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+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
+# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
+# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
+# you're doing.
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
+  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
+  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.
+
+  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
+  # boxes at https://atlas.hashicorp.com/search.
+  config.vm.box = "fedora/27-cloud-base"
+
+  # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
+  # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
+  # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
+  # config.vm.box_check_update = false
+
+  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
+  # within the machine from a port on the host machine. In the example below,
+  # accessing "localhost:8080" will access port 80 on the guest machine.
+  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080
+
+  # Create a private network, which allows host-only access to the machine
+  # using a specific IP.
+  # config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"
+
+  # Create a public network, which generally matched to bridged network.
+  # Bridged networks make the machine appear as another physical device on
+  # your network.
+  # config.vm.network "public_network"
+
+  # Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
+  # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
+  # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
+  # argument is a set of non-required options.
+  config.vm.synced_folder "./", "/home/vagrant/go/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o", type: "rsync"
+
+  # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
+  # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
+  # Example for VirtualBox:
+  #
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+  #   # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
+  #   vb.gui = true
+  #
+  #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
+    vb.memory = "4096"
+  end
+  config.vm.provider :libvirt do |libvirt|
+  #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
+    libvirt.memory = "4096"
+  end
+  #
+  # View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
+  # information on available options.
+
+  # Define a Vagrant Push strategy for pushing to Atlas. Other push strategies
+  # such as FTP and Heroku are also available. See the documentation at
+  # https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/push/atlas.html for more information.
+  # config.push.define "atlas" do |push|
+  #   push.app = "YOUR_ATLAS_USERNAME/YOUR_APPLICATION_NAME"
+  # end
+
+  # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
+  # Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Docker are also available. Please see the
+  # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
+  # install pkgs
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+    dnf install -y \
+      btrfs-progs-devel \
+      device-mapper-devel \
+      docker \
+      git \
+      glib2-devel \
+      glibc-devel \
+      glibc-static \
+      go \
+      golang-github-cpuguy83-go-md2man \
+      gpgme-devel \
+      libassuan-devel \
+      libgpg-error-devel \
+      libseccomp-devel \
+      libselinux-devel \
+      ostree-devel \
+      pkgconfig \
+      runc \
+      skopeo-containers
+    chown vagrant:vagrant -R /home/vagrant
+    modprobe overlay
+  SHELL
+  config.vm.provision "shell", privileged: true, inline: <<-SHELL
+    groupadd docker
+    usermod -aG docker vagrant
+    systemctl start docker.service
+  SHELL
+  config.vm.provision "shell", privileged: false, inline: <<-SHELL
+    export GOPATH=/home/vagrant/go
+    SRCDIR=$GOPATH/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
+    echo "export GOPATH=$GOPATH" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+    echo "export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+    # convenience: drop into the cri-o dir when login to vm
+    echo "cd $SRCDIR" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+    cd $SRCDIR
+    make
+  SHELL
+end