diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index c4653df5..2220007c 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ warn_list:
 exclude_paths:
   - devsetup/standalone/network_data.yaml
   - devsetup/standalone/deployed_network.yaml
+skip_list:
+  - no-handler
diff --git a/devsetup/Makefile b/devsetup/Makefile
index 24a3e394..6c6b5b8b 100644
--- a/devsetup/Makefile
+++ b/devsetup/Makefile
@@ -136,12 +136,16 @@ IPV6_LAB_SNO_OCP_MIRROR_URL       ?= https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-
 # default number of instances to deploy via edpm_deploy_instance
 NUMBER_OF_INSTANCES    ?=1
 
+# base directory used for the nfs server
+NFS_HOME	?= /home/nfs
+
 STANDALONE_COMPUTE_DRIVER ?= libvirt
 
 CLEANUP_DIR_CMD ?= rm -Rf
 
 define vars
 ${1}: export CLEANUP_DIR_CMD=${CLEANUP_DIR_CMD}
+${1}: export NFS_HOME=${NFS_HOME}
 endef
 
 ##@ General
@@ -168,6 +172,20 @@ download_tools: ## Runs an ansible playbook to install required tools with the v
 	-v -i hosts --tags ${DOWNLOAD_TOOLS_SELECTION} \
 	download_tools.yaml
 
+##@ Configure nfs server on the host
+.PHONY: nfs
+nfs: ## Runs an ansible playbook to install nfs rpms, uses per default /home/nfs as the data dir and exports shared for OSP services.
+	$(eval $(call vars))
+	ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=true ansible-playbook \
+	-v -i hosts nfs.yaml
+
+.PHONY: nfs_cleanup
+nfs_cleanup: ## removes /etc/exports.d/osp.exports, reloads nfs exports and deletes /home/nfs
+	$(eval $(call vars))
+	sudo rm -f /etc/exports.d/osp.exports
+	sudo exportfs -ra
+	sudo ${CLEANUP_DIR_CMD} ${NFS_HOME}
+
 ##@ CRC
 .PHONY: crc
 crc: ## Deploys CRC using CRC_URL to download and install CRC, KUBEADMIN_PWD as the password which defaults to 12345678 and PULL_SECRET to specify the file containing the pull secret, defaults to ${PWD}/pull-secret.txt. To change the default memory and/or cpus for the VM use `CPUS=X MEMORY=Y DISK=Z make crc`.
diff --git a/devsetup/nfs.yaml b/devsetup/nfs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a8ad25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devsetup/nfs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook
+---
+- name: Configure nfs server and exports
+  become: true
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: true
+  roles:
+    - role: nfs_server
+      vars:
+        nfs_home: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'NFS_HOME')|default('/home/nfs', True) }}"
diff --git a/devsetup/roles/nfs_server/defaults/main.yaml b/devsetup/roles/nfs_server/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d76207e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devsetup/roles/nfs_server/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+nfs_home: /home/nfs
diff --git a/devsetup/roles/nfs_server/tasks/main.yaml b/devsetup/roles/nfs_server/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce3541e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devsetup/roles/nfs_server/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+---
+- name: Install NFS packages
+  ansible.builtin.yum:
+    name: nfs-utils
+    state: present
+
+- name: Start and enable NFS services
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: nfs-server
+    state: started
+    enabled: true
+
+- name: Open nfsv4 port 2049/tcp (running config, non permanent)
+  ansible.builtin.iptables:
+    chain: INPUT
+    destination_port: 2049
+    protocol: tcp
+    ctstate: NEW
+    syn: match
+    jump: ACCEPT
+    comment: Accept new NFS connections.
+
+- name: Create NFS shares
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ nfs_home }}/{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0777'
+    group: nobody
+    owner: nobody
+  with_items:
+    - glance
+    - glance-staging
+    - nova
+    - cinder
+    - cinder_image_conversion
+
+- name: Configure exports
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/exports.d/osp.exports
+    line: "{{ nfs_home }}/{{ item }} *(rw,sync,no_root_squash)"
+    create: true
+    mode: '0644'
+  with_items:
+    - glance
+    - glance-staging
+    - nova
+    - cinder
+    - cinder_image_conversion
+  register: _export_shares
+
+- name: Export NFS share to the server
+  when:
+    - _export_shares.changed
+  ansible.builtin.command: "exportfs -r"