diff --git a/hosts.example.yaml b/hosts.example.yaml
index 4fd3089..6887e06 100644
--- a/hosts.example.yaml
+++ b/hosts.example.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [all:vars]
-ansible_user=ubuntu
+ansible_user=solana
 
 [validators]
 # ansible_host should be the IP of your validator
-validator ansible_host=172.1.0.1 ansible_user=ubuntu ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/id_rsa
+validator ansible_host=127.0.0.1 ansible_user=solana ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/id_rsa