diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index aacc980ca..cb499ef54 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ which could potentially allow a user to provision different operating system
 images onto different hardware chassis by defining the appropriate settings
 in an "instance_info" variable.
 
+Examples utilizing JSON and YAML formatting, along host specific variable
+injection can be found in the playbooks/inventory/ folder.
+
 Legacy CSV File Format
 ----------------------
 
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ although the enrollment and deployment playbooks utilize the model
 of a host per line model in order to process through the entire
 list, as well as reference the specific field items.
 
-An example file can be found at inventory/baremetal.csv.example.
+An example file can be found at: playbooks/inventory/baremetal.csv.example
 
 How this works?
 ---------------
diff --git a/playbooks/inventory/baremetal.json.example b/playbooks/inventory/baremetal.json.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cffd1a9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/inventory/baremetal.json.example
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+{
+      "sshexample0": {
+        "uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
+        "driver_info": {
+          "power": {
+            "ssh_port": 22,
+            "ssh_username": "ironic",
+            "ssh_virt_type": "virsh",
+            "ssh_address": "192.168.122.1",
+            "ssh_key_filename": "/home/ironic/.ssh/id_rsa"
+          }
+        },
+        "nics": [
+          {
+            "mac": "00:00:00:f9:32:f6"
+          }
+        ],
+        "driver": "agent_ssh",
+        "ipv4_address": "192.168.122.2",
+        "properties": {
+          "cpu_arch": "x86_64",
+          "ram": "3072",
+          "disk_size": "10",
+          "cpus": "1"
+        },
+        "name": "sshexample0"
+      },
+      "basicipmiexample0": {
+        "uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002",
+        "driver_info": {
+          "power": {
+            "ipmi_username": "ADMIN",
+            "ipmi_address": "192.168.2.20",
+            "ipmi_password": "ADMIN_PASSWORD"
+          }
+        },
+        "nics": [
+          {
+            "mac": "00:00:00:23:34:56"
+          },
+          {
+            "mac": "00:00:00:12:34:57"
+          }
+        ],
+        "driver": "agent_ipmitool",
+        "ipv4_address": "192.168.1.2",
+        "properties": {
+          "cpu_arch": "x86_64",
+          "ram": "32760",
+          "disk_size": "235",
+          "cpus": "16"
+        },
+        "name": "basicipmiexample0"
+      },
+      "advancedipmiexample0": {
+        "ipa_kernel_url": "http://192.168.1.1:8080/custom_ipa.vmlinuz",
+        "ipa_ramdisk_url": "http://192.168.1.1:8080/custom_ipa_image.cpio.gz",
+        "uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003",
+        "driver_info": {
+          "power": {
+            "ipmi_username": "ADMIN",
+            "ipmi_address": "192.168.2.21",
+            "ipmi_password": "ADMIN_PASSWORD",
+            "ipmi_bridging": "dual",
+            "ipmi_target_channel": "0",
+            "ipmi_target_address": "1",
+            "ipmi_transit_channel": "2",
+            "ipmi_transit_address": "3"
+          }
+        },
+        "nics": [
+          {
+            "mac": "00:00:00:23:34:58"
+          },
+          {
+            "mac": "00:00:00:12:34:59"
+          }
+        ],
+        "instance_info": {
+          "image_source": "http://192.168.1.1:8080/custom_deployment_image.qcow2",
+          "image_checksum": "493972895dc465a09702ce6e85a836c5"
+        },
+        "driver": "agent_ipmitool",
+        "ipv4_address": "192.168.1.3",
+        "properties": {
+          "cpu_arch": "x86_64",
+          "ram": "32760",
+          "disk_size": "235",
+          "cpus": "16"
+        },
+        "name": "advancedipmiexample0"
+      }
+}
diff --git a/playbooks/inventory/baremetal.yml.example b/playbooks/inventory/baremetal.yml.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cece5a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/inventory/baremetal.yml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+---
+  sshexample0:
+    uuid: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
+    driver_info:
+      power:
+        ssh_port: 22
+        ssh_username: "ironic"
+        ssh_virt_type: "virsh"
+        ssh_address: "192.168.122.1"
+        ssh_key_filename: "/home/ironic/.ssh/id_rsa"
+    nics:
+      -
+        mac: "00:00:00:f9:32:f6"
+    driver: "agent_ssh"
+    ipv4_address: "192.168.122.2"
+    properties:
+      cpu_arch: "x86_64"
+      ram: "3072"
+      disk_size: "10"
+      cpus: "1"
+    name: "sshexample0"
+  basicipmiexample0:
+    uuid: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
+    driver_info:
+      power:
+        ipmi_username: "ADMIN"
+        ipmi_address: "192.168.2.20"
+        ipmi_password: "ADMIN_PASSWORD"
+    nics:
+      -
+        mac: "00:00:00:23:34:56"
+      -
+        mac: "00:00:00:12:34:57"
+    driver: "agent_ipmitool"
+    ipv4_address: "192.168.1.2"
+    properties:
+      cpu_arch: "x86_64"
+      ram: "32760"
+      disk_size: "235"
+      cpus: "16"
+    name: "basicipmiexample0"
+  advancedipmiexample0:
+    ipa_kernel_url: "http://192.168.1.1:8080/custom_ipa.vmlinuz"
+    ipa_ramdisk_url: "http://192.168.1.1:8080/custom_ipa_image.cpio.gz"
+    uuid: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"
+    driver_info:
+      power:
+        ipmi_username: "ADMIN"
+        ipmi_address: "192.168.2.21"
+        ipmi_password: "ADMIN_PASSWORD"
+        ipmi_bridging: "dual"
+        ipmi_target_channel: "0"
+        ipmi_target_address: "1"
+        ipmi_transit_channel: "2"
+        ipmi_transit_address: "3"
+    nics:
+      -
+        mac: "00:00:00:23:34:58"
+      -
+        mac: "00:00:00:12:34:59"
+    instance_info:
+      image_source: "http://192.168.1.1:8080/custom_deployment_image.qcow2"
+      image_checksum: "493972895dc465a09702ce6e85a836c5"
+    driver: "agent_ipmitool"
+    ipv4_address: "192.168.1.3"
+    properties:
+      cpu_arch: "x86_64"
+      ram: "32760"
+      disk_size: "235"
+      cpus: "16"
+    name: "advancedipmiexample0"