diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mdapi-stg b/inventory/group_vars/mdapi-stg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..832e34464e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mdapi-stg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+lvm_size: 20000
+mem_size: 2048
+num_cpus: 4
+freezes: false
+
+tcp_ports: [ 80 ]
+
+# Neeed for rsync from log01 for logs.
+custom_rules: [ '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 10.5.126.13 --dport 873 -j ACCEPT', '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 192.168.1.59 --dport 873 -j ACCEPT' ]
+
+fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-web
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: mdapi
+  owner: root
+  group: mdapi
+  can_send:
+  - mdapi.repo.update
+
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/mdapi01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/mdapi01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3da06eb999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/mdapi01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+nm: 255.255.255.0
+gw: 10.5.126.254
+dns: 10.5.126.21
+
+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: 10.5.126.206
+vmhost: virthost11.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+datacenter: phx2
+
+virt_install_command: virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
+                 --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
+                 --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
+                 'ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
+                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }}
+                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none'
+                 --network bridge=br0,model=virtio
+                 --autostart --noautoconsole --watchdog default 
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 8a119f59d1..bcbbb12fb3 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ mailman02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 [mailman-stg]
 mailman01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
+[mdapi-stg]
+mdapi01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+
 [collab]
 collab03.fedoraproject.org
 
@@ -595,6 +598,7 @@ kerneltest01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 koji01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 koschei01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 mailman01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+mdapi01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 ipsilon01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 memcached01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 notifs-backend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org