diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -409,6 +409,11 @@
     shell: /bin/false
     groups:
       - gitorious
+  hedgedoc:
+    uid: 6000
+    shell: /bin/bash
+    groups:
+      - hedgedoc
   fiendish:
     uid: 1011
     full_name: Avi Kelman
@@ -622,6 +627,8 @@
     gid: 1010
   gitorious:
     gid: 5000
+  hedgedoc:
+    gid: 6000
   swhdeposit:
     gid: 1018
   swhvault:
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 +1,23 @@
+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
+
+swh::postgresql::shared_buffers: 4GB
+
+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
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
 kafka::cluster::public_network: 10.168.130.0/24
 
+swh::postgresql::shared_buffers: 2GB
+
 static_hostnames:
   10.168.100.18:
     host: banco.internal.softwareheritage.org
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
+}