diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb3489a..d38ab79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
 /log/*.log
 /tmp
+
+# ignore vagrant vm state file?
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cb56b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "precise32"
+  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise32.box"
+  config.vm.network :hostonly, "192.168.3.76"
+  
+  config.vm.provision :puppet do |puppet|
+    puppet.manifests_path = "puppet/manifests"
+    puppet.manifest_file  = "default.pp"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/puppet/files/krb5.conf b/puppet/files/krb5.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cb6dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/puppet/files/krb5.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[libdefaults]
+        default_realm = MSU.EDU
+        dns_lookup_realm = true
+        dns_lookup_kdc = true
+        verify_ap_req_nofail = false
+
+[realms]
+        MSU.EDU = {
+        admin_server = kerberos-dev.idm.msu.edu
+        kpasswd_server = kerberos-dev.idm.msu.edu
+        }
+
+[domain_realm]
+       .msu.edu = MSU.EDU
+        msu.edu = MSU.EDU
+
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/default.pp b/puppet/manifests/default.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebf6c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/puppet/manifests/default.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Misc
+exec { 'apt-get update':
+  command   => '/usr/bin/apt-get update',
+}
+
+package { 'build-essential':
+  ensure    => installed,
+}
+
+# Database
+package { ['sqlite3', 'libsqlite3-dev']:
+  ensure    => installed,
+}
+
+# Ruby and Rails
+package { 'ruby1.9.3':
+  ensure    => installed,
+  require   => Exec['apt-get update'],
+}
+
+package { 'rails':
+  ensure    => installed,
+  provider  => 'gem',
+  require   => Package['ruby1.9.3'],
+}
+
+# Kerberos stuff
+package { 'libkrb5-dev':
+  ensure    => installed,
+}
+
+package { 'timfel-krb5-auth':
+  ensure    => installed,
+  provider  => 'gem',
+  require   => [Package['build-essential'],Package['libkrb5-dev']]
+}
+
+file { 'krb5.conf':
+  ensure    => present,
+  name      => '/etc/krb5.conf',
+  source    => '/vagrant/puppet/files/krb5.conf',
+  owner     => 'root',
+  group     => 'root',
+  mode      => 0644,
+}
+
+# git
+package { 'git':
+  ensure    => installed,
+}