diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-client-hosts b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-client-hosts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdcfdf1dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-client-hosts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+nrpe_procs_warn: 900
+nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
+
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index bcbbb12fb3..8f00f9490b 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ taskotron-client27.qa.fedoraproject.org
 taskotron-client28.qa.fedoraproject.org
 taskotron-client29.qa.fedoraproject.org
 
+[taskotron-dev-client-hosts]
+qa11.qa.fedoraproject.org
+
 [taskotron-stg]
 taskotron-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
 
@@ -759,7 +762,6 @@ qa03.qa.fedoraproject.org
 qa04.qa.fedoraproject.org
 qa09.qa.fedoraproject.org
 qa10.qa.fedoraproject.org
-qa11.qa.fedoraproject.org
 qa12.qa.fedoraproject.org
 qa13.qa.fedoraproject.org
 qa14.qa.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0501f38ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# create a new taskotron client host server system
+# NOTE: should be used with --limit most of the time
+# NOTE: most of these vars_path come from group_vars/backup_server or from hostvars
+# This has an extra role that configures the virthost to be used with beaker for
+# virtual machine clients
+
+- name: basic configuration
+  hosts: taskotron-dev-client-hosts:taskotron-stg-client-hosts:taskotron-prod-client-hosts
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  roles:
+  - base
+  - rkhunter
+  - { role: denyhosts, when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 7 }
+  - nagios_client
+  - hosts
+  - fas_client
+  - collectd/base
+  - { role: iscsi_client, when: datacenter == "phx2" }
+  - sudo
+  - { role: openvpn/client, when: datacenter != "phx2" }
+
+  tasks:
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/2fa_client.yml"
+  - include: "{{ tasks }}/motd.yml"
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
+
+#- name: configure taskotron client host
+#  hosts: taskotron-dev-client-hosts:taskotron-stg-client-hosts:taskotron-prod-client-hosts
+#  user: root
+#  gather_facts: True
+#
+#  vars_files:
+#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+#   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+#
+#  roles:
+#   - { role: taskotron/something, tags: ['something'] }
+#
+#  handlers:
+#   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"