diff --git a/playbooks/discussions.yml b/playbooks/discussions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..851599061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/discussions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+- name: Deploy discussions MFE Frontend
+  hosts: all
+  become: True
+  gather_facts: True
+  vars:
+    ENABLE_NEWRELIC: False
+    CLUSTER_NAME: 'discussions'
+    MYMFE_ENABLED: True
+    MYMFE_SANDBOX_BUILD: False
+  roles:
+    - role: mfe
+      MFE_NAME: discussions
+      MFE_VERSION: '{{ DISCUSSIONS_MFE_VERSION }}'
+    - role: splunkforwarder
+      when: COMMON_ENABLE_SPLUNKFORWARDER
+    - role: newrelic_infrastructure
+      when: COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_INFRASTRUCTURE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playbooks/edx_continuous_integration.yml b/playbooks/edx_continuous_integration.yml
index fdc34ee38..bc07e9a70 100644
--- a/playbooks/edx_continuous_integration.yml
+++ b/playbooks/edx_continuous_integration.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     - oraclejdk
     - elasticsearch
     - opensearch
-    - forum
+    - role: forum
+      when: FORUM_USE_CS_COMMENTS_SERVICE | default(false)
     - { role: "xqueue", update_users: True }
     - edx_ansible
     - analytics_api
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@
     - role: mfe
       MFE_NAME: learner-dashboard
       when: LEARNER_DASHBOARD_MFE_ENABLED
+    - role: mfe
+      MFE_NAME: discussions
+      when: DISCUSSIONS_MFE_ENABLED | default(false)
     - { role: oauth_client_setup, when: edxapp_containerized is defined and not edxapp_containerized }
     - role: datadog
       when: COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/templates/update.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/templates/update.j2
index dbca95613..abf4c02fb 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/templates/update.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/templates/update.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IFS=","
     <repo> - must be one of edx-platform, edx-workers, xqueue, cs_comments_service, credentials, configuration,
     read-only-certificate-code, edx-analytics-data-api, edx-ora2, insights, ecommerce, discovery,
     video_web_frontend, video_delivery_worker, veda_pipeline_worker, video_encode_worker, veda_ffmpeg,
-    registrar, program_console, learner_portal, prospectus, authn, payment, learning, ora_grading, enterprise_catalog
+    registrar, program_console, learner_portal, prospectus, authn, payment, learning, discussions, ora_grading, enterprise_catalog
     <version> - can be a commit or tag
     <extra_vars> - specify extra_vars to any of the ansible plays with the -e switch and then ecaptulating your vars in "double quotes"
                    example: update <repo> <version> -e "-e 'hallo=bye' -e 'bye=hallo'"
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ repos_to_cmd["prospectus"]="$edx_ansible_cmd prospectus.yml -e 'PROSPECTUS_VERSI
 repos_to_cmd["authn"]="$edx_ansible_cmd authn_frontend.yml -e 'AUTHN_MFE_VERSION=$2'"
 repos_to_cmd["payment"]="$edx_ansible_cmd payment.yml -e 'PAYMENT_MFE_VERSION=$2'"
 repos_to_cmd["learning"]="$edx_ansible_cmd learning.yml -e 'LEARNING_MFE_VERSION=$2'"
+repos_to_cmd["discussions"]="$edx_ansible_cmd discussions.yml -e 'DISCUSSIONS_MFE_VERSION=$2'"
 repos_to_cmd["course_authoring"]="$edx_ansible_cmd course_authoring.yml -e 'COURSE_AUTHORING_MFE_VERSION=$2'"
 repos_to_cmd["library_authoring"]="$edx_ansible_cmd library_authoring.yml -e 'COURSE_AUTHORING_MFE_VERSION=$2'"
 repos_to_cmd["ora_grading"]="$edx_ansible_cmd ora_grading.yml -e 'ORA_GRADING_MFE_VERSION=$2'"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
index fe09a8c3c..f4c1b6952 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1122,6 +1122,9 @@ EDXAPP_DASHBOARD_COURSE_LIMIT: null
 # Completion Aggregator URL needed for progress bar
 EDXAPP_COMPLETION_AGGREGATOR_URL: null
 
+# Discussion microfrontend URL
+EDXAPP_DISCUSSIONS_MICROFRONTEND_URL: null
+
 #-------- Everything below this line is internal to the role ------------
 
