diff --git a/playbooks/el6-temp-instance.yml b/playbooks/el6-temp-instance.yml
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+- name: check/create instance
+  hosts: lockbox01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - ${private}/vars.yml
+  vars:
+  - keypair: admin
+  - image: emi-B8793915
+  - instance_type: m1.large
+  - security_group: default
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: $tasks/transient_cloud.yml
+
+- name: provision instance
+  hosts: tmp_just_created
+  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
+
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: $handlers/restart_services.yml
diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
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+---
+- name: spin it up
+  local_action: ec2_create keypair=${keypair} image=${image} type=${instance_type} wait=true group=${security_group}
+  register: inst_res
+
+- name: add it to the special group
+  local_action: add_host hostname=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} groupname=tmp_just_created
+
+- name: mail off about where it is
+  local_action: mail to=sysadmin-main-members@fedoraproject.org from=ansible-create@fedoraproject.org subject=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} msg="cloud instance created on ${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} instance id: ${instance_res.instances[0].id} "
+
+- name: wait for the host to be hot
+  local_action: wait_for host=${inst_res.instances[0].public_ip} port=22 delay=20 timeout=300
+
+