diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa9ae8f67..be2f23371 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ bin/
 
 coverage.txt
 
-.DS_Store
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+.DS_Store
+.vagrant
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diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f56537fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+# Copyright The reignite Authors
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/focal64"
+
+  config.ssh.forward_agent = true
+
+  config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |v|
+    # Enable nested virtualisation in VBox
+    v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nested-hw-virt", "on"]
+
+    v.memory = 4096
+    v.cpus = 2
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "upgrade-packages", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
+    sh.inline = <<~SHELL
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+      set -eux -o pipefail
+      apt update && apt upgrade -y
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "install-basic-packages", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
+    sh.inline = <<~SHELL
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+      set -eux -o pipefail
+      apt install -y \
+        make \
+        git \
+        gcc \
+        curl \
+        unzip \
+        containerd
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "install-golang", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
+    sh.env = {
+      'GO_VERSION': ENV['GO_VERSION'] || "1.17.1",
+    }
+    sh.inline = <<~SHELL
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+      set -eux -o pipefail
+      curl -fsSL "https://dl.google.com/go/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | tar Cxz /usr/local
+      cat >> /etc/environment <<EOF
+PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
+EOF
+      source /etc/environment
+      cat >> /etc/profile.d/sh.local <<EOF
+GOPATH=\\$HOME/go
+PATH=\\$GOPATH/bin:\\$PATH
+export GOPATH PATH
+EOF
+    source /etc/profile.d/sh.local
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "configure-thinpool", type: "shell",
+    run: "once", path: "./hack/scripts/devpool.sh"
+
+  config.vm.provision "configure-containerd", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
+    sh.inline = <<~SHELL
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+      set -eux -o pipefail
+
+      # ensure directories exist
+      mkdir -p /etc/containerd
+      mkdir -p /var/lib/containerd-dev/snapshotter/devmapper
+      mkdir -p /run/containerd-dev/
+
+      cp /vagrant/hack/scripts/example-config.toml /etc/containerd/config.toml
+
+      systemctl restart containerd
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "install-firecracker", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
+    sh.inline = <<~SHELL
+      curl -fsSL "https://github.com/weaveworks/reignite/files/7278467/firecracker_macvtap.zip" -o /tmp/firecracker-macvtap.zip
+      unzip /tmp/firecracker-macvtap.zip -d /usr/local/bin
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/hack/scripts/example-config.toml b/hack/scripts/example-config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d38e62f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/scripts/example-config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+version = 2
+
+root = "/var/lib/containerd-dev"
+state = "/run/containerd-dev"
+
+[grpc]
+  address = "/run/containerd-dev/containerd.sock"
+
+[metrics]
+  address = "127.0.0.1:1338"
+
+[plugins]
+  [plugins."io.containerd.snapshotter.v1.devmapper"]
+    pool_name = "dev-thinpool"
+    root_path = "/var/lib/containerd-dev/snapshotter/devmapper"
+    base_image_size = "10GB"
+    discard_blocks = true
+
+[debug]
+  level = "trace"
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