diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 46bfc12d..1b0c9db4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
       nix-dram.url = "github:dramforever/nix-dram";
       nix-dram.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "latest";
 
+      triton-vmtools.url = "git+https://git.b12f.io/pub-solar/infra?ref=main&dir=vmtools";
+      triton-vmtools.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "latest";
+
       tritonshell.url = "git+https://git.greenbaum.cloud/dev/tritonshell?ref=main&dir=template";
       tritonshell.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "latest";
 
@@ -130,6 +133,9 @@
             fae = {
               system = "aarch64-linux";
             };
+            powder = {
+              system = "x86_64-linux";
+            };
           };
           importables = rec {
             profiles = digga.lib.rakeLeaves ./profiles // {
@@ -177,6 +183,15 @@
               path = deploy.lib.x86_64-linux.activate.home-manager self.homeConfigurationsPortable.x86_64-linux.pub-solar;
             };
           };
+          powder = {
+            hostname = "80.71.153.194";
+            sshUser = "root";
+            profilesOrder = [ "system" "direnv" ];
+            profiles.direnv = {
+              user = "pub-solar";
+              path = deploy.lib.x86_64-linux.activate.home-manager self.homeConfigurationsPortable.x86_64-linux.pub-solar;
+            };
+          };
         };
       }
   ;
diff --git a/hosts/powder/default.nix b/hosts/powder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7f36942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/powder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./powder.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/hosts/powder/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/powder/hardware-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7dbf9542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/powder/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [ ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "ahci" "virtio_pci" "xhci_pci" "sr_mod" "virtio_blk" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos";
+      autoResize = true;
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/boot";
+      fsType = "vfat";
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/data" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/ephemeral0";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+      options = [
+        "defaults"
+        "nofail"
+      ];
+    };
+
+  swapDevices = [ ];
+
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault false;
+
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}
diff --git a/hosts/powder/powder.nix b/hosts/powder/powder.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3fa7cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/powder/powder.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{ config, inputs, lib, pkgs, profiles, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
+
+    profiles.users.root # make sure to configure ssh keys
+    profiles.users.pub-solar
+    profiles.base-user
+  ];
+
+  config = {
+    pub-solar.x-os.iso-options.enable = true;
+
+    # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
+    boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+    boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+
+    # Force getting the hostname from cloud-init
+    networking.hostName = lib.mkDefault "";
+
+    # Set your time zone.
+    # time.timeZone = "Europe/Amsterdam";
+
+    # Select internationalisation properties.
+    console = {
+      font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+      keyMap = "us";
+    };
+
+    # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
+    # $ nix search wget
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      git
+      vim
+      wget
+      caddy
+      # triton tools for retrieving metadata inside zones, e.g. mdata-get
+      inputs.triton-vmtools
+    ];
+
+    # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
+    # started in user sessions.
+    # programs.mtr.enable = true;
+    # programs.gnupg.agent = {
+    #   enable = true;
+    #   enableSSHSupport = true;
+    # };
+
+    # List services that you want to enable:
+    services.cloud-init.enable = true;
+    services.cloud-init.ext4.enable = true;
+    services.cloud-init.network.enable = true;
+    # use the default NixOS cloud-init config, but add some SmartOS customization to it
+    environment.etc."cloud/cloud.cfg.d/90_smartos.cfg".text = ''
+      datasource_list: [ SmartOS ]
+
+      # Do not create the centos/ubuntu/debian user
+      users: [ ]
+
+      # mount second disk with label ephemeral0, gets formated by cloud-init
+      # this will fail to get added to /etc/fstab as it's read-only, but should
+      # mount at boot anyway
+      mounts:
+      - [ vdb, /data, auto, "defaults,nofail" ]
+    '';
+
+    # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
+    services.openssh.enable = true;
+
+    # Triton manages firewall rules via the triton fwrule subcommand
+    networking.firewall.enable = false;
+
+    # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
+    # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
+    # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
+    # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
+    # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
+    # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
+    system.stateVersion = "22.05"; # Did you read the comment?
+  };
+}