diff --git a/examples/playbooks/gate/airship.yml b/examples/playbooks/gate/airship.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f377013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/playbooks/gate/airship.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- hosts: primary
+  tasks:
+    - name: deploy-gate
+      include_role:
+        name: airship-libvirt-gate
+      vars:
+        gate_flavor: small
+        gate_action: build-infra
diff --git a/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/defaults/main.yml b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e597dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+airship_gate_names:
+  provision_network: air_prov
+  provision_network_bridge: "prov_br"
+  nat_network: "air_nat"
+  nat_network_bridge: "nat_br"
+  ephemeral_vm: air-ephemeral
+  target_vm_prefix: "air-target"
+  target_separator: "-"
+  target_volume_prefix: "vol_target"
+  ephemeral_volume: "vol_ephemeral"
+  pool: airship
+
+airship_gate_ipam:
+  nat_network:
+    bridge_ip: "10.23.25.1"
+    dhcp_start: "10.23.25.100"
+    dhcp_end: "10.23.25.199"
+  provision_network:
+    bridge_ip: "10.23.24.1"
+
+airship_gate_redfish:
+  port: 8000
+  bind_address: "127.0.0.1"
+
+airship_gate_flavors:
+  small:
+    target_vm_memory_mb: 1024
+    target_vm_vcpus: 1
+    ephemeral_vm_memory_mb: 1024
+    ephemeral_vm_vcpus: 1
+    ephemeral_disk_size: 20G
+    target_disk_size: 10G
+    disk_format: qcow2
+    target_vms_count: 3
+
+airship_gate_libvirt_pools:
+  - path: /var/lib/libvirt/airship
+    name: "{{ airship_gate_names.pool }}"
+
+airship_gate_libvirt_domain:
+  state: running
+  name: 'vm1'
+  memory_mb: 2048
+  vcpus: 1
+  volumes:
+    - name: 'volume-1'
+      device: 'disk'
+      format: 'qcow2'
+      pool: 'airship'
+  interfaces:
+    - network: "{{ airship_gate_names.nat_network }}"
+    - network: "{{ airship_gate_names.provision_network }}"
+
+airship_gate_libvirt_networks:
+  - network_action: create
+    autostart: false
+    name: "{{ airship_gate_names.nat_network }}"
+    spec:
+      forward:
+        mode: nat
+        nat:
+          port:
+            - start: 1024
+              end: 65535
+      bridge:
+        name: "{{ airship_gate_names.nat_network_bridge }}"
+        stp: 'on'
+        delay: '0'
+      ip:
+        address: "{{ airship_gate_ipam.nat_network.bridge_ip }}"
+        netmask: "255.255.255.0"
+        dhcp:
+          - range:
+              start: "{{ airship_gate_ipam.nat_network.dhcp_start }}"
+              end: "{{ airship_gate_ipam.nat_network.dhcp_end }}"
+  - network_action: create
+    autostart: false
+    name: "{{ airship_gate_names.provision_network }}"
+    spec:
+      bridge:
+        name: "{{ airship_gate_names.provision_network_bridge }}"
+        stp: 'on'
+        delay: '0'
+      ip:
+        address: "{{ airship_gate_ipam.provision_network.bridge_ip }}"
+        netmask: "255.255.255.0"
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diff --git a/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tasks/build-infra.yml b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tasks/build-infra.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90a4392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tasks/build-infra.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+- name: verify that gate flavor is defined
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - gate_flavor is defined
+
+- name: set flavor variables.
+  set_fact:
+    chosen_flavor: "{{ airship_gate_flavors[gate_flavor] }}"
+
+- name: install libvirt
+  include_role:
+    name: libvirt-install
+
+- name: create pool
+  include_role:
+    name: libvirt-pool
+  vars:
+    libvirt_pool: "{{ item }}"
+    ansible_become: true
+  with_items: "{{ airship_gate_libvirt_pools }}"
+
+- name: create networks
+  include_role:
+    name: libvirt-network
+  with_items: "{{ airship_gate_libvirt_networks }}"
+  vars:
+    ansible_become: true
+    libvirt_network: "{{ item }}"
+    network_action: create
+
+- name: Create ephemeral volume
+  include_role:
+    name: libvirt-volume
+  vars:
+    libvirt_volume:
+      name: "{{ airship_gate_names.ephemeral_volume }}"
+      size: "{{ chosen_flavor.ephemeral_disk_size }}"
+      pool: "{{ airship_gate_names.pool }}"
+    volume_action: create
+    ansible_become: true
+- name: Create target volumes
+  include_role:
+    name: libvirt-volume
+  vars:
+    ansible_become: true
+    libvirt_volume:
+      name: "{{ airship_gate_names.target_volume_prefix }}-{{ vm_index }}"
+      size: "{{ chosen_flavor.target_disk_size }}"
+      pool: "{{ airship_gate_names.pool }}"
+      format: "{{ chosen_flavor.disk_format }}"
+    volume_action: create
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: vm_index
+  with_sequence: "start=1 end={{ chosen_flavor.target_vms_count }}"
+
+- name: Create target domains
+  include_role:
+    name: libvirt-domain
+  vars:
+    ansible_become: true
+    libvirt_domain:
+      state: shutdown
+      name: "{{ airship_gate_names.target_vm_prefix }}-{{ vm_index }}"
+      memory_mb: "{{ chosen_flavor.target_vm_memory_mb }}"
+      vcpus: "{{ chosen_flavor.target_vm_vcpus }}"
+      volumes:
+        - name: "{{ airship_gate_names.target_volume_prefix }}-{{ vm_index }}"
+          device: "disk"
+          format: "{{ chosen_flavor.disk_format }}"
+          pool: "{{ airship_gate_names.pool }}"
