diff --git a/iiab-install b/iiab-install
index d3dcb4df9..ec6a128c9 100755
--- a/iiab-install
+++ b/iiab-install
@@ -12,7 +12,25 @@ OS=${OS//\"/}
 MIN_RPI_KERN=4.9.59-v7+
 MIN_ANSIBLE_VER=2.5.6
 
-export ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH="$CWD/iiab-install.log"
+if [ ! -f /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml ]; then
+    echo -e "\nEXITING: /opt/iiab/iiab/iiab-install REQUIRES /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml\n" >&2
+    echo -e "(1) Please read http://wiki.iiab.io/local_vars.yml to learn more" >&2
+    echo -e "(2) MIN/MEDIUM/BIG samples are included in /opt/iiab/iiab/vars" >&2
+    echo -e "(3) NO TIME FOR DETAILS?  RUN INTERNET-IN-A-BOX'S FRIENDLY 1-LINE INSTALLER:\n" >&2
+    echo -e '    http://download.iiab.io   (click on "6.6" or a more recent version!)\n' >&2
+    #case $OS in
+    #    OLPC | fedora)
+    #        echo -e "Please examine /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/local_vars_olpc.yml for XO laptops.\n" >&2
+    #        ;;
+    #    centos | debian | ubuntu | raspbian)
+    #        echo -e "Please consider /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/local_vars_medium.yml or similar.\n" >&2
+    #        ;;
+    #    *)
+    #        echo -e "EXITING: IIAB requires Raspbian, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS or OLPC/Fedora.\n" >&2
+    #        ;;
+    #esac
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 echo -e "\n\n./iiab-install $* BEGUN IN $CWD\n"
 
@@ -120,28 +138,11 @@ if [ "$STAGE" -lt 2 ] && [ "$1" == "--debug" ]; then
     echo -e "\n'--debug' *ignored* as STAGE (counter) < 2."
 fi
 
-# If /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml is missing, put a default file in place.
-if [ ! -f /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml ]; then
-    case $OS in
-        OLPC | fedora)
-            cp ./vars/local_vars_olpc.yml /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml
-            echo -e "\n/etc/iiab/local_vars.yml created from /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/local_vars_olpc.yml defaults."
-            ;;
-        centos | debian | ubuntu | raspbian)
-            cp ./vars/local_vars_medium.yml /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml
-            echo -e "\n/etc/iiab/local_vars.yml created from /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/local_vars_medium.yml defaults."
-            echo "See MIN/MEDIUM/BIG options @ http://wiki.iiab.io/local_vars.yml"
-            ;;
-        *)
-            echo -e "\nEXITING: IIAB requires Raspbian, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS or OLPC/Fedora."
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
 echo -e "\nTRY TO RERUN './iiab-install' IF IT FAILS DUE TO CONNECTIVITY ISSUES ETC!"
 echo -e "\nRunning local playbooks....Stage 0 will now run....followed by Stages $(($STAGE + 1))-9"
 
+export ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH="$CWD/iiab-install.log"
+
 ansible -m setup -i $INVENTORY localhost --connection=local >> /dev/null
 ansible-playbook -i $INVENTORY $PLAYBOOK ${ARGS} --connection=local
 
diff --git a/roles/mongodb/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mongodb/defaults/main.yml
index 6aed9834a..61d1d951f 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mongodb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mongodb_install: False
 mongodb_enabled: False
 
-mongodb_db_path: "{{ content_base }}/dbdata/mongodb"    # == /library/dbdata/mongodb/
 mongodb_conf: /etc/mongod.conf
+mongodb_db_path: "{{ content_base }}/dbdata/mongodb"    # == /library/dbdata/mongodb/
+mongodb_db_lock_file: "{{ mongodb_db_path }}/mongod.lock"
diff --git a/roles/mongodb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mongodb/tasks/main.yml
index c4c5cafde..e52e10360 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mongodb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
     dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
     owner: root
     group: root
-    mode: 0644
+    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
   with_items:
-    - { src: 'mongod.conf.j2', dest: "{{ mongodb_conf }}" }
-    - { src: 'mongodb.service.j2', dest: '/etc/systemd/system/mongodb.service' }
+    - { src: 'mongod.conf.j2', dest: "{{ mongodb_conf }}", mode: '0644' }
+    - { src: 'mongodb.service.j2', dest: '/etc/systemd/system/mongodb.service', mode: '0644' }
+    - { src: 'iiab-mongodb-repair-if-no-lock.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-mongodb-repair-if-no-lock', mode: '0755' }
 
