diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db03.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a696bbcca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+nm: 255.255.255.0
+gw: 10.3.163.254
+dns: 10.3.163.33
+ks_url: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel-7
+ks_repo: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/RHEL7-x86_64/
+volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
+eth0_ip: 10.3.163.44
+vmhost: vmhost-x86-07.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+datacenter: iad2
+
+# This is a generic list, monitored by collectd
+databases:
+- mysql
+- fpo-mediawiki
+
+# This is a more strict list of db to backup to /backups
+dbs_to_backup:
+- fpo-mediawiki
+
+mariadb_root_password: "{{ db03_mysql_root_password }}"
+
+# These are normally group variables, but in this case db servers are often different
+lvm_size: 300000
+mem_size: 8192
+num_cpus: 2
+tcp_ports: [ 5432, 443, 3306 ]
+fas_client_groups: sysadmin-dba,sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-veteran
+
+# kernel SHMMAX value
+kernel_shmmax: 68719476736
+
+db_backup_dir: ['/backups']
+shared_buffers: "4GB"
+extra_enablerepos: ''
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 7e3b9eb4d1..2cd1c4056a 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ autosign01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+db03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 db-fas01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db-fas01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 db-datanommer02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -1280,6 +1281,7 @@ bvmhost-x86-05.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 bvmhost-x86-06.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 certgetter01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 db01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+db03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 dl01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 dl02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 dl03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml b/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml
index 07b87675ac..d2087d3adc 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # NOTE: should be used with --limit most of the time
 # NOTE: most of these vars_path come from group_vars/backup_server or from hostvars
 
-- import_playbook: "/srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/include/virt-create.yml myhosts=db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org"
+- import_playbook: "/srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/include/virt-create.yml myhosts=db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.iad2.fedoraproject.org"
 
 # Once the instance exists, configure it.
 
 - name: configure mariadb server system
-  hosts: db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+  hosts: db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.iad2.fedoraproject.org
   user: root
   gather_facts: True