diff --git a/bin/deploy/inventory.ini b/bin/deploy/inventory.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f4432766f940464559ab0ae1568347cd3f9968dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/deploy/inventory.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[web]
+debian@hickory.sfconservancy.org ansible_connection=ssh