diff --git a/scripts/configure_vagrant_k3s.sh b/scripts/configure_vagrant_k3s.sh
index 7a1f469..0442834 100755
--- a/scripts/configure_vagrant_k3s.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure_vagrant_k3s.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # This script checks for Vagrant and VirtualBox prerequisites, ensures Vagrant VMs are running, and gathers network and system information from the VMs.
 
 echo "Checking Vagrant prerequisites..."
-
 # Check if Vagrant is installed
 if ! command -v vagrant &> /dev/null; then
     echo "Vagrant is not installed. Please install Vagrant to proceed."
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+
+
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 echo "Script directory: $SCRIPT_DIR"
 
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ if [ -z "$(vagrant status | grep 'running')" ]; then
     vagrant up
 fi
 
+
+
 network_info=()
 vagrant_ports=()
 
@@ -112,32 +115,30 @@ for info in "${network_info[@]}"; do
 done
 
 # Print Vagrant ports
-echo "Vagrant Ports:"
-for port in "${vagrant_ports[@]}"; do
-    echo "Port: $port"
-done
 
 echo "Creating Ansible inventory file..."
-ANSIBLE_DIR="$VAGRANT_DIR/ansible"
-mkdir -p "$ANSIBLE_DIR"
-INVENTORY_FILE="$ANSIBLE_DIR/ansible_inventory.ini"
+INVENTORY_FILE="ansible/ansible_inventory.ini"
+
+echo "Ansible inventory file: $INVENTORY_FILE"
+
 echo "[all]" > "$INVENTORY_FILE"
 i=0
 for info in "${network_info[@]}"; do
     port="22"
     vm=$(echo "$info" | cut -d':' -f1)
     host_ip=$(echo "$info" | cut -d':' -f2)
-    echo "$vm ansible_host=$host_ip ansible_port=$port ansible_user=vagrant ansible_ssh_private_key_file=.vagrant/machines/$vm/virtualbox/private_key ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3" >> "$INVENTORY_FILE"
+    echo "$vm ansible_host=$host_ip ansible_port=$port ansible_user=vagrant ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/${vm}_key ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3" >> "$INVENTORY_FILE"
     ((i++))
 done
 
 echo "" >> "$INVENTORY_FILE"
 echo "[vms]" >> "$INVENTORY_FILE"
 for vm in $running_vms; do
-    echo $vm >> "$INVENTORY_FILE"
+    if [[ "$vm" == *"vm"* ]]; then
+        echo $vm >> "$INVENTORY_FILE"
+        # vm=$(echo "$vm" | sed 's/vm//')
+    fi
 done
 
 echo "Ansible inventory file created at: $INVENTORY_FILE"
 
-# source venv ansible 
- fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/install_vagrant_k3s.sh b/scripts/install_vagrant_k3s.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b97723d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_vagrant_k3s.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+VAGRANT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../vagrant/dev/ubuntu/"
+
+echo "Script directory: $SCRIPT_DIR"
+echo "Vagrant directory: $VAGRANT_DIR"
+cd "$VAGRANT_DIR" || {
+    echo "Failed to change directory to Vagrant directory: $VAGRANT_DIR"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+vagrant up vm1 vm2 vm3
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to start Vagrant VMs. Please check your Vagrant setup."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+../../../scripts/configure_vagrant_k3s.sh && \
+    vagrant up workstation
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/.envrc.example b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/.envrc.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ceadd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/.envrc.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export VAGRANT_BRIDGE=<preferred interface to bride to>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/install_k3s_3node.yaml b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/install_k3s_3node.yaml
index e826648..d45d4cb 100644
--- a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/install_k3s_3node.yaml
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/install_k3s_3node.yaml
@@ -109,4 +109,39 @@
         msg: "K3S installation failed on {{ inventory_hostname }}"
       when: inventory_hostname != 'vm1' and not k3s_binary.stat.exists and k3s_install_result.rc != 0
 
+    - name: Ensure /home/vagrant/.kube directory exists
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /home/vagrant/.kube
+        state: directory
+        owner: vagrant
+        group: vagrant
+        mode: '0700'
 
+    - name: Copy kubeconfig to vagrant user
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
+        dest: /home/vagrant/.kube/config
+        owner: vagrant
+        group: vagrant
+        mode: '0600'
+        remote_src: true
+
+    - name: Ensure KUBECONFIG is set in vagrant .bashrc
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /home/vagrant/.bashrc
+        line: 'export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config'
+        state: present
+        insertafter: EOF
+        owner: vagrant
+        group: vagrant
+        mode: '0644'
+
+    - name: Ensure kubectl completion is sourced in vagrant .bashrc
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /home/vagrant/.bashrc
+        line: 'source <(kubectl completion bash)'
+        state: present
+        insertafter: EOF
+        owner: vagrant
+        group: vagrant
+        mode: '0644'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh
index 63b0037..69edef0 100644
--- a/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh
+++ b/vagrant/dev/ubuntu/ansible/provision_workstation.sh
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ sudo chmod 700 /home/vagrant/.ssh
 # 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
+sudo -u root cp /vagrant/.vagrant/machines/vm$i/virtualbox/private_key /root/.ssh/vm${i}_key
 sudo chmod 600 /home/vagrant/.ssh/vm${i}_key
+sudo chmod 600 /root/.ssh/vm${i}_key
 done
 
 # Disable host key checking for easier learning
 echo "[defaults]" > /home/vagrant/.ansible/ansible.cfg
 echo "host_key_checking = False" >> /home/vagrant/.ansible/ansible.cfg
 
-cp /vagrant/ansible/* /home/vagrant/ansible/
 
 ANSIBLE_DIR=/home/vagrant/ansible
 echo "Ansible directory: $ANSIBLE_DIR"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ if [ ! -d "venv" ]; then
         exit 1
     fi
     echo "Virtual environment created and activated."
+    cp /vagrant/ansible/requirements.txt .
     if [ -f "requirements.txt" ]; then
         echo "Installing dependencies from requirements.txt..."
         pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -58,6 +60,11 @@ fi
 
 ANSIBLE_VENV_DIR="$ANSIBLE_DIR/venv"
 
+echo "Ansible virtual environment directory: $ANSIBLE_VENV_DIR"
+
+ls -al "$ANSIBLE_VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
+
+
 if [ -d "$ANSIBLE_VENV_DIR" ]; then
     echo "Activating Ansible virtual environment..."
     source "$ANSIBLE_VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
@@ -70,13 +77,15 @@ echo ""
 
 ansible --version
 
-cp -r /vagrant/.vagrant/machines /home/vagrant/machines
-cp -r ~/.vagrant/machines /home/vagrant/machines
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Ansible is not installed or not found in the virtual environment. Please check your installation."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cp -r /vagrant/ansible/* /home/vagrant/ansible/
 
-chmod 600 /home/vagrant/machines/*/virtualbox/private_key
-chmod 600 ~/machines/*/virtualbox/private_key
 eval `ssh-agent -s`
-ssh-add ~/machines/*/virtualbox/private_key
+ssh-add # ~/machines/*/virtualbox/private_key
 
 BASHRC="/home/vagrant/.bashrc"
 BLOCK_START="# ADDED BY infctl provisioning"
@@ -95,8 +104,23 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo ""
+echo "user id is $(id)"
+echo "group id is $(groups)"
 
-ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible --inventory-file ansible_inventory.ini  -m ping all | cat
+ls -al /home/vagrant/ansible
+echo ""
+cat /vagrant/ansible/ansible_inventory.ini
+echo ""
+
+echo "root keys"
+
+ls -al ~/.ssh/vm*_key
+
+echo "vagrant keys"
+
+ls -al /home/vagrant/.ssh/vm*_key
+
+ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible --inventory-file /home/vagrant/ansible/ansible_inventory.ini  -m ping all 
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Ansible ping failed. Please check your Vagrant VMs and network configuration."
@@ -104,12 +128,12 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 # install_keepalived.yaml
-ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook install_keepalived.yaml --inventory-file ansible_inventory.ini | cat
+ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook install_keepalived.yaml --inventory-file ansible_inventory.ini 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Ansible playbook failed. Please check your Vagrant VMs and network configuration."
     exit 1
 fi
-echo "Keepalived installation completed successfully."
+echo "Keepalived installation completed."
 
 # install_k3s_3node.yaml
 ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook install_k3s_3node.yaml --inventory-file ansible_inventory.ini | cat
@@ -117,4 +141,4 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Ansible playbook failed. Please check your Vagrant VMs and network configuration."
     exit 1
 fi
-echo "K3s installation completed successfully."
+