diff --git a/playbooks/manual/rebuild/files/hotspot.txt b/playbooks/manual/rebuild/files/hotspot.txt
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+OK
diff --git a/playbooks/manual/rebuild/hotspot.yml b/playbooks/manual/rebuild/hotspot.yml
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+- name: Put a hotspot.txt file in place.
+  hosts: proxies;proxies-stg
+  user: root
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  - file: dest=/srv/web/fedoraproject.org/static/ state=directory
+  - copy: src=hotspot.txt dest=/srv/web/fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt