diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/pdc-devnode b/inventory/host_vars/pdc-devnode
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dad6efdcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/pdc-devnode
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+# This is just a transient cloud node.
+ansible_ssh_host: 209.132.184.110
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 9634d16d2d..e20e8c3eaa 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -824,6 +824,9 @@ fed-cloud13.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 fed-cloud14.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 fed-cloud15.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 
+[pdc]
+pdc-devnode
+
 [persistent-cloud]
 #shogun-ca.cloud.fedoraproject.org (oldcloud)
 209.132.184.157
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/pdc-devnode.yml b/playbooks/hosts/pdc-devnode.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d5d9f4b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/pdc-devnode.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- name: Install and configure pdc from copr
+  hosts: pdc-devnode
+  gather_facts: True
+
+  vars_files:
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  roles:
+  - base
+  - pdc
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
diff --git a/roles/pdc/files/xchu-pdc-epel-7.repo b/roles/pdc/files/xchu-pdc-epel-7.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7959034fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pdc/files/xchu-pdc-epel-7.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[xchu-pdc]
+name=Copr repo for pdc owned by xchu
+baseurl=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/xchu/pdc/epel-7-$basearch/
+skip_if_unavailable=True
+gpgcheck=1
+gpgkey=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/xchu/pdc/pubkey.gpg
+enabled=1
diff --git a/roles/pdc/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pdc/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef8488359a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pdc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+- name: setup the PDC copr repo
+  copy: >
+    src="xchu-pdc-epel-7.repo"
+    dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/xchu-pdc-epel-7.repo"
+    owner=root
+    group=root
+    mode=0644
+  tags:
+  - pdc
+
+- name: install needed packages
+  yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present
+  with_items:
+  - pdc-server
+  tags:
+  - pdc