diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/files/ssh_config b/ansible/roles/common/files/ssh_config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..990a43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/files/ssh_config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Host *
+   StrictHostKeyChecking no
+   UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
diff --git a/config/onlab_develop_pod.yml b/config/onlab_develop_pod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e12b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/onlab_develop_pod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Deployment configuration for a phyical hardware POD
+---
+seedServer:
+  ip: '10.90.0.2'
+  # User name and password used by Ansible to connect to the host for remote
+  # provisioning
+  user: 'admin'
+  password: 'onos_test'
+  # Network address information for the head node:
+  #
+  # fabric_ip     - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connected to the leaf - spine fabric
+  #
+  # management_ip - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connecting the head node to the POD internal
+  #                 management network. The head node will deliver DHCP addresses to
+  #                 the other compute nodes over this interface
+  #
+  # external_ip   - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connecting the head node (and the POD) to the
+  #                 Internet. All traffic in the POD to external hosts will be
+  #                 NAT-ed through this interface
+  fabric_ip: '10.6.1.1/24'
+  management_ip: '10.6.0.1/24'
+  external_ip: '47.135.132.21/24'
+  management_iface: 'em2'
+  external_iface: 'em1'
+  skipTags:
+    - 'switch_support'
+    - 'interface_config'
+otherNodes:
+  # Experimental
+  #
+  # Specifies the subnet and address range that will be used to allocate IP addresses
+  # to the compute nodes as they are deployed into the POD.
+  fabric:
+    network: 10.6.1.1/24
+    range_low: 10.6.1.2
+    range_high: 10.6.1.253
diff --git a/utils/enable-remote-docker-registry b/utils/enable-remote-docker-registry
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3bcddf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/enable-remote-docker-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PROG=$(basename $0)
+
+HELP=$(echo "$*" | grep "\-h" | wc -w)
+
+if [ $HELP -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "usage: $PROG <remote-registry>..."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+OUT=$(tempfile)
+head -1 /etc/default/docker >> $OUT
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  echo "DOCKER_OPTS=\"\$DOCKER_OPTS --insecure-registry $1\"" >> $OUT
+  shift
+done
+
+sudo cp $OUT /etc/default/docker
+rm $OUT
+
+sudo service docker restart