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+# -*- 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.
+
+  # Every Vagrant virtual environment requires a box to build off of.
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/utopic"
+  config.vm.box_url = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/utopic/current/utopic-server-cloudimg-i386-vagrant-disk1.box"
+
+  # 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+  # `vagrant box outdated`.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"
+
+  # If true, then any SSH connections made will enable agent forwarding.
+  # Default value: false
+  # config.ssh.forward_agent = true
+
+  # 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/share", type: :nfs
+  # vagrant plugin install vagrant-bindfs
+   config.bindfs.bind_folder "/home/vagrant/share", "/home/vagrant/share"
+
+  # 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|
+  #   # Don't boot with headless mode
+  #   vb.gui = true
+  #
+  #   # Use VBoxManage to customize the VM. For example to change memory:
+  #   vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024"]
+  # end
+  #
+  # View the documentation for the provider you're using for more
+  # information on available options.
+
+  # Enable provisioning with CFEngine. CFEngine Community packages are
+  # automatically installed. For example, configure the host as a
+  # policy server and optionally a policy file to run:
+  #
+  # config.vm.provision "cfengine" do |cf|
+  #   cf.am_policy_hub = true
+  #   # cf.run_file = "motd.cf"
+  # end
+  #
+  # You can also configure and bootstrap a client to an existing
+  # policy server:
+  #
+  # config.vm.provision "cfengine" do |cf|
+  #   cf.policy_server_address = "10.0.2.15"
+  # end
+
+  # Enable provisioning with Puppet stand alone.  Puppet manifests
+  # are contained in a directory path relative to this Vagrantfile.
+  # You will need to create the manifests directory and a manifest in
+  # the file default.pp in the manifests_path directory.
+  #
+  # config.vm.provision "puppet" do |puppet|
+  #   puppet.manifests_path = "manifests"
+  #   puppet.manifest_file  = "default.pp"
+  # end
+
+  config.vm.provision :puppet do |puppet|
+    puppet.manifests_path = "puppet/manifests"
+    puppet.manifest_file = "local.pp"
+    puppet.module_path = "puppet/modules"
+  end
+
+  # Enable provisioning with chef solo, specifying a cookbooks path, roles
+  # path, and data_bags path (all relative to this Vagrantfile), and adding
+  # some recipes and/or roles.
+  #
+  # config.vm.provision "chef_solo" do |chef|
+  #   chef.cookbooks_path = "../my-recipes/cookbooks"
+  #   chef.roles_path = "../my-recipes/roles"
+  #   chef.data_bags_path = "../my-recipes/data_bags"
+  #   chef.add_recipe "mysql"
+  #   chef.add_role "web"
+  #
+  #   # You may also specify custom JSON attributes:
+  #   chef.json = { mysql_password: "foo" }
+  # end
+
+  # Enable provisioning with chef server, specifying the chef server URL,
+  # and the path to the validation key (relative to this Vagrantfile).
+  #
+  # The Opscode Platform uses HTTPS. Substitute your organization for
+  # ORGNAME in the URL and validation key.
+  #
+  # If you have your own Chef Server, use the appropriate URL, which may be
+  # HTTP instead of HTTPS depending on your configuration. Also change the
+  # validation key to validation.pem.
+  #
+  # config.vm.provision "chef_client" do |chef|
+  #   chef.chef_server_url = "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ORGNAME"
+  #   chef.validation_key_path = "ORGNAME-validator.pem"
+  # end
+  #
+  # If you're using the Opscode platform, your validator client is
+  # ORGNAME-validator, replacing ORGNAME with your organization name.
+  #
+  # If you have your own Chef Server, the default validation client name is
+  # chef-validator, unless you changed the configuration.
+  #
+  #   chef.validation_client_name = "ORGNAME-validator"
+end
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/local.pp b/puppet/manifests/local.pp
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+Exec {
+  path => ["/usr/bin", "/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/local/sbin"]
+}
+
+exec { 'apt-get update':
+  command => '/usr/bin/apt-get update'
+}
+
+$packages = [
+  # frontend
+  'nodejs-legacy',
+  'npm',
+  # python
+  'python-pip',
+  'python3-dev'
+]
+
+# install packages
+package { $packages:
+  ensure => present,
+  require => Exec["apt-get update"]
+}
+
+exec { 'venv':
+	command => '/usr/bin/pip install virtualenv'
+}
diff --git a/puppet/modules/humans.txt b/puppet/modules/humans.txt
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