+      interfaces:
+        - network: "{{ airship_gate_names.nat_network }}"
+        - network: "{{ airship_gate_names.provision_network }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: vm_index
+  with_sequence: "start=1 end={{ chosen_flavor.target_vms_count }}"
+
+- name: Create ephemeral domain
+  include_role:
+    name: libvirt-domain
+  vars:
+    ansible_become: true
+    libvirt_domain:
+      state: shutdown
+      name: "{{ airship_gate_names.ephemeral_vm }}"
+      memory_mb: "{{ chosen_flavor.ephemeral_vm_memory_mb }}"
+      vcpus: "{{ chosen_flavor.ephemeral_vm_vcpus }}"
+      volumes:
+        - name: "{{ airship_gate_names.ephemeral_volume }}"
+          device: "disk"
+          format: "{{ chosen_flavor.disk_format }}"
+          pool: "{{ airship_gate_names.pool }}"
+      interfaces:
+        - network: "{{ airship_gate_names.nat_network }}"
+        - network: "{{ airship_gate_names.provision_network }}"
+
+- name: install and start redfish emulator
+  include_role:
+    name: redfish-emulator
+  vars:
+    redfish_action: "install"
+    redfish_emulator_bind_ip: "{{ airship_gate_redfish.bind_address }}"
+    redfish_emulator_bind_port: "{{ airship_gate_redfish.port }}"
diff --git a/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tasks/main.yml b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..700beeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- include_tasks: "{{ gate_action }}.yml"
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diff --git a/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tests/main.yml b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tests/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bcea38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tests/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+- name: Include test variables.
+  include_vars:
+    file: vars.yml
+
+- name: deploy-gate
+  include_role:
+    name: airship-libvirt-gate
+  vars:
+    gate_flavor: small
+    gate_action: build-infra
+
+- name: query redfish to make sure it has runnig domains
+  uri:
+    url: http://{{ airship_gate_redfish.bind_address }}:{{ airship_gate_redfish.port }}/redfish/v1/Systems?format=json
+    method: GET
+    return_content: yes
+  register: redfish_response
+
+- name: debug redfish machines
+  debug:
+    var: redfish_response
+
+- name: save ids to list
+  uri:
+    url: "http://{{ airship_gate_redfish.bind_address }}:{{ airship_gate_redfish.port }}{{ item.value }}?format=json"
+    method: GET
+    return_content: yes
+  with_dict: "{{ redfish_response.json.Members }}"
+  register: systems_details
+
+- name: deploy ephemeral host
+  set_fact:
+    ephemeral_domain_id: "{{ systems_details | json_query(query_string) | join('') }}"
+  vars:
+    query_string: "results[?json.Name=='{{ airship_gate_names.ephemeral_vm }}'].json.Id"
+
+- name: verify that id is not empty
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - ephemeral_domain_id is defined
+      - (ephemeral_domain_id | length) > 1
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diff --git a/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tests/vars.yml b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tests/vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff1af1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/airship-libvirt-gate/tests/vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+airship_gate_redfish:
+  port: 8000
+  bind_address: "127.0.0.1"
+
+airship_gate_names:
+  provision_network: air_prov
+  provision_network_bridge: "prov_br"
+  nat_network: "air_nat"
+  nat_network_bridge: "nat_br"
+  ephemeral_vm: air-ephemeral
+  target_vm_prefix: "air-target"
+  target_separator: "-"
+  target_volume_prefix: "vol_target"
+  ephemeral_volume: "vol_ephemeral"
+  pool: airship
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ansible/role-test-runner.yml b/tests/ansible/role-test-runner.yml
index bb14bf1..d9d6575 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/role-test-runner.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/role-test-runner.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         - libvirt-volume
         - libvirt-domain
         - redfish-emulator
+        - airship-libvirt-gate
     - name: run tests against defined roles
       include_tasks: "../../roles/{{ role_name }}/tests/main.yml"
       with_items: "{{ test_subject_roles | default(test_subject_roles_default) }}"
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index cae4d1f..c806fa2 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -24,4 +24,14 @@
         - libvirt-pool
         - libvirt-volume
         - libvirt-domain
+        - redfish-emulator
     nodeset: ubuntu-single-airship
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-airship-roles-test-airship-gate
+    run: tests/ansible/role-test-runner.yml
+    vars:
+      test_subject_roles:
+        - airship-libvirt-gate
+    nodeset: ubuntu-single-airship
+
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index 67f4915..f2fb241 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
       jobs:
         - ansible-lint-airship
         - zuul-airship-roles-test-libvirt
+        - zuul-airship-roles-test-airship-gate
     gate:
       jobs:
         - ansible-lint-airship
         - zuul-airship-roles-test-libvirt
+        - zuul-airship-roles-test-airship-gate