diff --git a/bootstrap/.gitignore b/bootstrap/.gitignore
index 94eba82..d08070b 100644
--- a/bootstrap/.gitignore
+++ b/bootstrap/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-kubespray/**
+kubespray
+venv
diff --git a/bootstrap/README.md b/bootstrap/README.md
index 2e97c00..d6cb708 100644
--- a/bootstrap/README.md
+++ b/bootstrap/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ vagrant up
 vagrant ssh k8s-1
 ```
 
+TODO 16.02.2020: Vagrant up works but no k8s is installed. Maybe due to wrong ansible playbook or because from here on kubespray should kick in
 
 ## Done steps
 
diff --git a/bootstrap/config.rb b/bootstrap/config.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d1e8e40..0000000
--- a/bootstrap/config.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-$num_instances = 1
-$os = "centos"
diff --git a/bootstrap/dev.inventory b/bootstrap/dev.inventory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fdc46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/dev.inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# ## Configure 'ip' variable to bind kubernetes services on a
+# ## different ip than the default iface
+# ## We should set etcd_member_name for etcd cluster. The node that is not a etcd member do not need to set the value, or can set the empty string value.
+[all]
+# node1 ansible_host=95.54.0.12  # ip=10.3.0.1 etcd_member_name=etcd1
+# node2 ansible_host=95.54.0.13  # ip=10.3.0.2 etcd_member_name=etcd2
+# node3 ansible_host=95.54.0.14  # ip=10.3.0.3 etcd_member_name=etcd3
+# node4 ansible_host=95.54.0.15  # ip=10.3.0.4 etcd_member_name=etcd4
+# node5 ansible_host=95.54.0.16  # ip=10.3.0.5 etcd_member_name=etcd5
+# node6 ansible_host=95.54.0.17  # ip=10.3.0.6 etcd_member_name=etcd6
+
+# ## configure a bastion host if your nodes are not directly reachable
+# bastion ansible_host=x.x.x.x ansible_user=some_user
+
+[kube-master]
+# node1
+# node2
+
+[etcd]
+# node1
+# node2
+# node3
+
+[kube-node]
+# node2
+# node3
+# node4
+# node5
+# node6
+
+[calico-rr]
+
+[k8s-cluster:children]
+kube-master
+#kube-node
+#calico-rr
diff --git a/bootstrap/init_kubespray.sh b/bootstrap/init_kubespray.sh
index 5bf6ef4..5ad795b 100755
--- a/bootstrap/init_kubespray.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/init_kubespray.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Idempotently initializes a fresh kubespray repo clone
+# use virtualenv to install all python requirements
+VENVDIR=venv
+virtualenv --python=/usr/local/bin/python3 $VENVDIR
+source $VENVDIR/bin/activate
+pip install -r kubespray/requirements.txt
+
+# prepare an inventory to test with
+INV=dev.inventory
+rm -rf kubespray/${INV}.bak &> /dev/null
+mv kubespray/${INV} kubespray/${INV}.bak &> /dev/null
+cp -a kubespray/inventory/sample kubespray/${INV}
+rm -f kubespray/${INV}/hosts.ini
+
+# customize the vagrant environment
 mkdir -p kubespray/vagrant
-cp config.rb kubespray/vagrant/config.rb
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+cat << EOF > kubespray/vagrant/config.rb
+\$instance_name_prefix = "k8s"
+\$vm_cpus = 4
+\$num_instances = 1
+\$os = "centos"
+\$subnet = "10.0.20"
+\$network_plugin = "flannel"
+\$inventory = "$INV"
+\$shared_folders = { 'temp/docker_rpms' => "/var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/docker-ce/packages" }
+EOF
+
+# make the rpm cache
+mkdir -p kubespray/temp/docker_rpms
+
+echo "Now cd to kubespray and 'vagrant up'"
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