diff --git a/files/copr/fe/README b/files/copr/fe/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c59148083e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/copr/fe/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+in this dir is where we put all the configs for the copr frontend
diff --git a/files/copr/fe/httpd/coprs.conf b/files/copr/fe/httpd/coprs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..712dcc2079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/copr/fe/httpd/coprs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+NameVirtualHost *:80
+LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so
+WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
+
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+    ServerName copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+
+    WSGIPassAuthorization On
+    WSGIDaemonProcess 127.0.0.1 user=copr-fe group=copr-fe threads=5
+    WSGIScriptAlias / /srv/copr-fe/copr/coprs_frontend/application
+    WSGIProcessGroup 127.0.0.1
+
+    ErrorLog logs/error_coprs
+    CustomLog logs/access_coprs common
+
+    <Directory /srv/copr-fe/copr>
+        WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
+        Order deny,allow
+        Allow from all
+    </Directory>
+</VirtualHost>
diff --git a/files/copr/fe/httpd/welcome.conf b/files/copr/fe/httpd/welcome.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b15c42b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/copr/fe/httpd/welcome.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#commented out so it doesn't do that stupid index page
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index 521909fc56..7845a5aef6 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,33 @@
   - name: mount up disk of copr fe
     action: mount name=/srv/copr-fe src='LABEL=copr-fe' fstype=ext4 state=mounted
 
+  - name: mount up bind mount for postgres
+    action: mount src=/srv/copr-fe/pgsqldb name=/var/lib/pgsql fstype=auto opts=bind
+
+  - name: install copr-fe pkgs
+    action: yum state=installed name=$item
+    with_items:
+    - httpd
+    - mod_wsgi
+    - postgresql
+    - bash-completion
+    - postgresql-server
+    - git
+
+  - name: copy apache files to conf.d
+    action: copy src=$files/copr/fe/httpd/$item dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/$item
+    with_items:
+    - coprs.conf
+    - welcome.conf
+
+   
+  - name: start services
+    action: service state=running enabled=yes name=$item
+    with_items:
+    - httpd
+    - postgresql
+
+
   # open up ports (22, 80, 443)
   - name: poke holes in the firewall
     action: command lokkit $item