diff --git a/config_generation/nginx.py b/config_generation/nginx.py
index e33a4fc..67619ae 100644
--- a/config_generation/nginx.py
+++ b/config_generation/nginx.py
@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ def info_and_stub_status_server(timestamp):
     )
 
 
+def edgemanage_health_check_server():
+    return nginx.Server(
+        nginx.Key('listen', "80"),
+        nginx.Key('server_name', "edgemanage_health_check"),
+        nginx.Location('/', nginx.Key('return', "200 hello")),
+    )
+
+
 def banjax_server():
     return nginx.Server(
         nginx.Key('listen', "80"),
@@ -405,6 +413,9 @@ def http_block(dconf, timestamp):
     # /info and /stub_status
     http.add(info_and_stub_status_server(timestamp))
 
+    # /edgemanage_health_check
+    http.add(edgemanage_health_check_server())
+
     # exposing a few banjax endpoints
     http.add(banjax_server())
 
diff --git a/input/config-example/edgemanage.yml b/input/config-example/edgemanage.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..653c0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/input/config-example/edgemanage.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+testobject:
+  # http Host: header value
+  host: edgemanage_health_check
+  port: 80
+  proto: http
+  # Path to the object to be retrieved
+  uri: /edgemanage_test_object.bin
+  # Local copy of the object that we'll be fetching.
+  local: ./input/edgemanage_test_object.bin
+  # Verify SSL certificates?
+  verify: False
+
+# XXX these names shouldn't be here.
+dns:
+  ns_records:
+    - dns1.example.com.
+  soa_nameserver: dns0.example.com.
+  soa_mailbox: zone.example.com.
+  # A list of labels to generate A records for with the balanced edge
+  # lists. This list automatically includes @ by default.
+  rotate_zones:
+    - www
+
+# XXX the persisted path shouldn't be hardcoded here
+# edgemanage input
+zonetemplate_dir: ./persisted/edgemanage/unfinished-zones/
+
+# edgemanage output
+named_dir: ./persisted/edgemanage/finished-zones/
+
+healthdata_store: ./persisted/edgemanage/
+
+# This setting defines the maximum number of substitutions that can be
+# performed in a 10 minute period
+dnschange_maxfreq: 10
+
+# Number of connections to make in parallel to the edges and canaries
+workers: 10
+
+# Number of retries when fetching the object from an edge
+retry: 3
+
+# A value, in seconds, that is used to determine edge health - one of
+# the core elements of edgemanage. If the fetch time, the fetch time
+# slice average, or the overall average is under this value, there is
+# a chance that an edge will be used. See the README for more
+# explanation of how this value is used.
+goodenough: 0.700
+
+# XXX bug that you need this even when it's overridden by dnet_edge_count below
+edge_count: 1
+
+# Number of edges to keep as @ per-dnet
+dnet_edge_count:
+  dnet_a: 1
diff --git a/input/edgemanage_test_object.bin b/input/edgemanage_test_object.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6fc4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/input/edgemanage_test_object.bin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 94efcb3..745c501 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@
 from orchestration.hosts import docker_client_for_host, run_local_or_remote_noraise, host_to_role
 
 import logging
-from util.helpers import get_logger, get_config_yml_path, path_to_output
+from util.helpers import (
+        get_logger,
+        get_config_yml_path,
+        get_edgemanage_config_yml_path,
+        path_to_output,
+)
+
 logger = get_logger(__name__, logging_level=logging.DEBUG)
 
 
@@ -96,6 +102,7 @@ def gen_config(config, all_sites, timestamp):
             "get-banjax-rate-limit-states",
             "get-nginx-and-banjax-config-versions",
             "check-cert-expiry",
+            "edgemanage",
         ],
         help="what to do to the hosts"
     )
@@ -233,3 +240,50 @@ def gen_config(config, all_sites, timestamp):
                 cert_bytes = f.read()
             cert = x509.load_pem_x509_certificate(cert_bytes, default_backend())
             logger.info(f"subject: {cert.subject}, issuer: {cert.issuer}, expires: {cert.not_valid_after}")
+
+    # XXX this is just a sketch, not integrated with the rest of the config-gen code.
+    # it would require changes to edgemanage to make it work
+    # (and substantial changes to make it work well), but a better approach might
+    # be rewriting edgemanage from scratch (it should not be nearly as complicated
+    # or involved as the existing code suggests) or taking a fundamentally different
+    # approach (eg., non-rotating IPs with scalable resources behind them).
+    elif args.action == "edgemanage":
+        import edgemanage
+        import json
+
+        em_config = parse_config(get_edgemanage_config_yml_path())
+        logger = logging.getLogger("root")
+        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+        # XXX
+        for dnet in ["dnet_a"]:
+            statefile_name = f"persisted/edgemanage/state_{dnet}.json"
+            statefile = None
+            if os.path.isfile(statefile_name):
+                with open(statefile_name, "r") as f:
+                    d = json.loads(f.read())
+                    statefile = edgemanage.StateFile(d)
+            else:
+                statefile = edgemanage.StateFile()
+
+            em = edgemanage.EdgeManage(dnet, em_config, statefile)
+
+            for edge in config['edges']:
+                if edge['dnet'] != dnet:
+                    continue
+                # edgemanage expects the FQDN, but our hostnames are not always FQDNs.
+                # so I'm passing the IP instead.
+                em.add_edge_state(edge['ip'], em_config["healthdata_store"])
+
+            statefile.verification_failures = em.do_edge_tests()
+            em.make_edges_live(True)  # XXX force update doesn't actually work
+
+            live_edges = em.edgelist_obj.get_live_edges()
+            if set(live_edges) != set(statefile.last_live):
+                statefile.add_rotation(100)  # keep up to 100
+
+            statefile.last_live = live_edges
+
+            statefile.set_last_run()
+            with open(statefile_name, "w") as f:
+                f.write(statefile.to_json())
diff --git a/persisted/edgemanage/.gitkeep b/persisted/edgemanage/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f13a681..9babe96 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ python-gnupg
 docker
 pyaml-env==1.1.1
 paramiko==2.7.2
-jinja2==3.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+jinja2==3.0.1
+git+git://github.com/equalitie/edgemanage@feature/python3-migration#egg=edgemanage
diff --git a/util/helpers.py b/util/helpers.py
index 7054197..ca8a157 100644
--- a/util/helpers.py
+++ b/util/helpers.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ def get_persisted_config_yml_path():
 def get_banjax_config_yml_path():
     return os.path.join(path_to_input(), 'config/banjax_config.yml')
 
+def get_edgemanage_config_yml_path():
+    return os.path.join(path_to_input(), 'config/edgemanage.yml')
+
 def get_kibana_saved_objects_path():
     return os.path.join(path_to_input(), 'kibana-saved-objects.ndjson')