diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afa45a0fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+instance_type: m1.medium
+image: "{{ el6_qcow_id }}"
+keypair: fedora-admin-20130801
+security_group: webserver
+zone: nova
+hostbase: bodhi.dev
+public_ip: 209.132.184.215
+root_auth_users:  lmacken
+description: bodhi2 dev instance
+tcp_ports: ['22', '443']
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index f1cc1c8a3b..cc9a6a4c83 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ copr-fe-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 hrf.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 #shogun-ca.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 209.132.184.157
-
+# bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org
+bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org
 
 [cloud]
 jenkins-slaves
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b02c99956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+- name: check/create instance
+  hosts: bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/persistent_cloud.yml"
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/growroot_cloud.yml"
+
+- name: provision instance
+  hosts: bodhi.dev.fedoraproject.org
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+  vars:
+   - tcp_ports: [22, 443]
+   - udp_ports: []
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/cloud_setup_basic.yml"
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/postfix_basic.yml"
+
+  - name: mount up disk of fedocal persistent storage
+    action: mount name=/srv/persist src='LABEL=fedocal.dev' fstype=ext4 state=mounted
+
+  # open up tcp ports 
+  - name: poke holes in the firewall
+    action: command lokkit -p '{{ item }}:tcp'
+    with_items:
+     - "{{ tcp_ports }}"
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"