diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/209.132.184.148 b/inventory/host_vars/209.132.184.148
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..018ad24442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/209.132.184.148
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# 2cpus, 3GB of ram 20GB of ephemeral space
+instance_type: m1.large
+# image id
+image: ami-00000013
+keypair: fedora-admin
+# what security group to add the host to
+security_group: webserver
+zone: fedoracloud
+# instance id will be appended
+hostbase: darkserver-dev-
+# ip should be in the 209.132.184.XXX range
+public_ip: 209.132.184.148
+# users/groups who should have root ssh access
+root_auth_users:  kushal @sysadmin-main
+description: darkserver dev server
+
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 78323e4bc0..d7a9e7d476 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org
 # Koschei instance - ticket 4449
 koschei.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 
+# darkserver-dev
+209.132.184.148
+
 [jenkins-slaves]
 # EL-6 builder
 209.132.184.165
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/209.132.184.148.yml b/playbooks/hosts/209.132.184.148.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0f8df3d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/209.132.184.148.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+- name: check/create instance
+  hosts: 209.132.184.148
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files:
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/persistent_cloud.yml"
+
+- name: provision instance
+  hosts: $YOUR_HOSTNAME/IP HERE
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+
+  vars_files:
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars//{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+  # fill in other actions/includes/etc here
+  #
+  #   handlers:
+  #     - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml