diff --git a/ansible/deploy-fastpath.yml b/ansible/deploy-fastpath.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eadd362a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/deploy-fastpath.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- import_playbook: ansible-version.yml
+
+- hosts: fastpath.ooni.nu
+  roles:
+    - role: fastpath
diff --git a/ansible/roles/fastpath/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/fastpath/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edf6aeb3
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+++ b/ansible/roles/fastpath/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+
+# Deploy the fastpath
+#
+# Deploy .deb package to the fastpath host
+#
+# Fetch SSH pubkey and deploy it on the collector hosts
+#
+# Set the hostname of the collectors in the fastpath config file
+
+# Usage: place the .deb file in files/
+#        update the version number as needed
+
+#- name: pull fastpath .deb package
+#  copy:
+#    src: files/fastpath_0.1_all.deb
+#    dest: /root/
+#    owner: root
+#    group: root
+#    mode: '0644'
+
+#- name: install .deb using dpkg
+#  apt:
+#    deb: '{{ item }}'
+#    state: present
+#  with_items:
+#    - /root/fastpath_0.1_all.deb
+
+- name: generate fastpath.conf file with active collectors names in it
+  template:
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    mode: '0644'
+    src: "fastpath.conf.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/fastpath.conf"
+
+- name: fill active collectors SSH pubkeys into fastpath's known_hosts
+  template:
+    owner: "fastpath"
+    group: "fastpath"
+    mode: '0644'
+    src: "known_collectors"
+    dest: /var/lib/fastpath/ssh/known_hosts
+
diff --git a/ansible/roles/fastpath/templates/fastpath.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/fastpath/templates/fastpath.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc06bb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/fastpath/templates/fastpath.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Deployed by https://github.com/ooni/sysadmin/blob/master/ansible/roles/fastpath
+# deploy-fastpath.yml
+# roles/fastpath/tasks/main.yml
+# roles/fastpath/templates/fastpath.conf.j2
+
+[DEFAULT]
+collectors = {{ groups['active_collector'] | join(' ') }}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/fastpath/templates/known_collectors b/ansible/roles/fastpath/templates/known_collectors
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f5b326e
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+++ b/ansible/roles/fastpath/templates/known_collectors
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Deployed by https://github.com/ooni/sysadmin/blob/master/ansible/roles/fastpath/templates/known_collectors
+{% for host in groups.active_collector %}
+{{ lookup('pipe', 'grep -F -e {}, {}/../ext/known_hosts'.format(host, inventory_dir)) }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/defaults/main.yml
index 7dd37401..08a07307 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ collector_tag: '20190221-0980b82a'
 collector_data_dir: '{{ CHANGE_ME }}' # it varies across collectors
 collector_domain: '{{ CHANGE_ME }}'
 with_nginx: yes
-sshfeeder_key: "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAID3MZP0tYUzaZOZa8JhRIx3PiTXwXfwQdTPa/RwDmwcA"
+sshfeeder_key: "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHAxyZVlDHc50fim5qWkf+yQhVpVR6d4btNBE8xb4XCd fastpath"
 ...
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/tasks/main.yml
index e750cd5a..3dfeef67 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ooni-collector/tasks/main.yml
@@ -144,14 +144,18 @@
 - name: Setup the sshfeeder account
   user:
     name: sshfeeder
+    group: sshfeeder
+    groups: "{{ collector_user }}"
     createhome: yes
     append: yes
     shell: /bin/bash
     home: "/home/sshfeeder"
     system: no
+  tags: collector_ssh
 
 - name: Set authorized key for sshfeeder
   authorized_key:
     user: sshfeeder
     state: present
     key: "{{ sshfeeder_key }}"
+  tags: collector_ssh