 - name: Enable+restart systemd service if mongodb_enabled, with "systemctl daemon-reload" (in case mongodb.service changed?)
   systemd:
diff --git a/roles/mongodb/templates/iiab-mongodb-repair-if-no-lock.j2 b/roles/mongodb/templates/iiab-mongodb-repair-if-no-lock.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..790748103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mongodb/templates/iiab-mongodb-repair-if-no-lock.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -f {{ mongodb_db_lock_file }} ]; then
+    echo '"mongod --repair" cannot run when {{ mongodb_db_lock_file }} present.' >&2    # Output to STDERR but keep going, so /etc/systems/system/mongodb.service continues
+else
+    /usr/bin/mongod --repair --dbpath {{ mongodb_db_path }}
+fi
diff --git a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2 b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2
index 4407efddc..1ae050ae8 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2
+++ b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.service.j2
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database
 After=syslog.target network.target
- 
+
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 User=mongodb
 Group=mongodb
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mongod --repair --dbpath {{ mongodb_db_path }}
+# FAILS (after power failures, etc) as --repair cannot run when lock file exists: (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/942)
+#ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mongod --repair --dbpath /library/dbdata/mongodb
+# FAILS as systemd cannot run bash here:
+#ExecStartPre=if [ ! -f /library/dbdata/mongodb/mongod.lock ]; then /usr/bin/mongod --repair --dbpath {{ mongodb_db_path }}; fi
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/iiab-mongodb-repair-if-no-lock
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod -f {{ mongodb_conf }}
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/killall mongod
- 
+# killall's SIGTERM (15) seems fine, to induce a graceful stop.  This would work too:
+#ExecStop=mongod --dbpath {{ mongodb_db_path }} --shutdown
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
index 136bfea1a..05ebee138 100644
--- a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     url: "{{ nextcloud_dl_url }}/{{ nextcloud_orig_src_file }}"
     dest: "{{ downloads_dir }}/{{ nextcloud_src_file }}"
     force: yes
-    validate_certs: False    # TEMPORARY ON/AFTER 2018-07-22 AS download.nextcloud.com CERT EXPIRED: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/954
+    #validate_certs: False    # TEMPORARY ON/AFTER 2018-07-22 AS download.nextcloud.com CERT EXPIRED: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/954
     timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
   when: internet_available and nextcloud_force_install
   async: 900
diff --git a/vars/default_vars.yml b/vars/default_vars.yml
index 015e9ce46..8f097e95a 100644
--- a/vars/default_vars.yml
+++ b/vars/default_vars.yml
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ pathagar_install: False
 pathagar_enabled: False
 
 # Sugarizer
+# Might stall MongoDB on Power Failure: github.com/xsce/xsce/issues/879
+# Sugarizer 1.0.1+ strategies to solve? github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/957
 sugarizer_install: True
 sugarizer_enabled: False
 sugarizer_port: 8089
diff --git a/vars/local_vars_big.yml b/vars/local_vars_big.yml
index 56a81d9e8..7e693f6c3 100644
--- a/vars/local_vars_big.yml
+++ b/vars/local_vars_big.yml
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ pathagar_install: False
 pathagar_enabled: False
 
 # Might stall MongoDB on Power Failure: github.com/xsce/xsce/issues/879
+# Sugarizer 1.0.1+ strategies to solve? github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/957
 sugarizer_install: True
 sugarizer_enabled: True
-# sugarizer_enabled is currently IGNORED as basic Sugarizer works w/o Journal!
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/193 Subsequent "./runrole sugarizer" fail
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/240 Sugarizer 0.8 to 0.9 ongoing issues
 
