diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ad85c70cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+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: 10.5.126.112
+vmhost: virthost02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+datacenter: phx2
+
+# This is a generic list, monitored by collectd
+databases:
+- postgres
+
+# This is a more strict list, to be made publicly available
+#dbs_to_backup:
+
+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-db,sysadmin-noc
+
+# kernel SHMMAX value
+kernel_shmmax: 68719476736
+
+host_backup_targets: ['/backups']
+shared_buffers: "4GB"
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6190a5a279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+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: 10.5.126.113
+vmhost: virthost11.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+datacenter: phx2
+
+# This is a generic list, monitored by collectd
+databases:
+- postgres
+
+# This is a more strict list, to be made publicly available
+#dbs_to_backup:
+
+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-db,sysadmin-noc
+
+# kernel SHMMAX value
+kernel_shmmax: 68719476736
+
+host_backup_targets: ['/backups']
+shared_buffers: "4GB"
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index f0353660b0..c8590e2893 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ darkserver01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [dbserver]
 db01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db05.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db-fas01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db-datanommer02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
 db-fas01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db02.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [download-phx2]
 download01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -508,6 +510,7 @@ composer.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 datagrepper01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db02.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 db-fas01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 elections01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 fas01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml b/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml
index d789df0724..9943e66e51 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/mariadb-server.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # NOTE: most of these vars_path come from group_vars/backup_server or from hostvars
 
 - name: make mariadb-server instance
-  hosts: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+  hosts: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org:db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # Once the instance exists, configure it. 
 
 - name: configure mariadb server system
-  hosts: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+  hosts: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org:db03.phx2.fedoraproject.org:db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
   user: root
   gather_facts: True