diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8b42eb..800b904 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.retry
+ansible.cfg
diff --git a/ansible.cfg.example b/ansible.cfg.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a959d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible.cfg.example
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[defaults]
+inventory = production
+
+# Point this to a file containing the vault password. Preferably outside this
+# directory, to make 100% sure it's not accidentally committed to the repo.
+vault_password_file = /path/to/password/file
+
+# The default number of forks is '5'. By setting it this high,
+# we can run things against all our ~35 servers at once.
+forks = 50