diff --git a/tests/vagrant/vanilla/.gitignore b/tests/vagrant/vanilla/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69c190a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vagrant/vanilla/.gitignore
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+.vagrant
+*-console.log
diff --git a/tests/vagrant/vanilla/Vagrantfile b/tests/vagrant/vanilla/Vagrantfile
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+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+
+  config.vm.synced_folder "../../..", "/mailinabox", id: "mailinabox", automount: false
+  config.vm.provision "file", source:"../globals.sh", destination:"globals.sh"
+
+  # vanilla install
+
+  config.vm.define "vanilla" do |m1|
+    m1.vm.box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
+    m1.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest:443, host:8443, protocol:"tcp"
+    m1.vm.provision :shell, :inline => <<-SH
+source globals.sh || exit 1
+export PRIMARY_HOSTNAME=vanilla.local
+export FEATURE_MUNIN=false
+cd /mailinabox
+tests/system-setup/vanilla.sh; rc=$?
+echo "EXITCODE: $rc"
+SH
+  end
+
+
+end