diff --git a/tools/ansible/digitalocean.yml b/tools/ansible/digitalocean.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40448e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/digitalocean.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files:
+    - ./vars/digitalocean_vault.yml
+    - ./vars/digitalocean_vars.yml
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create a Droplet
+      digital_ocean_droplet:
+        state: present
+        name: oliverdavies-uk
+        oauth_token: '{{ digitalocean_api_key }}'
+        size: 1gb
+        region: lon1
+        image: ubuntu-16-04-x64
+        wait_timeout: 500
+      register: droplet
+
+    - debug: var=droplet
diff --git a/tools/ansible/vars/digitalocean_vars.yml b/tools/ansible/vars/digitalocean_vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcbda9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/vars/digitalocean_vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+digitalocean_api_key: '{{ vault_digitalocean_api_key }}'
diff --git a/tools/ansible/vars/digitalocean_vault.yml b/tools/ansible/vars/digitalocean_vault.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..368b1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/vars/digitalocean_vault.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
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