diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml
index 7c5638b..b95f9e1 100644
--- a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 ---
 # default values for prod.k3s
+kube_context: home
 
 fstab:
   gluster:
     #state can be present, mounted, absent, unmounted, remounted
+    - name: plex
+      path: "/var/lib/plex"
+      state: absent
+    - name: plex
+      path: "/opt/data/plex"
+      state: mounted
 #    - name: jenkins
 #      path: "/var/lib/jenkins"
 #      state: mounted
-    - name: gitea
-      path: "/var/lib/gitea"
-      state: present
-    - name: vmshares
-      path: "/opt/shared"
-      state: mounted
+#    - name: gitea
+#      path: "/var/lib/gitea"
+#      state: present
+#    - name: vmshares
+#      path: "/opt/shared"
+#      state: mounted
 #    - name: mariadb
 #      path: "/opt/mariadb"
 #      state: mounted
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/pv-claim.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/pv-claim.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0af8bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/pv-claim.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: stash-pv-claim
+  namespace: testing
+spec:
+  storageClassName: manual
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 10Gi
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/pv.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/pv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65c101b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/pv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+# persistent volume
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: plex-pv-local
+  labels:
+    type: local
+spec:
+  storageClassName: manual
+  capacity:
+    storage: 100Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  hostPath:
+    path: "/opt/data/plex"
+
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/values.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b73825f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/files/stash/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+#values file for stash deployment
+
+ingress:
+  main:
+    enabled: true
+    hosts:
+      - host: stash.xai-corp.net
+        paths:
+          - path: /opt/stash
+persistence:
+  config:
+    enabled: true
+    existingClaim: stash-pv-claim
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/deployments/stash.yaml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/deployments/stash.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..154c767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/deployments/stash.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+# stash media manager
+
+# helm should be run from local environment
+- name: check we can access the cluster
+  local_action:
+    module: kubernetes.core.helm_info
+#    kubeconfig: "/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml"
+    context: "{{kube_context}}"
+    name: test
+    release_namespace: kube-system
+#    release_state: all
+  register: default_namespace
+
+- name: create persistent volume resources
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    kubeconfig: "/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml"
+    state: present
+    definition: "{{ lookup('file', item) | from_yaml }}"
+  loop:
+    - stash/pv.yaml
+    - stash/pv-claim.yaml
+  become: true
+
+- name: Add stash chart helm repo
+  local_action:
+    module: kubernetes.core.helm_repository
+    name: k8s-at-home
+    repo_url: https://k8s-at-home.com/charts/
+
+- name: load variables files/stash/values.yaml
+  ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+    file: files/stash/values.yaml
+    name: stash_values
+
+- name: Install stash Chart
+  local_action:
+    module: kubernetes.core.helm
+    release_state: present
+    name: stash
+    namespace: testing
+    create_namespace: yes
+    update_repo_cache: True
+    chart_ref: k8s-at-home/stash
+    values: "{{stash_values}}"
+    wait: true
+
diff --git a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml
index cfa457b..fe0960b 100644
--- a/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-5/roles/prod.k3s/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 # provisioning services in k3s cluster
 
 # mount gluster
-- include_tasks: gluster.fstab.yml
+#- include_tasks: gluster.fstab.yml
+#
+## add helm repositories
+#- include_tasks: add_repos.yml
+#
+#- include_tasks: cert_manager.yml
+#
+#- include_tasks: hello-world.yaml
 
-# add helm repositories
-- include_tasks: add_repos.yml
-
-- include_tasks: cert_manager.yml
-
-- include_tasks: hello-world.yaml
+- include_tasks: deployments/stash.yaml
 
 #- include_tasks: mariadb.yaml