diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/arm-packager b/inventory/group_vars/arm-packager
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18c1b95427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/arm-packager
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fas_client_groups: packager
+freezes: false
+sudoers: $private/files/sudo/arm-packager
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/beaker b/inventory/group_vars/beaker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28ea1c0842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/beaker
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+# common items for the releng-* boxes
+lvm_size: 50000
+mem_size: 4096
+num_cpus: 2
+# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
+# the host_vars/$hostname file
+
+tcp_ports: [ 80, 443 ]
+fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa
+nrpe_procs_warn: 250
+nrpe_procs_crit: 300
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b455fbf83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+nm: 255.255.255.0
+gw: 10.5.124.254
+dns: 10.5.126.21
+ks_url: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel-6
+ks_repo: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/RHEL6-x86_64/
+volgroup: /dev/Guests00
+eth0_ip: 10.5.124.228
+vmhost: virthost-comm01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+datacenter: phx2
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index eda4ef9b3e..3762e02470 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 [bkernel]
 [buildvmhost]
 
+[beaker]
+beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+
 [arm-packager]
 arm03-packager01.arm.fedoraproject.org
 arm03-packager02.arm.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/arm-packager.yml b/playbooks/groups/arm-packager.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efdc0faaf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/groups/arm-packager.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+- name: Setup arm-packager hosts
+  hosts: arm-packager
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+  tags:
+   - arm-packager
+
+  vars_files:
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - ${private}/vars.yml
+   - ${vars}/${ansible_distribution}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  # this is how you include other task lists
+  - include: $tasks/hosts.yml
+  - include: $tasks/yumrepos.yml
+  - include: $tasks/base.yml
+  - include: $tasks/fas_client.yml
+  - include: $tasks/2fa_client.yml
+  - include: $tasks/motd.yml
+  - include: $tasks/sudo.yml
+  - include: $tasks/rkhunter.yml
+  - include: $tasks/denyhosts.yml
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: $handlers/restart_services.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/beaker.yml b/playbooks/groups/beaker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddd2dd2155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/groups/beaker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# create a new beaker server
+# NOTE: make sure there is room/space for this server on the vmhost
+# NOTE: most of these vars come from group_vars/mirrorlist or from hostvars
+
+- name: make beaker server
+  hosts: beaker
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - ${private}/vars.yml
+   - ${vars}/${ansible_distribution}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: $tasks/virt_instance_create.yml
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: $handlers/restart_services.yml
+
+- name: make the box be real
+  hosts: beaker
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - ${private}/vars.yml
+   - ${vars}/${ansible_distribution}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+  # this is how you include other task lists
+  - include: $tasks/hosts.yml
+  - include: $tasks/yumrepos.yml
+  - include: $tasks/base.yml
+  - include: $tasks/fas_client.yml
+  - include: $tasks/2fa_client.yml
+  - include: $tasks/collectd/client.yml
+  - include: $tasks/motd.yml
+  - include: $tasks/sudo.yml
+  - include: $tasks/rkhunter.yml
+  - include: $tasks/denyhosts.yml
+  - include: $tasks/nagios_client.yml
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: $handlers/restart_services.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_halt_guests.yml b/playbooks/vhost_halt_guests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b00d2134de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_halt_guests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# requires --extra-vars="vhost=somevhost fqdn"
+
+#General overview:
+# talk to the vhost
+# get back list of instances
+# add each of their hostnames to an addhoc group
+# halt each of them in a second play
+# wait for them to die
+# third play, reboot the vhost
+#     wait for vhost to come back
+
+# TO BE DONE - should be fixable w/ansible 0.9
+# wait for all of the instances to return(?)
+# compare the first list to the second for state info
+# how to do this:
+# capture output of action: virt command=info before halting guests
+# compare to same command after vhost comes back
+# ansible 0.9 should allow us to preserve content of two registered variables
+# across multiple plays
+
+
+- name: find instances
+  hosts: $vhost
+  user: root
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: get list of guests
+    action: virt command=list_vms
+    register: vmlist
+
+  - name: add them to myvms_new group
+    local_action: add_host hostname=$item groupname=myvms_new
+    with_items: ${vmlist.list_vms}
+
+
+- name: halt instances
+  hosts: myvms_new
+  user: root
+  serial: 1
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: tell nagios to shush
+    action: nagios action=silence host=${inventory_hostname_short}
+    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+
+  - name: echo-y
+    action: command /sbin/halt -p
+    ignore_errors: true
+    # if one of them is down we don't care
+
+  - name: wait for them to die
+    local_action: wait_for port=22 delay=30 timeout=300 state=stopped host=${inventory_hostname}