diff --git a/files/openshift/jenkins.repo b/files/openshift/jenkins.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ab0572477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/openshift/jenkins.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[jenkins]
+name=Jenkins
+baseurl=http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat
+gpgcheck=1
+gpgkey=http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key 
diff --git a/files/openshift/openshift-el6.repo b/files/openshift/openshift-el6.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87e34a7074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/openshift/openshift-el6.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[openshift]
+name=OpenShift
+baseurl=http://mirror.openshift.com/pub/crankcase/rhel-6/x86_64/ 
+enabled=1
+gpgcheck=0
diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-el6.yml b/playbooks/openshift-el6.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eec72aeb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-el6.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# restricted to run on cloud instances only
+- hosts: 209.132.184.*
+  user: root
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - $vars/${ansible_distribution}.yml
+   - $private/vars.yml
+
+  
+  tasks:
+  - include: $tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+  - include: $tasks/openshift-el6.yml
+
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: $handlers/restart_services.yml
diff --git a/tasks/openshift-el6.yml b/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bad361f1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/openshift-el6.yml
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+# setup openshift broker on el6
+---
+- name: set the hostname to openshift-
+  action: command hostname openshift-${dist_tag}
+  tags:
+  - config
+
+- name: setup openshift and jenkins repos
+  action: copy src=$files/openshift/$item dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/$item
+  with_items:
+  - openshift-el6.repo
+  - jenkins.repo
+
+- name: install openshift pkg core
+  action: yum state=installed name=$item
+  with_items:
+  - mcollective 
+  - mcollective-qpid-plugin 
+  - mongodb 
+  - qpid-cpp-server 
+  - rubygem-gearchanger-mcollective-plugin 
+  - rubygem-swingshift-mongo-plugin 
+  - rubygem-uplift-bind-plugin 
+  - rhc 
+  - stickshift-broker
+
+- name: set selinux bools appropriately
+  action: seboolean state=true persistent=yes name=$item
+  with_items:
+  - httpd_unified
+  - httpd_can_network_connect
+  - httpd_can_network_relay
+  - named_write_master_zones
+  - allow_ypbind
+
+- name: selinux module install: stickshift
+  action: command semodule -i /usr/share/selinux/packages/rubygem-stickshift-common/stickshift.pp
+
+- name: selinux module disable: passenger
+  action: comand semodule -d passenger
+
+- name: selinux module install: other passenger
+  action: command semodule -i /usr/share/selinux/packages/rubygem-passenger/rubygem-passenger.pp
+
+- name: fix up files for selinux
+  action: command '$item'
+  with_items:
+  - "fixfiles -R rubygem-passenger restore"
+  - "fixfiles -R mod_passenger restore"
+  - "restorecon -rv /var/run"
+  - "restorecon -rv /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-*"
+  - "restorecon -rv /usr/sbin/mcollectived /var/log/mcollective.log /run/mcollective.pid"
+
+