diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9488ae2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+instance_type: m1.large
+image: $el6_qcow_id
+keypair: fedora-admin
+security_group: webserver
+zone: nova
+hostbase: rdo-
+public_ip: 209.132.184.179
+root_auth_users: apevec pmyers
+description: rdo - red hat distro openstack temp-ish server
+volumes: ['-d /dev/vdb vol-00000012']
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index f27285b91f..31fa15c0a5 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ virthost-comm01.qa.fedoraproject.org
 gitlab-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 #elections-dev
 209.132.184.162
+# rdo == red hat distro openstack? something like that
+rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+
 
 [jenkins-slaves]
 209.132.184.165
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdb787b30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+- name: check/create instance
+  hosts: rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - ${private}/vars.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: $tasks/persistent_cloud.yml
+  - include: $tasks/growroot_cloud.yml
+
+- name: provision instance
+  hosts: rdo.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - ${private}/vars.yml
+   - ${vars}/${ansible_distribution}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: $tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+  - include: $tasks/postfix_basic.yml
+
+  - name: mount up disk of persistent storage
+    action: mount name=/srv/persist src='LABEL=rdo' fstype=ext4 state=mounted
+
+  # open up ports (22, 80, 443)
+  - name: poke holes in the firewall
+    action: command lokkit $item
+    with_items:
+    - --service=ssh
+    - --service=https
+    - --service=http
+
+  # packages needed
+  - name: add packages
+    action: yum state=present name=$item
+    with_items:
+    - rsync
+    - openssh-clients
+    - httpd
+    - httpd-tools
+    - cronie-noanacron
+
+  # packages needed to be gone
+  - name: erase packages
+    action: yum state=absent name=$item
+    with_items:
+    - cronie-anacron
+
+  - name: startup apache
+    action: service name=httpd state=started
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: $handlers/restart_services.yml