diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/hubs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/hubs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
index ab46342d19..59a94a9342 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/hubs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/hubs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
 
   - role: hubs
     main_user: fedora
-    hubs_url_hostname: hubs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
+    hubs_url_hostname: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
     hubs_secret_key: demotestinghubsmachine
     hubs_db_type: sqlite
     hubs_dev_mode: false
-    hubs_ssl_cert: /etc/letsencrypt/live/hubs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org/cert.pem
-    hubs_ssl_key: /etc/letsencrypt/live/hubs-dev.fedorainfracloud.org/privkey.pem
+    hubs_ssl_cert: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ ansible_fqdn }}/cert.pem
+    hubs_ssl_key: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ ansible_fqdn }}/privkey.pem
 
 
   tasks:
@@ -76,3 +76,11 @@
     - hubs-triage@4
     - hubs-worker@3
     - hubs-worker@4
+
+  - name: install python2-certbot-nginx
+    dnf: name=python2-certbot-nginx state=present
+
+  - name: get the letencrypt cert
+    command: certbot certonly -n --nginx -d {{ ansible_fqdn }}
+    args:
+      creates: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ ansible_fqdn }}/privkey.pem