diff --git a/inventory/openstack.yaml b/inventory/openstack.yaml
index c5da8ccdd6..08da1f4b68 100644
--- a/inventory/openstack.yaml
+++ b/inventory/openstack.yaml
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ all:
         cloud: openstackci-vexxhost
         region_name: sjc1
       public_v4: 38.108.68.55
+    gitea06.opendev.org:
+      ansible_host: 38.108.68.250
+      location:
+        cloud: openstackci-vexxhost
+        region_name: sjc1
+      public_v4: 38.108.68.250
+      public_v6: 2604:e100:3:0:f816:3eff:fe72:b4a9
     gitea07.opendev.org:
       ansible_host: 38.108.68.86
       location:
diff --git a/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml b/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml
index 2f9bfcb948..28587dbfe0 100644
--- a/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
         force: yes
       register: gitinfo
 
-- hosts: "gitea:!disabled"
+# We exclude gitea06 because we want to recover its database from a sibgling
+# node in order to preserve the redirects.
+- hosts: "gitea:!gitea06.opendev.org:!disabled"
   name: "Create repos on gitea servers"
   strategy: free
   max_fail_percentage: 1