 # 8-MGMT-TOOLS
 
diff --git a/vars/local_vars_big_vpn.yml b/vars/local_vars_big_vpn.yml
index 6911b7c38..33e5aa6e8 100644
--- a/vars/local_vars_big_vpn.yml
+++ b/vars/local_vars_big_vpn.yml
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ pathagar_install: False
 pathagar_enabled: False
 
 # Might stall MongoDB on Power Failure: github.com/xsce/xsce/issues/879
+# Sugarizer 1.0.1+ strategies to solve? github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/957
 sugarizer_install: True
 sugarizer_enabled: True
-# sugarizer_enabled is currently IGNORED as basic Sugarizer works w/o Journal!
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/193 Subsequent "./runrole sugarizer" fail
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/240 Sugarizer 0.8 to 0.9 ongoing issues
 
 # 8-MGMT-TOOLS
 
diff --git a/vars/local_vars_medium.yml b/vars/local_vars_medium.yml
index b6be18fed..fd109e255 100644
--- a/vars/local_vars_medium.yml
+++ b/vars/local_vars_medium.yml
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ pathagar_install: False
 pathagar_enabled: False
 
 # Might stall MongoDB on Power Failure: github.com/xsce/xsce/issues/879
+# Sugarizer 1.0.1+ strategies to solve? github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/957
 sugarizer_install: True
 sugarizer_enabled: True
-# sugarizer_enabled is currently IGNORED as basic Sugarizer works w/o Journal!
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/193 Subsequent "./runrole sugarizer" fail
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/240 Sugarizer 0.8 to 0.9 ongoing issues
 
 # 8-MGMT-TOOLS
 
diff --git a/vars/local_vars_medium_vpn.yml b/vars/local_vars_medium_vpn.yml
index 11d2af017..b82c44260 100644
--- a/vars/local_vars_medium_vpn.yml
+++ b/vars/local_vars_medium_vpn.yml
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ pathagar_install: False
 pathagar_enabled: False
 
 # Might stall MongoDB on Power Failure: github.com/xsce/xsce/issues/879
+# Sugarizer 1.0.1+ strategies to solve? github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/957
 sugarizer_install: True
 sugarizer_enabled: True
-# sugarizer_enabled is currently IGNORED as basic Sugarizer works w/o Journal!
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/193 Subsequent "./runrole sugarizer" fail
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/240 Sugarizer 0.8 to 0.9 ongoing issues
 
 # 8-MGMT-TOOLS
 
diff --git a/vars/local_vars_min.yml b/vars/local_vars_min.yml
index c8ce902db..8f5ee2ba1 100644
--- a/vars/local_vars_min.yml
+++ b/vars/local_vars_min.yml
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ pathagar_install: False
 pathagar_enabled: False
 
 # Might stall MongoDB on Power Failure: github.com/xsce/xsce/issues/879
+# Sugarizer 1.0.1+ strategies to solve? github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/957
 sugarizer_install: False
 sugarizer_enabled: False
-# sugarizer_enabled is currently IGNORED as basic Sugarizer works w/o Journal!
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/193 Subsequent "./runrole sugarizer" fail
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/240 Sugarizer 0.8 to 0.9 ongoing issues
 
 # 8-MGMT-TOOLS
 
diff --git a/vars/local_vars_min_vpn.yml b/vars/local_vars_min_vpn.yml
index 31725c58f..015bc0ee0 100644
--- a/vars/local_vars_min_vpn.yml
+++ b/vars/local_vars_min_vpn.yml
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ pathagar_install: False
 pathagar_enabled: False
 
 # Might stall MongoDB on Power Failure: github.com/xsce/xsce/issues/879
+# Sugarizer 1.0.1+ strategies to solve? github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/957
 sugarizer_install: False
 sugarizer_enabled: False
-# sugarizer_enabled is currently IGNORED as basic Sugarizer works w/o Journal!
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/193 Subsequent "./runrole sugarizer" fail
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/240 Sugarizer 0.8 to 0.9 ongoing issues
 
 # 8-MGMT-TOOLS