diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
index a9fee97a67..0c42c75f79 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -3,3 +3,24 @@ freezes: false
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-main
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/qavirt-sudoers"
 
+nrpe_procs_warn: 1400
+nrpe_procs_crit: 1600
+br0_ip: 10.5.124.151
+gw: 10.5.124.254
+
+# openQA tap worker hosts (like this one) do stuff with ifcfg that base
+# doesn't understand. terrible, terrible stuff. seriously - it doesn't
+# handle the openvswitch config well. so let's tell it to just configure
+# the actual connected interface (which on this system is eth0) for us
+# and leave everything else alone.
+ansible_ifcfg_whitelist: ['br0']
+
+# this is a powerful machine, can handle more openQA workers
+openqa_workers: 10
+# firewall ports for server->worker websockets connections
+# this port is 'QEMUPORT plus 1'
+# QEMUPORT is:
+# $ENV{QEMUPORT} = ($options{instance}) * 10 + 20002;
+# so for worker 1 it's 20012, for worker 2 it's 20022, etc etc
+tcp_ports: ['20013', '20023', '20033', '20043', '20053', '20063', '20073', '20083', '20093', '20103']
+