diff --git a/inv.yml b/inv.yml
index b2dee1f..a1cc558 100644
--- a/inv.yml
+++ b/inv.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ all:
     slurm:
       hosts:
         ed-c7-1:
+    cobald:
+      hosts:
+        ed-c7-1:
diff --git a/play.yml b/play.yml
index 386b1f1..651c1a2 100644
--- a/play.yml
+++ b/play.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,9 @@
     vars:
       slurm_user: slurm # or root
     tags: slurm
+
+- hosts: cobald
+  roles:
+  - name: "install cobald"
+    role: cobald
+    tags: cobald
diff --git a/roles/cobald/files/cobald.Dockerfile b/roles/cobald/files/cobald.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc3b406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/cobald/files/cobald.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+FROM docker.io/library/centos:7
+
+RUN yum update -y && \
+	yum install -y python3 git && pip3 install --upgrade pip && \
+    yum clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
+
+ARG REPOCOBALD=https://github.com/MatterMiners/cobald
+ARG REPOTARDIS=https://github.com/MatterMiners/tardis
+
+RUN git clone $REPOCOBALD /usr/local/src/cobald && \
+	git clone $REPOTARDIS /usr/local/src/tardis
+
+#RUN mkdir /cobald && python3 -m venv /cobald && source /cobald/bin/activate &&\
+#	pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install cobald
+
+# FIXME: run this as user!
+
+RUN pip3 install --editable /usr/local/src/cobald  && \
+	pip3 install --editable /usr/local/src/cobald[contrib]
+
+RUN pip3 install --editable /tardis&& \
+	pip3 install --editable /tardis[contrib]
+
+RUN mkdir /etc/cobald /var/log/cobald && \
+	useradd -m -d /var/lib/cobald --no-log-init --system cobald
+
+VOLUME /etc/cobald
+
+USER cobald
+
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/etc/cobald/modules
+
+# pip3 install --editable .
+# pip3 install --editable .[contrib]
+# pip3 install --upgrade --editable /etc/cobald/modules/
+# su cobald -c "python3 -m cobald.daemon /etc/cobald/config.yaml"
+CMD python3 -m cobald.daemon /etc/cobald/config.yaml
diff --git a/roles/cobald/tasks/dev.yml b/roles/cobald/tasks/dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b174a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/cobald/tasks/dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+- yum:
+    name: git
+    state: present
+
+- git:
+    repo: https://github.com/thoto/cobald
+    dest: "~{{unpriv_user}}/cobald-src"
+    version: bugfix/mixed_construction_methods
+
+- git:
+    repo: https://github.com/MatterMiners/tardis
+    dest: "~{{unpriv_user}}/tardis-src"
+    version: master
+
+- docker_container:
+    name: cobald-dev
+    image: cobald
+    volumes:
+    - "~{{unpriv_user}}/cobald:/etc/cobald" 
+    - "~{{unpriv_user}}/cobald-src:/cobald:ro"
+    - "~{{unpriv_user}}/tardis-src:/tardis:ro"
+    state: started
+    detach: True
+    cleanup: True
+    interactive: True
+    command: /bin/bash
diff --git a/roles/cobald/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cobald/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfff52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/cobald/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+- file:
+    path: "/container/{{item}}/cobald/"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{unpriv_user}}"
+    group: docker
+  loop:
+  - docker-images
+  - volumes
+
+- copy:
+    src: cobald.Dockerfile
+    dest: /container/docker-images/cobald/Dockerfile
+    owner: "{{unpriv_user}}"
+    group: docker
+  register: cobald_cp_dockerfile
+
+- docker_image:
+    name: "cobald"
+#    pull: False
+    build:
+      pull: False
+      path: "/container/docker-images/cobald/"
+    source: build
+    force_source: "{{cobald_cp_dockerfile.changed }}"
+
+- copy:
+    src: cobald-config/
+    dest: /container/volumes/cobald
+    owner: "{{unpriv_user}}"
+    group: docker
+  when: False
+
+# docker run -v $(pwd)/cobald-config-host:/etc/cobald -v $(pwd)/cobald:/cobald --rm -it cobald  bash
+
+- docker_container:
+    name: cobald
+    image: cobald
+    volumes:
+    - /container/volumes/cobald:/etc/cobald:ro
+    state: started
+    detach: True
+    cleanup: True
+  when: False
+
+- include_tasks: dev.yml