-rproxy.pod-id
 PIDFile=%t/pod-rproxy.pid
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/meta/argument_specs.yml
index eab2995..0759bec 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/templates/systemd/pod-www.service.j2 b/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/templates/systemd/pod-www.service.j2
index cf6b36c..1985201 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/templates/systemd/pod-www.service.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/deploy/www/templates/systemd/pod-www.service.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TimeoutStopSec=70
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/pod-www.pid %t/pod-www.pod-id
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod create --infra-conmon-pidfile %t/pod-www.pid --pod-id-file %t/pod-www.pod-id --name=rproxy --network=none --replace
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start --pod-id-file %t/pod-www.pod-id
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" rproxy) > /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-www/pidfile'
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/sh -c 'podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .State.Pid }}{% endraw %}" $(podman inspect --format "{% raw %}{{ .InfraContainerID }}{% endraw %}" rproxy) > {{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-www/pidfile'
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop --ignore --pod-id-file %t/pod-www.pod-id -t 10
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman pod rm --ignore -f --pod-id-file %t/pod-www.pod-id
 PIDFile=%t/pod-www.pid
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/include/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
index cd94c4c..7f7db2e 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/include/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,3 @@ argument_specs:
         type: "list"
         elem: "str"
         required: true
-  hosts:
-    options:
-      services_host_services:
-        type: "list"
-        elem: "str"
-        required: true
-  vars:
-    options:
-      services_service_name:
-        type: "str"
-        required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/include/vars/user.yml b/plays/services/roles/include/vars/user.yml
index 45675bc..b3729b4 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/include/vars/user.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/include/vars/user.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 services_service_user_name: "pod-{{ services_service_name }}"
-services_service_user_home: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/home/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+services_service_user_home: "{{ services_home_directory }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+services_service_user_data: "{{ services_data_directory }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+services_service_user_containers: "{{ services_containers_directory }}/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/meta/argument_specs.yml
index be04257..9aa844e 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,15 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/directories.yml b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/directories.yml
index c282ee3..ae41f6d 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/directories.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/directories.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 - name: "directories : create services directory"
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}"
+    path: "{{ services_root_directory }}"
     state: "directory"
     mode: 0755
 
 - name: "directories : create containers root directory"
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers"
+    path: "{{ services_containers_directory }}"
     state: "directory"
     mode: 0755
 
 - name: "directories : create data root directory"
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data"
+    path: "{{ services_data_directory }}"
     state: "directory"
     mode: 0755
 
 - name: "directories : create home root directory"
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/home"
+    path: "{{ services_home_directory }}"
     state: "directory"
     mode: 0755
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/nameserver.yml b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/nameserver.yml
index 8babcd4..1d2e63e 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/nameserver.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/tasks/include/nameserver.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 - name: "nameserver : copy valkyrie's resolv.conf to other hosts"
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     src: "../../../files/setup_system/nameserver/resolv.conf"
-    dest: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf"
+    dest: "{{ services_root_directory }}/valkyrie-resolv.conf"
   when:
     ansible_hostname != "valkyrie"
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/templates/veth/connect-pod-service@.path.j2 b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/templates/veth/connect-pod-service@.path.j2
index f8a9cd9..f0c5f0d 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/system/templates/veth/connect-pod-service@.path.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/system/templates/veth/connect-pod-service@.path.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Path]
-PathChanged=/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/pod-%i/pidfile
+PathChanged={{ services_containers_directory }}/pod-%i/pidfile
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target network.target
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/meta/argument_specs.yml b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 032fb6e..626d7dc 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ argument_specs:
       ansible_hostname:
         type: "str"
         required: true
+      services_root_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_home_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_data_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      services_containers_directory:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
       services_service_name:
         type: "str"
         required: true
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories.yml b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories.yml
index a58bbc8..d7d6ab2 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : directories : create containers directory"
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+    path: "{{ services_service_user_containers }}"
     state: "directory"
     owner: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
     group: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : directories : create data directory"
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data/{{ services_service_user_name }}"
+    path: "{{ services_service_user_data }}"
     state: "directory"
     owner: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
     group: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories/volumes.yml b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories/volumes.yml
index 8d7f022..6afa500 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories/volumes.yml
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/tasks/include/directories/volumes.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : directories : create volume \"{{ services_service_volume.key }}\""
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data/{{ services_service_user_name }}/{{ services_service_volume.key }}"
+    path: "{{ services_service_user_data }}/{{ services_service_volume.key }}"
     state: "directory"
     owner: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
     group: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : directories : check if \"{{ services_service_volume.key }}\" mount exists"
   ansible.builtin.stat:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data/{{ services_service_user_name }}/{{ services_service_volume.key }}/_data"
+    path: "{{ services_service_user_data }}/{{ services_service_volume.key }}/_data"
   register: services_setup_user_volume_mount
 
 - name: "{{ services_service_name }} : directories : create \"{{ services_service_volume.key }}\" mount"
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/data/{{ services_service_user_name }}/{{ services_service_volume.key }}/_data"
+    path: "{{ services_service_user_data }}/{{ services_service_volume.key }}/_data"
     state: "directory"
     owner: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
     group: "{{ services_service_user_name }}"
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/podman/storage.conf.j2 b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/podman/storage.conf.j2
index 1655af8..6c28c2c 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/podman/storage.conf.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/podman/storage.conf.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [storage]
-graphroot = "/var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/{{ services_service_user_name }}/storage"
+graphroot = "{{ services_service_user_containers }}/storage"
 driver = "overlay"
 
 [storage.options]
diff --git a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/veth/interface.j2 b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/veth/interface.j2
index 07de7f3..efcffa1 100644
--- a/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/veth/interface.j2
+++ b/plays/services/roles/setup/user/templates/veth/interface.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 iface {{ services_service_iface_name }} inet manual
     pre-up mkdir -p /run/netns
-    pre-up ln -sfTv /proc/$(cat /var/lib/{{ ansible_hostname }}/containers/{{ services_service_user_name }}/pidfile)/ns/net /run/netns/{{ services_service_user_name }}
+    pre-up ln -sfTv /proc/$(cat {{ services_service_user_containers }}/pidfile)/ns/net /run/netns/{{ services_service_user_name }}
 
     pre-up ip link add name $IFACE type veth peer name veth0 netns {{ services_service_user_name }}
     pre-up ip link set $IFACE master br0