diff --git a/tools/dev/vagrant/ansible/onos-dev-clean.yml b/tools/dev/vagrant/ansible/onos-dev-clean.yml
index b134c32..8501293 100644
--- a/tools/dev/vagrant/ansible/onos-dev-clean.yml
+++ b/tools/dev/vagrant/ansible/onos-dev-clean.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 #
-# Installs Java, configures ONOS bridges and LXC
+# Creates the user sdn, installs Java, configures ONOS bridges and LXC
 #
 - name: Include vars
   hosts: localhost
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   remote_user: vagrant
   serial: 1
   roles:
+    - user-sdn
     - brctl
     - java8-oracle
     - lxc
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diff --git a/tools/dev/vagrant/ansible/roles/user-sdn/tasks/main.yml b/tools/dev/vagrant/ansible/roles/user-sdn/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a318630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dev/vagrant/ansible/roles/user-sdn/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+#
+# Creates the user sdn with password rocks and makes it sudoer with no password required.
+#
+- name: Creating user sdn
+  user:
+    name: sdn
+    password: $6$rounds=656000$$tQyVAYDTqrDRTe2q6ZHKVmlBcd2rt0BYipETg85L2BHq.Hc8xJkj.qOyApnIqVt/mr2JGwbhx1nnL1d3mubYw0
+    generate_ssh_key: yes
+    ssh_key_bits: 2048
+    ssh_key_file: .ssh/id_rsa
+    shell: /bin/bash
+
+- name: Adding user sdn to sudoers with no password required
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: "/etc/sudoers.d/sdn"
+    line: "sdn ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"
+    state: present
+    create: yes
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