diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index a042282..7f0dc26 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ foremanAlma ansible_user=ansible
 [windows]
 bane ansible_user=ansible ansible_connection=winrm ansible_winrm_transport=basic ansible_port=5985 ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore
 
+baxter
+
 [servers:children]
 doc
 aws
diff --git a/playbooks/common/nfs.yml b/playbooks/common/nfs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adff803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/common/nfs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+- name: installs nfs and makes common folders available to the network
+  hosts: baxter
+  become: true
+  vars_files:
+    - ../../vars/secrets.yml
+  tasks:
+  - name: install nfs core packages
+    ansible.builtin.apt:
+      name: nfs-kernel-server
+      state: present 
+
+  - name: write config to /etc/exports
+    ansible.builtin.template:
+      src: ../../templates/exports.conf.j2
+      dest: /etc/exports
+      mode: '0644'
+
+  - name: export the configuration(being safe)
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      exportfs -ra
+
+  - name: start the nfs service 
+    ansible.builtin.service:
+      name: nfs-kernel-server
+      state: started
+      enabled: true
diff --git a/templates/exports.conf.j2 b/templates/exports.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bec685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/exports.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{nfs_dir}}  {{nfs_server_ip}}(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)