diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 69a12e3fc5..8c3332758c 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -1307,6 +1307,21 @@ node 'kdc02.openstack.org' {
   }
 }
 
+# Node-OS: trusty
+node afsdb01.openstack.org/ {
+  $group = "afsdb"
+
+  class { 'openstack_project::server':
+    iptables_public_udp_ports => [7000,7002,7003,7004,7005,7006,7007],
+    sysadmins                 => hiera('sysadmins', []),
+    afs                       => true,
+    manage_exim               => true,
+  }
+
+  include openstack_project::afsdb
+  include openstack_project::afsrelease
+}
+
 # Node-OS: trusty
 node /^afsdb.*\.openstack\.org$/ {
   $group = "afsdb"
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/openafs/release-volumes.py b/modules/openstack_project/files/openafs/release-volumes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..605b6202d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/openafs/release-volumes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from datetime import datetime
+import re
+import subprocess
+import logging
+
+VOLUMES = ['docs',
+           'docs.dev',
+           ]
+
+log = logging.getLogger("release")
+
+UPDATE_RE = re.compile("^\s+Last Update (.*)$")
+
+
+def get_last_update(volume):
+    ret = []
+    out = subprocess.check_output(['vos', 'examine', volume, '-localauth'])
+    state = 0
+    for line in out.split('\n'):
+        if state == 0 and line.startswith(volume):
+            state = 1
+            site = None
+        elif state == 1:
+            site = line.strip()
+            state = 0
+        m = UPDATE_RE.match(line)
+        if m:
+            ret.append(dict(site=site,
+                            volume=volume,
+                            updated=datetime.strptime(m.group(1),
+                                                      '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y')))
+
+    return ret
+
+
+def release(volume):
+    log.info("Releasing %s" % volume)
+    subprocess.check_output(['vos', 'release', volume, '-localauth'])
+
+
+def check_release(volume):
+    log.info("Checking %s" % volume)
+    rw = get_last_update(volume)[0]
+    log.debug("  %s %s %s" % (rw['site'], rw['updated'], rw['volume']))
+    ros = get_last_update(volume + '.readonly')
+    update = False
+    for ro in ros:
+        log.debug("  %s %s %s" % (ro['site'], ro['updated'], ro['volume']))
+        if ro['updated'] < rw['updated']:
+            update = True
+    if update:
+        release(volume)
+
+
+def main():
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
+                        format='%(asctime)s %(name)s '
+                        '%(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
+    for volume in VOLUMES:
+        check_release(volume)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/afsrelease.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/afsrelease.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39a403c482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/afsrelease.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Release afs volumes
+class openstack_project::afsrelease (
+) {
+  include logrotate
+
+  file { '/usr/local/bin/release-volumes':
+    ensure  => present,
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => 'root',
+    mode    => '0755',
+    source  => 'puppet:///modules/openstack_project/openafs/release-volumes.py',
+  }
+
+  file { '/var/log/release':
+    ensure  => directory,
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => 'root',
+    mode    => '0755',
+  }
+
+  cron { 'release':
+    user        => 'root',
+    minute      => '*/5',
+    command     => '/usr/local/bin/release-volumes >>/var/log/release/release.log 2>&1',
+    environment => 'PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
+    require     => [
+       File['/usr/local/bin/release-volumes'],
+    ]
+  }
+
+  logrotate::file { 'release':
+    ensure  => present,
+    log     => '/var/log/release/release.log',
+    options => ['compress',
+      'copytruncate',
+      'delaycompress',
+      'missingok',
+      'rotate 7',
+      'daily',
+      'notifempty',
+    ],
+    require => Cron['release'],
+  }
+}