diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09277b0..c31df9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ crash.*.log
 *.tfvars
 *.tfvars.json
 !*.auto.tfvars
+!geoserver*.tfvars
 # Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
 # are not checked in
 override.tf
diff --git a/openstack-tf/modules/geoserver/instances/geoserver-geoportal.tfvars b/openstack-tf/modules/geoserver/instances/geoserver-geoportal.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cacfe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack-tf/modules/geoserver/instances/geoserver-geoportal.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+geoserver_basic = {
+  name        = "geoserver-geoportal"
+  description = "Geoserver geoportal instance"
+  flavor      = "c1.medium"
+}
+
+geoserver_basic_data = {
+  vol_data_name   = "geoserver_data_volume"
+  vol_data_size   = "40"
+  vol_data_device = "/dev/vdb"
+}