 #Use YAML references (& and *) and hash merge <<: to factor out shared settings
@@ -1722,6 +1725,7 @@ lms_env_config:
   ACCOUNT_MICROFRONTEND_URL: "{{ EDXAPP_ACCOUNT_MICROFRONTEND_URL }}"
   PROGRAM_CONSOLE_MICROFRONTEND_URL: "{{ EDXAPP_PROGRAM_CONSOLE_MICROFRONTEND_URL}}"
   LEARNING_MICROFRONTEND_URL: "{{ EDXAPP_LEARNING_MICROFRONTEND_URL}}"
+  DISCUSSIONS_MICROFRONTEND_URL: "{{ EDXAPP_DISCUSSIONS_MICROFRONTEND_URL }}"
   DCS_SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE: "{{ EDXAPP_DCS_SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE }}"
   DCS_SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE_FORCE_ALL: "{{ EDXAPP_DCS_SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE_FORCE_ALL }}"
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
index 4552fdb55..21290e0a5 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -618,3 +618,18 @@
   tags:
     - manage
     - manage:db
+  
+- name: create forum v2 waffle flags
+  shell: >
+    . /edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env &&
+    /edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/bin/python ./manage.py lms --settings=production
+    waffle_flag --create --everyone {{ item }}
+  args:
+    chdir: /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform
+  loop:
+    - discussions.enable_forum_v2
+    - forum_v2.enable_mysql_backend
+    - discussions.enable_discussions_mfe
+    - discussions.override_discussion_legacy_settings
+    - discussions.pages_and_resources_mfe
+    - discussions.enable_new_structure_discussions
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/launch_ec2/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/launch_ec2/tasks/main.yml
index 33ccab3c2..e0ac6be78 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/launch_ec2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/launch_ec2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   with_nested:
     - "{{ ec2.instances }}"
     - ['studio', 'ecommerce', 'preview', 'discovery', 'credentials', 'veda', 'analytics-api', 'registrar', 'program-console', 
-    'learner-portal', 'prospectus', 'authn', 'payment', 'license-manager', 'learning', 'enterprise-catalog', 'ora-grading', 
+    'learner-portal', 'prospectus', 'authn', 'payment', 'license-manager', 'learning', 'discussions', 'enterprise-catalog', 'ora-grading', 
     'course-authoring','library-authoring', 'commerce-coordinator', 'edx-exams', 'subscriptions', 'profile', 'learner-dashboard']
 
 - name: Add new instance to host group
diff --git a/util/jenkins/ansible-provision.sh b/util/jenkins/ansible-provision.sh
index 8a2a23634..0b5a8f764 100644
--- a/util/jenkins/ansible-provision.sh
+++ b/util/jenkins/ansible-provision.sh
@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ if [[ -z $learning_version ]]; then
   LEARNING_MFE_VERSION="master"
 fi
 
+if [[ -z $discussions ]]; then
+  discussions="${forum:-false}"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $discussions_version ]]; then
+  DISCUSSIONS_MFE_VERSION="master"
+fi
+
 if [[ -z $ora_grading ]]; then
   ora_grading="false"
 fi
@@ -465,6 +473,12 @@ LEARNING_MFE_VERSION: $learning_version
 LEARNING_MFE_ENABLED: $learning
 LEARNING_SANDBOX_BUILD: True
 
+DISCUSSIONS_NGINX_PORT: 80
+DISCUSSIONS_SSL_NGINX_PORT: 443
+DISCUSSIONS_MFE_VERSION: $discussions_version
+DISCUSSIONS_MFE_ENABLED: $discussions
+DISCUSSIONS_SANDBOX_BUILD: True
+
 ORA_GRADING_NGINX_PORT: 80
 ORA_GRADING_SSL_NGINX_PORT: 443
 ORA_GRADING_MFE_VERSION: $ora_grading_version
@@ -586,6 +600,7 @@ EDXAPP_ECOMMERCE_PUBLIC_URL_ROOT: "https://ecommerce-${deploy_host}"
 EDXAPP_ECOMMERCE_API_URL: "https://ecommerce-${deploy_host}/api/v2"
 EDXAPP_DISCOVERY_API_URL: "https://discovery-${deploy_host}/api/v1"
 EDXAPP_COURSE_CATALOG_API_URL: "{{ EDXAPP_DISCOVERY_API_URL }}"
+EDXAPP_DISCUSSIONS_MICROFRONTEND_URL: "https://discussions-${deploy_host}"
 
 ANALYTICS_API_LMS_BASE_URL: "https://{{ EDXAPP_LMS_BASE }}/"
 
@@ -717,7 +732,7 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 declare -A deploy
-plays="prospectus edxapp forum ecommerce credentials discovery enterprise_catalog analyticsapi xqueue certs demo testcourses registrar program_console learner_portal"
+plays="prospectus edxapp ecommerce credentials discovery enterprise_catalog analyticsapi xqueue certs demo testcourses registrar program_console learner_portal"
 
 for play in $plays; do
     deploy[$play]=${!play}