diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ target/*
 *.iml
 /target
 _site/
+.vagrant/
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
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index 000000000..08db68b26
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+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# -*- 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 = "centos/7"
+
+  # 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+  # `vagrant box outdated`.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: 8080, host: 8484
+
+  # 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 "../data", "/vagrant_data"
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
+  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"  
+  config.vm.provision :file,  source: "target/spring-petclinic-1.4.2.jar", destination: "/tmp/spring-petclinic-1.4.2.jar", run: "always"
+  config.vm.provision :shell, inline: "java -jar /tmp/spring-petclinic-1.4.2.jar &", run: "always"
+
+  # 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 = "1024"
+  # 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.
+  # config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+  #   apt-get update
+  #   apt-get install -y apache2
+  # SHELL
+end
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
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index 000000000..ff9a255fc
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+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# update all existing packages
+sudo yum -y update
+
+# install wget and dos2unix
+sudo yum -y install wget
+sudo yum -y install dos2unix
+
+# download java
+sudo wget --no-cookies \
+--no-check-certificate \
+--header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" \
+"http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u121-b13/e9e7ea248e2c4826b92b3f075a80e441/jdk-8u121-linux-x64.rpm" \
+-O /tmp/jdk-8-linux-x64.rpm
+
+# install java
+sudo yum -y install /tmp/jdk-8-linux-x64.rpm
+sudo rm /tmp/jdk-8-linux-x64.rpm
+
+# run the application
+#java -jar /tmp/spring-petclinic-1.4.2.jar &
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