diff --git a/metal/main.yml b/metal/main.yml
index 2db30341..d874a8d8 100644
--- a/metal/main.yml
+++ b/metal/main.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
   roles:
     - snap
     - lxd
+    - tfstate
   tags:
     - provision
diff --git a/metal/roles/tfstate/tasks/main.yml b/metal/roles/tfstate/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14bc4738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metal/roles/tfstate/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+- name: Create a tfstate container
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  lxd_container:
+    name: tfstate
+    state: started
+    source:
+      type: image
+      mode: pull
+      server: https://images.linuxcontainers.org
+      alias: ubuntu/focal/amd64
+      wait_for_ipv4_addresses: yes
+    url: "https://{{ hostvars[groups['metal'][0]]['ansible_host'] }}:8443"
+    devices:
+      eth0:
+        type: nic
+        nictype: macvlan
+        parent: eno1
+
+# - ansible.builtin.raw: dpkg -s python
+#   delegate_to: tfstate
+
+# apt install -y etcd