diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index 3abfe47991..71adf3005a 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@
   - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=novncproxy_host  value={{ controller_hostname }}
   - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=ssl_only value=False
   - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=scheduler_default_filters value=RetryFilter,AvailabilityZoneFilter,RamFilter,ComputeFilter,ComputeCapabilitiesFilter,ImagePropertiesFilter,CoreFilter,DiskFilter
+  - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=default_floating_pool value=external
 
   - ini_file: dest=/etc/glance/glance-api.conf section=keystone_authtoken option=auth_uri value=https://{{ controller_hostname }}:5000
   - ini_file: dest=/etc/glance/glance-api.conf section=keystone_authtoken option=auth_protocol value=https