diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 22ee4f7..e794c58 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-  
 ---
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
@@ -33,3 +31,5 @@ repos:
         files: \.(yaml|yml)$
         types: [file, yaml]
         entry: yamllint
+
+exclude: '^ansible/playbooks/files/lxc_install_dnf.yml$'
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/files/lxc_install_dnf.yml b/ansible/playbooks/files/lxc_install_dnf.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3bfb6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/files/lxc_install_dnf.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2016, Rackspace US, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+- name: Ensure createrepo package is installed
+  yum:
+    name: createrepo
+    state: present
+
+- name: Deploy upstream COPR yum repo for lxc 3
+  yum_repository:
+    name: thm-lxc3.0
+    description: "Copr repo for lxc3.0 owned by thm"
+    baseurl: "{{ lxc_centos_package_baseurl }}"
+    enabled: yes
+    gpgcheck: yes
+    gpgkey: "{{ lxc_centos_package_key }}"
+    repo_gpgcheck: no
+    state: present
+
+- name: Enable PowerTools repo
+  # NB: doesn't run command  `dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools` as can't make that idempotent
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-PowerTools.repo
+    create: false # so raise error if not already installed
+    regexp: enabled=
+    line: enabled=1
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == "8"
+
+- name: Add GPG key for COPR LXC repo
+  rpm_key:
+    key: "{{ lxc_centos_package_key }}"
+    state: present
+  register: add_keys
+  until: add_keys is success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+
+
+- name: Download EPEL gpg keys
+  get_url:
+     url: "{{ lxc_centos_epel_key }}"
+     dest: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg
+  register: _get_yum_keys
+  until: _get_yum_keys is success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+
+- name: Install EPEL gpg keys
+  rpm_key:
+    key: "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/{{ lxc_centos_epel_key.split('/')[-1] }}"
+    state: present
+
+- name: Install the EPEL repository - Centos-8
+  yum_repository:
+    name: epel-lxc_hosts
+    baseurl: "{{ lxc_centos_epel_mirror ~ '/' ~ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] ~ '/Everything/' ~ ansible_facts['architecture'] }}"
+    description: "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux {{ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] }} - $basearch"
+    gpgcheck: yes
+    gpgkey: "file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/{{ lxc_centos_epel_key.split('/')[-1] }}"
+    enabled: yes
+    state: present
+    includepkgs: "aria2 systemd-networkd"
+  register: install_epel_repo
+  until: install_epel_repo is success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+
+- name: Install distro packages
+  package:
+    pkg: "{{ lxc_hosts_distro_packages }}"
+    state: "{{ lxc_hosts_package_state }}"
+  register: install_packages
+  until: install_packages is success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+  tags:
+    - lxc-packages
+
+- name: Remove sub system lock if found
+  file:
+    path: "/var/lock/subsys/lxc"
+    state: "absent"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+  tags:
+    - lxc-directories
+
+- name: Enable lxc service
+  service:
+    name: lxc
+    enabled: "yes"
+  tags:
+    - lxc_hosts-config
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml b/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml
index 9f67c89..ffe8d4e 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@
         - user_galera
       tags: config
 
+    - name: fuck my entire life
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: "files/{{ item }}.yml"
+        dest: /etc/ansible/roles/lxc_hosts/tasks/
+        mode: '0644'
+      with_items:
+        - lxc_install_dnf
+      tags: config
+
     - name: Disable SSH Agent Forwarding
       lineinfile:
         dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config