diff --git a/hiera/common.yaml b/hiera/common.yaml
index 62d5c611b0..31d00dde10 100644
--- a/hiera/common.yaml
+++ b/hiera/common.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ cacti_hosts:
 - gitea06.opendev.org
 - gitea07.opendev.org
 - gitea08.opendev.org
+- gitea09.opendev.org
 - grafana01.opendev.org
 - graphite02.opendev.org
 - jvb01.opendev.org
diff --git a/inventory/base/hosts.yaml b/inventory/base/hosts.yaml
index 00772202b9..03ce0b5618 100644
--- a/inventory/base/hosts.yaml
+++ b/inventory/base/hosts.yaml
@@ -253,6 +253,17 @@ all:
         - 'ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBISOjXFfpk01z2G4eQfksA9DQRi3PQyP4m2RUFz4lmsClHVS9cP6CfQF01KpIzkL4UXRu3u4QwCqno0DrXxKoqA='
         - 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDOhcvWMusjlFfm+qqpP9Hfc+a2SKb+evz/h5AcAwElmyaes/BpmXsvXLMAXvDG0ZjPwUbyvVcJAwug77+fBI6JBt6BjlfqMTsxnwN1jVPug4fu7RSor4huBagiq6uTS8t1tXqwEfqzBvLOat4FNXsQpv1yIaORgjSj593GoixfWPvTzJHISFSB5TTeqrLK1XJ3LIWqL5PyHsBaKbL4SPIoHzX6HslUmxVpJ7m7U0VtcfnxylVsTnq3YHc8nAK+X4Fu1T7L+ertAwIlFlw5W9JppaUotP0m0Cr/CCUTVj79EfADGUJWSqdpPUET3wB7+cwalan5PKwoQVMHpIlFZYnd'
         - 'ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBs08YhtJq4tVGqXv9sjc3NpsdQ1wBZAiocBC/RVpQSp'
+    gitea09.opendev.org:
+      ansible_host: 38.108.68.113
+      location:
+        cloud: openstackci-vexxhost
+        region_name: sjc1
+      public_v4: 38.108.68.113
+      public_v6: 2604:e100:3:0:f816:3eff:fe4d:97eb
+      host_keys:
+        - 'ssh-rsa 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'
+        - 'ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBIe2MSzCLvaLRP2FJ7GfJfM61O9sYn42DIbgtfgrFXp2GFy2AbWyjd//q6QzDqhj61Gwd1TF0zGWri69a81BaEM='
+        - 'ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIEhVn/czIfiRctJQurF6IyFaliNFwye3RBrE2qXlbVpj'
     grafana01.opendev.org:
       ansible_host: 198.101.251.7
       location:
diff --git a/inventory/service/host_vars/gitea09.opendev.org.yaml b/inventory/service/host_vars/gitea09.opendev.org.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20fc0be5c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/service/host_vars/gitea09.opendev.org.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+letsencrypt_certs:
+  gitea09-main:
+    - gitea09.opendev.org:3000
+    - opendev.org
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/main.yaml
index a779ebc3db..7b6e7f9e8e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -287,3 +287,6 @@
 
 - name: letsencrypt updated gitea08-main
   include_tasks: roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/restart_gitea.yaml
+
+- name: letsencrypt updated gitea09-main
+  include_tasks: roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/restart_gitea.yaml