diff --git a/deploy/install.yml b/deploy/install.yml
index 9b2837bb6407b6e4023ef6342dcd1bba0f3703e5..bf88ad4ee768709cfb512d78e893a727df52168c 100644
--- a/deploy/install.yml
+++ b/deploy/install.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
            HISTFILESIZE=1000000
          insertafter: EOF
 
+     - name: Mount the media volume
+       # OSUOSL VMs come with fixed storage that's tied to the cores and RAM
+       # selection. Easier to put this data on an external volume.
+       ansible.posix.mount:
+         src: /dev/sdb1
+         path: /var/www/media
+         fstype: ext4
+         state: mounted
+         boot: false
+
      - name: Install Apache
        apt:
          name: apache2,libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3