diff --git a/data/deployments/production/common.yaml b/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 
 elasticsearch::jvm_options::heap_size: 16g
 
+swh::postgresql::shared_buffers: 4GB
diff --git a/data/deployments/production/vagrant.yaml b/data/deployments/production/vagrant.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/production/vagrant.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/production/vagrant.yaml
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 elasticsearch::jvm_options::heap_size: 512m
+
+swh::postgresql::shared_buffers: 128MB
diff --git a/data/hostname/bardo.softwareheritage.org.yaml b/data/hostname/bardo.softwareheritage.org.yaml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/hostname/bardo.softwareheritage.org.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+groups:
+  hedgedoc:
+    gid: 6000
+
+users:
+  hedgedoc:
+    uid: 6000
+    shell: /bin/bash
+    groups:
+      - hedgedoc
+
+swh::postgresql::version: '12'
+swh::postgresql::port: 5433
+swh::postgresql::cluster_name: "%{lookup('swh::postgresql::version')}/main"
+swh::postgresql::datadir_base: "%{lookup('swh::base_directory')}/postgres"
+swh::postgresql::datadir: "%{lookup('swh::postgresql::datadir_base')}/%{lookup('swh::postgresql::cluster_name')}"
+swh::postgresql::listen_addresses:
+  - 0.0.0.0
+swh::postgresql::network_accesses:
+  - 192.168.100.0/24 # Monitoring
+  - 192.168.130.0/24 # Staging services
+
+postgresql::globals::version: "%{alias('swh::postgresql::version')}"
+
+postgresql::server::config_entries:
+  shared_buffers: "%{alias('swh::postgresql::shared_buffers')}"
+  cluster_name: "%{alias('swh::postgresql::cluster_name')}"
+
+swh::dbs:
+  hedgedoc:
+    name: hedgedoc
+    user: hedgedoc
diff --git a/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml b/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml
--- a/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml
+++ b/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 kafka::cluster::public_network: 10.168.130.0/24
 
 static_hostnames:
+  10.168.50.10:
+    host: bardo.softwareheritage.org
   10.168.100.18:
     host: banco.internal.softwareheritage.org
     aliases:
diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@
   include profile::postgresql::client
 }
 
+node bardo.softwareheritage.org {
+  include role::swh_hedgedoc
+}
+
 node 'scheduler0.internal.staging.swh.network' {
   include role::swh_scheduler
   include profile::postgresql::client
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/hedgedoc.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/hedgedoc.pp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/hedgedoc.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# deploy a hedgedoc instance
+class profile::hedgedoc {
+
+  $packages = [
+    'npm', 'yarnpkg', 'node-gyp'
+  ]
+
+  ensure_packages ( $packages )
+
+}
diff --git a/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_hedgedoc.pp b/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_hedgedoc.pp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_hedgedoc.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class role::swh_hedgedoc inherits role::swh_database {
+  include profile::postgresql::server
+  include profile::hedgedoc
+}