  We compute the rate for diffractive $\phi$ electro-production using the Color
Glass Condensate dipole model. The model parameters are obtained from fits to
the most recent combined HERA data on inclusive deep inelastic scattering. As
for the $\phi$ meson, we use an AdS/QCD holographic light front wavefunction.
Our predictions are compared to the available data collected at the HERA
collider.
