diff --git a/tasks/client.yml b/tasks/client.yml
index fac3f50..059972e 100644
--- a/tasks/client.yml
+++ b/tasks/client.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: 0755
+  register: _download_client
+  until: _download_client is succeeded
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 48e9f68..7522a4e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: present
   with_items: "{{ minio_ansible_support_packages }}"
+  register: _install_packages
+  until: _install_packages is succeeded
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+
+- name: create minio group
+  group:
+    name: "{{ minio_group }}"
+    state: present
+
+- name: create minio user
+  user:
+    name: "{{ minio_user }}"
+    group: "{{ minio_group }}"
+    shell: /bin/bash
 
 - include: server.yml
   when: minio_install_server
diff --git a/tasks/python_sni.yml b/tasks/python_sni.yml
index 092df51..b36025f 100644
--- a/tasks/python_sni.yml
+++ b/tasks/python_sni.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: present
   with_items: "{{ python_pip_packages }}"
+  register: _install_packages
+  until: _install_packages is succeeded
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
 
 - name: install the Python SNI support packages
   package:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: present
   with_items: "{{ python_sni_support_packages }}"
+  register: _install_sni_packages
+  until: _install_sni_packages is succeeded
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
 
 # There extra pip dependencies are needed to add SSL SNI support to
 # Python version prior to 2.7.9. SNI support is needed by the Ansible
@@ -18,6 +26,10 @@
   pip:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: present
+  register: _install_pip_packages
+  until: _install_pip_packages is succeeded
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
   with_items:
     - pyopenssl
     - ndg-httpsclient
diff --git a/tasks/server.yml b/tasks/server.yml
index f6d32a2..ed0b5cd 100644
--- a/tasks/server.yml
+++ b/tasks/server.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: 0755
+  register: _download_server
+  until: _download_server is succeeded
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
 
 - name: generate the minio server envfile
   template: