diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index 30f9cc6..e8b82d4 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
     "nginx_conf": "path_to/conf.d",
     "admin_url": "admin_url.headshed.dev",
     "preview_url": "app-prv.headshed.dev",
-    "ui_url": "ww2.headshed.dev",
+    "ui_url": "ww2.headshed.dev"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/Vagrantfile b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/Vagrantfile
index b813bce..fa3f41c 100644
--- a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/Vagrantfile
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/Vagrantfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     end
 
     vm1.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-      vb.memory = "4096" # 4GB memory
+      vb.memory = "2048" # 4GB memory
       vb.cpus = 2
     end    
 
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     end
 
     vm2.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+<<<<<<< HEAD
       vb.memory = "4096" # 4GB memory
+=======
+      vb.memory = "2048" # 4GB memory
+>>>>>>> 8396e72 (update: Added Longhorn installation process and updated memory allocation for VMs)
       vb.cpus = 2
     end
     
@@ -88,7 +92,11 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     end
 
     vm3.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+<<<<<<< HEAD
       vb.memory = "4096" # 4GB memory
+=======
+      vb.memory = "2048" # 4GB memory
+>>>>>>> 8396e72 (update: Added Longhorn installation process and updated memory allocation for VMs)
       vb.cpus = 2
     end
 
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh
index 2d95d67..9448b09 100644
--- a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ sudo -u vagrant mkdir -p /home/vagrant/.ansible
 sudo -u vagrant touch /home/vagrant/.ansible/ansible.cfg
 
 # Create workspace and SSH directories
-sudo -u vagrant mkdir -p /home/vagrant/ansible
 sudo -u vagrant mkdir -p /home/vagrant/.ssh
 sudo chmod 700 /home/vagrant/.ssh
 
+# create directories and copy files to /home/vagrant
+mkdir -p /home/vagrant/{ansible,scripts,pipelines,k8s}
+sudo cp -r /vagrant/ansible/* /home/vagrant/ansible/
+sudo cp -r /vagrant/scripts/* /home/vagrant/scripts/
+sudo cp -r /vagrant/pipelines/* /home/vagrant/pipelines
+sudo cp -r /vagrant/k8s/* /home/vagrant/k8s
+sudo chmod +x /home/vagrant/pipelines/*.sh
+
 # Copy the Vagrant private keys (these will be synced by Vagrant)
 for i in {1..3}; do
 sudo -u vagrant cp /vagrant/.vagrant/machines/vm$i/virtualbox/private_key /home/vagrant/.ssh/vm${i}_key
@@ -81,7 +88,6 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-cp -r /vagrant/ansible/* /home/vagrant/ansible/
 
 eval `ssh-agent -s`
 ssh-add # ~/machines/*/virtualbox/private_key
@@ -144,4 +150,11 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# check infctl 
+cd /home/vagrant
+bash /home/vagrant/scripts/check_install_infctl.sh 
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "infctl check failed. Please check your installation."
+    exit 1
+fi
 
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/pipelines/vagrant-longhorn.json b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/pipelines/vagrant-longhorn.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85e4322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/pipelines/vagrant-longhorn.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[
+    {
+        "name": "Install Longhorn pre-requisites",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./scripts/longhorn_prereqs.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Install Longhorn",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./scripts/install_longhorn.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Wait for Longhorn pods to come up",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./scripts/wait_for_longhorn.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 10,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/check_install_infctl.sh b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/check_install_infctl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fb7f66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/check_install_infctl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# function to install infctl
+install_infctl() {
+    echo "Installing infctl..."
+    # Add installation commands here
+    curl -L https://codeberg.org/headshed/infctl-cli/raw/branch/main/install.sh | bash
+
+}
+
+if ! command -v infctl &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "infctl could not be found, installing..."
+    install_infctl
+fi
+
+# base.json.example  config.json.example
+
+# https://codeberg.org/headshed/infctl-cli/raw/branch/main/base.json.example
+
+# https://codeberg.org/headshed/infctl-cli/raw/branch/main/config.json.example
+
+if [ ! -f "base.json" ]; then
+    echo "base.json not found in home directory, downloading..."
+    curl -o "base.json" https://codeberg.org/headshed/infctl-cli/raw/branch/main/base.json.example
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "config.json" ]; then
+    echo "config.json not found in home directory, downloading..."
+    curl -o "config.json" https://codeberg.org/headshed/infctl-cli/raw/branch/main/config.json.example
+fi
+
+
+
+echo "infctl is installed and ready to use."
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/install_longhorn.sh b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/install_longhorn.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..51c565e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/install_longhorn.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo 
+echo "vagrant longhorn installation"
+echo 
+
+ssh-add  ~/.ssh/vm*_key 
+source /home/vagrant/ansible/venv/bin/activate
+# Check if there are any pods in the longhorn-system namespace
+if kubectl -n longhorn-system get pods --no-headers 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^[^ ]'; then
+  echo "Pods already exist in the longhorn-system namespace. Skipping installation."
+  exit 0
+fi
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/releases
+# v1.8.1 in prod 1.9.1 is latest
+LONGHORN_RELEASE="v1.8.1"
+LONGHORN_RELEASE_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/longhorn/longhorn/$LONGHORN_RELEASE/deploy/longhorn.yaml"
+
+echo "Applying Longhorn release $LONGHORN_RELEASE..."
+echo "Using Longhorn release URL: $LONGHORN_RELEASE_URL"
+
+kubectl apply -f $LONGHORN_RELEASE_URL
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/longhorn_prereqs.sh b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/longhorn_prereqs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9e00ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/longhorn_prereqs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo 
+echo "vagrant longhorn prerequisites"
+echo 
+
+ssh-add  ~/.ssh/vm*_key 
+source /home/vagrant/ansible/venv/bin/activate
+ANSIBLE_SUPPRESS_INTERPRETER_DISCOVERY_WARNING=1 ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible --inventory-file /home/vagrant/ansible/ansible_inventory.ini  -m ping vm1,vm2,vm3 
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Ansible ping failed. Please check your Vagrant VMs and network configuration."
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "Ansible ping successful."
+
+# Check if there are any pods in the longhorn-system namespace
+if kubectl -n longhorn-system get pods --no-headers 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^[^ ]'; then
+  echo "Pods already exist in the longhorn-system namespace. Skipping installation."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+exit
+
+echo "Installing Longhorn prerequisites..."
+
+
+# install_longhorn_prereqs.yaml
+ANSIBLE_SUPPRESS_INTERPRETER_DISCOVERY_WARNING=1 ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook ~/ansible/install_longhorn_prereqs.yaml --inventory-file /home/vagrant/ansible/ansible_inventory.ini
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Ansible playbook failed. Please check the playbook and your inventory."
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/wait_for_longhorn.sh b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/wait_for_longhorn.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b07aa3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/scripts/wait_for_longhorn.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo 
+echo "wait for longhorn installation"
+echo 
+
+ssh-add  ~/.ssh/vm*_key 
+source /home/vagrant/ansible/venv/bin/activate
+while true; do
+  not_ready=$(kubectl -n longhorn-system get pods --no-headers 2>/dev/null | grep -vE 'Running|Completed' | wc -l)
+  total=$(kubectl -n longhorn-system get pods --no-headers 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+  if [[ $total -gt 0 && $not_ready -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "All Longhorn pods are ready."
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep 10
+done