diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a977916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.vagrant/
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cc2701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "debian/jessie64"
+
+  config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant'
+  #config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant_data'
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+
+     # install what we need
+     sudo apt-get update
+     sudo apt-get install -y git-core \
+         apache2 \
+         libapache2-mod-fcgid \
+         libyaml-syck-perl \
+         libnet-ldap-perl \
+         liblog-log4perl-perl \
+         libcrypt-cbc-perl \
+         libcgi-fast-perl \
+         libfcgi-perl \
+         libio-socket-inet6-perl \
+         libsocket6-perl \
+         liblog-dispatch-perl \
+         libcrypt-blowfish-perl \
+         libnetaddr-ip-perl
+
+    # create self signed cert
+    sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:4096 \
+        -subj "/C=US/ST=Denial/L=Springfield/O=Dis/CN=www.example.com" \
+        -keyout /etc/ssl/private/apache-selfsigned.key \
+        -out /etc/ssl/certs/apache-selfsigned.crt
+
+    # setup data dir
+    NDIR=`grep namespace_dir /vagrant/src/server/etc/hostdb/server_conf.yaml | awk '{print $2}'`
+    sudo mkdir -p $NDIR/hosts/.perms
+    sudo mkdir -p $NDIR/tags/.perms
+    sudo mkdir -p $NDIR/tags/.members
+
+    sudo echo "--- yaml host conf" > $NDIR/hosts/server1.yourdomain.com
+    sudo echo "--- yaml host conf" > $NDIR/hosts/server2.yourdomain.com
+    sudo echo "--- yaml tag conf" > $NDIR/tags/tag1
+    sudo echo "--- yaml tag conf" > $NDIR/tags/tag2
+    sudo echo "--- yaml tag conf" > $NDIR/tags/tag3
+    sudo echo "server1.yourdomain.com" > $NDIR/tags/.members/tag1
+    sudo echo "server2.yourdomain.com" > $NDIR/tags/.members/tag2
+    sudo echo -e '@tag1\\n@tag2' > $NDIR/tags/.members/tag3
+    sudo echo -e "---\\nadmin:\\n  data: RW" > $NDIR/hosts/.perms/.default
+    sudo echo -e "---\\nadmin:\\n  data: RW\\n  members: RW" > $NDIR/tags/.perms/.default
+    pushd $NDIR
+    sudo git init . && git add * && git commit --allow-empty -am "init"
+    popd
+
+    # copy config files
+    sudo cp -R /vagrant/src/server/etc/hostdb /etc/
+    sudo cp -R /vagrant/src/server/etc/cron.d/hostdb /etc/cron.d/hostdb
+    sudo cp -R /vagrant/src/server/etc/logrotate.d/hostdb /etc/logrotate.d/
+    sudo cp -R /vagrant/src/server/etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb /etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb
+
+    # adjust apache config
+    sudo sed -i 's/SSLCACertificateFile.*//' /etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb
+    sudo sed -i 's/crt\\/yourdomain.crt/certs\\/apache-selfsigned.crt/' /etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb
+    sudo sed -i 's/crt\\/yourdomain.key/private\\/apache-selfsigned.key/' /etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb
+
+    # link stuff, so we can edit it in /vagrant and see the results more or less live
+    sudo ln -s /vagrant/src/server/usr/lib/cgi-bin/hostdb_rest.fcgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hostdb_rest.fcgi
+    sudo ln -s /vagrant/src/server/usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/local/libsite_perl
+    sudo ln -s /vagrant/src/server/usr/local/bin/hostdb_git_gc.sh /usr/local/bin/hostdb_git_gc.sh
+    sudo ln -s /vagrant/src/webui/var/www/hostdb /var/www/hostdb
+
+    # finish up
+    sudo /vagrant/src/server/DEBIAN/postinst
+   SHELL
+end
diff --git a/src/server/etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb b/src/server/etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb
index 1986f17..f07c005 100644
--- a/src/server/etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb
+++ b/src/server/etc/apache2/sites-available/hostdb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ NameVirtualHost *:443
 <VirtualHost *:443>
     ServerName *
     DocumentRoot /var/www/hostdb
-    
+
     SSLEngine On
     SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/crt/yourdomain.crt
     SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/crt/yourdomain.key
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ NameVirtualHost *:443
 
     LogFormat "%v:%{local}p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %D" hostdb_log
     CustomLog /var/log/apache2/hostdb_access.log hostdb_log
-    
+
     Alias /bootstrap "/var/www/hostdb/bootstrap/"
     Alias /assets "/var/www/hostdb/assets/"
 
     RewriteEngine on
     RewriteRule ^/(tags|hosts) /index.html
- 
+
     <Location /v1>
         RewriteEngine On
         RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /cgi-bin/hostdb_rest.fcgi [L]
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ NameVirtualHost *:443
 <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerName *
     DocumentRoot  /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
-    
+
     LogFormat "%v:%{local}p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %D" hostdb_log
     CustomLog /var/log/apache2/hostdb_access.log hostdb_log
-    
+
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteRule ^/v1/?(.*)$ /hostdb_rest.fcgi [L]
     RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L]