diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index d85cf4de..ee415a09 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -90,8 +90,42 @@ nova_rpc_thread_pool_size: 64
 nova_rpc_conn_pool_size: 30
 nova_rpc_response_timeout: 60
 
-## Nova virtualization Type, set to KVM if supported
-# Current supported choice: qemu or kvm
+## Nova virtualization Types
+# The nova_virt_types dictionary contains global overrides used for
+#  specific compute types. Every variable inside of this dictionary
+#  will become an ansible fact. This gives the user the option to set
+#  or customize things based on their needs without having to redefine
+#  this entire data structure. Every supported compute type will be
+#  have its specific variable requirements set under its short name.
+nova_virt_types:
+  ironic:
+    nova_compute_driver: nova.virt.ironic.IronicDriver
+    nova_scheduler_host_manager: nova.scheduler.ironic_host_manager.IronicHostManager
+    nova_reserved_host_memory_mb: 0
+    # NOTE(mrda): It's possible to use ironic.nova.compute.manager.ClusteredComputeManager
+    # here, but at the current time it's not recommended
+    nova_compute_manager: nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager
+    nova_firewall_driver: nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
+    nova_scheduler_use_baremetal_filters: True
+    nova_scheduler_tracks_instance_changes: False
+  kvm:
+    nova_compute_driver: libvirt.LibvirtDriver
+    nova_scheduler_host_manager: nova.scheduler.host_manager.HostManager
+    nova_reserved_host_memory_mb: 2048
+    nova_compute_manager: nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager
+    nova_firewall_driver: nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
+    nova_scheduler_use_baremetal_filters: False
+    nova_scheduler_tracks_instance_changes: True
+  qemu:
+    nova_compute_driver: libvirt.LibvirtDriver
+    nova_scheduler_host_manager: nova.scheduler.host_manager.HostManager
+    nova_reserved_host_memory_mb: 2048
+    nova_compute_manager: nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager
+    nova_firewall_driver: nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
+    nova_scheduler_use_baremetal_filters: False
+    nova_scheduler_tracks_instance_changes: True
+
+# Current supported choice: qemu or kvm or ironic
 # If this is not set, then the playbook will try to guess it.
 #nova_virt_type: kvm
 
@@ -166,6 +200,7 @@ nova_enable_instance_password: True
 nova_compute_program_name: nova-compute
 nova_force_config_drive: False
 
+
 ## Nova libvirt
 nova_libvirt_inject_key: False
 # inject partition options:
@@ -200,8 +235,8 @@ nova_secure_proxy_ssl_header: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO
 ## Nova global config
 nova_cpu_mode: host-model
 nova_linuxnet_interface_driver: nova.network.linux_net.NeutronLinuxBridgeInterfaceDriver
-nova_firewall_driver: nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
-nova_compute_driver: libvirt.LibvirtDriver
+
+
 nova_max_age: 0
 nova_remove_unused_resized_minimum_age_seconds: 3600
 nova_image_cache_manager_interval: 0
@@ -235,7 +270,7 @@ nova_max_io_ops_per_host: 10
 nova_ram_allocation_ratio: 1.0
 nova_ram_weight_multiplier: 5.0
 nova_reserved_host_disk_mb: 2048
-nova_reserved_host_memory_mb: 2048
+
 nova_scheduler_driver_task_period: 60
 nova_scheduler_host_subset_size: 10
 nova_scheduler_max_attempts: 5
@@ -342,6 +377,7 @@ nova_requires_pip_packages:
 
 nova_compute_pip_packages:
   - libvirt-python
+  - python-ironicclient
 
 # Common pip packages
 nova_pip_packages:
diff --git a/tasks/nova_post_install.yml b/tasks/nova_post_install.yml
index a1485390..50386d92 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_post_install.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+# NOTE(cloudnull) this task is not in dict formation because it is
+#  dynamically loading facts from the nova_virt_types based on the
+#  nova_virt_type setting.
+- name: Set nova config facts
+  set_fact: '{{ item.key }}="{{ item.value }}"'
+  with_dict: "{{ nova_virt_types[nova_virt_type] }}"
+  when:
+    - item.key not in hostvars[inventory_hostname] or item.key is undefined
+  tags:
+    - nova-config
+    - nova-post-install
+
 - name: Generate nova config
   config_template:
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
diff --git a/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/templates/nova.conf.j2
index bba99044..2721cecb 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ scheduler_host_manager = {{ nova_scheduler_host_manager }}
 scheduler_host_subset_size = {{ nova_scheduler_host_subset_size }}
 scheduler_max_attempts = {{ nova_scheduler_max_attempts }}
 scheduler_weight_classes = {{ nova_scheduler_weight_classes }}
+scheduler_use_baremetal_filters = {{ nova_scheduler_use_baremetal_filters }}
+scheduler_tracks_instance_changes = {{ nova_scheduler_tracks_instance_changes }}
 
 # Compute
 enable_instance_password = {{ nova_enable_instance_password }}
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ api_paste_config = /etc/nova/api-paste.ini
 allow_resize_to_same_host = True
 image_cache_manager_interval = {{ nova_image_cache_manager_interval }}
 resume_guests_state_on_host_boot = {{ nova_resume_guests_state_on_host_boot }}
+compute_manager = {{ nova_compute_manager }}
 
 {% if nova_console_user_ssl_cert is defined and nova_console_user_ssl_key is defined and inventory_hostname in groups['nova_console'] %}
 # Console SSL keys
@@ -236,6 +239,17 @@ rabbit_hosts = {{ rabbitmq_servers }}
 rabbit_use_ssl = {{ rabbitmq_use_ssl }}
 
 
+{% if nova_virt_type == 'ironic' %}
+[ironic]
+# TODO(mrda): These should be changed to support the Keystone v3 API
+admin_username = {{ ironic_service_name }}
+admin_password = {{ ironic_service_password }}
+admin_tenant_name = {{ ironic_service_project_name }}
+admin_url = {{ keystone_service_adminuri }}/v2.0
+api_endpoint = {{ ironic_service_adminurl }}
+{% endif %}
+
+
 [libvirt]
 inject_partition = {{ nova_libvirt_inject_partition }}
 inject_password = {{ nova_libvirt_inject_password }}