diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,5 @@ docs/_build/
 
 # PyBuilder
 target/
+
+.vagrant/
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
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index 00000000..6e463cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
+VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
+
+Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
+  # All Vagrant configuration is done here. The most common configuration
+  # options are documented and commented below. For a complete reference,
+  # please see the online documentation at vagrantup.com.
+
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/precise32"
+  
+  # Note: if it complains about guest extension versions, you can manually install them
+  # because each VirtualBox installation has the capability of mounting an ISO virtual
+  # CD to install its guest extension from.
+
+  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
+  # within the machine from a port on the host machine. 
+  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3306, host: 3306
+
+  config.vm.provision :shell, :path => "bootstrap.sh"
+
+end
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diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
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index 00000000..38d37a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+sudo apt-get update
+
+sudo apt-get clean
+
+sudo apt-get -y install libtool
+sudo apt-get -y install python-dev libyaml-dev libffi-dev
+sudo apt-get -y install python-pip
+
+cd /vagrant/
+
+sudo pip install --upgrade pip
+sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip 2>/dev/null
+
+sudo apt-get -y install libmysqlclient-dev 
+
+sudo pip install --allow-external mysql-connector-python mysql-connector-python
+sudo pip install --allow-external python-openfire python-openfire==0.2.3-beta
+sudo pip install https://github.com/eve-val/evelink/zipball/master
+sudo pip install --allow-external libffi-dev libffi-dev
+
+#TODO collect user input and use that to populate the passwords
+sudo apt-get -y install mysql-server-5.5
+sudo apt-get -y install rabbitmq-server
+sudo apt-get -y install python-xmpp 
+
+sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+
+# TODO Extract the rest of this file to separate shell script
+
+
+
+## comment out bootstrap_permissions() before sync, as per instructions
+#cp groupmanagement/__init__.py groupmanagement/__init__.py.bak
+#sed "s/bootstrap_permissions()/#bootstrap_permissions()/" groupmanagement/__init__.py.bak > groupmanagement/__init__.py
+#python manage.py syncdb
+#mv groupmanagement/__init__.py.bak groupmanagement/__init__.py
+
+#python manage.py celeryd --verbosity=2 --loglevel=DEBUG
+#python manage.py celerybeat --verbosity=2 --loglevel=DEBUG
+#python manage.py runserver
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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index 00000000..278d06f7
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Python Stuff # - see bootstrap.sh
+mysql-python
+
+dnspython
+passlib
+
+# Django Stuff #
+django==1.6.1
+django-evolution
+django-bootstrap-form
+django-celery
+
+# Needed Apps
+bcrypt
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