diff --git a/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index 496e2d992a318fbb93df91c774ad0afe06a55c8b..129badd35b841d36bfc0ea2450a58c69246545db 100644
--- a/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # -*- mode: ruby -*-
 # vi: set ft=ruby :
 
+require "ipaddr"
+
+# The base image to use
+BASE_IMAGE="centos/7"
+
+# Either libvirt or virtualbox
+PROVIDER="libvirt"
+
 # Whether to do Multi-node or All-in-One deployment
 MULTINODE=true
 
@@ -10,24 +18,40 @@ NUMBER_OF_COMPUTE_NODES=1
 NUMBER_OF_STORAGE_NODES=1
 NUMBER_OF_NETWORK_NODES=1
 
+# Private IP address network
+# Sadly, DHCP assignment on private network is buggy with libvirt provider
+# see https://github.com/pradels/vagrant-libvirt/issues/427
+PRIVATE_NETWORK="10.10.10.0/24"
+
+# Bridge interface
+BRIDGE_INTERFACE="virbr0"
+
 # Configure a new SSH key and config so the operator is able to connect with
 # the other cluster nodes.
 unless File.file?("./vagrantkey")
   system("ssh-keygen -f ./vagrantkey -N '' -C this-is-vagrant")
 end
 
+# A poor's man DHCP server
+# Note: this prevents safely running 'vagrant up' one VM at a time otherwise
+# you're likely to have IP address conflicts. The shuffle is meant to reduce
+# collisions. A safer way would be to make sure the host doesn't respond to
+# pings.
+# This should all go away once we find a way to make vagrant-libvirt work with
+# private DHCP networks.
+def pick_address
+  @available_addresses ||= IPAddr.new(PRIVATE_NETWORK).to_range.to_a.drop(2).shuffle
+  @available_addresses.shift.to_s
+end
+
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
-  # The base image to use
-  # TODO (harmw): something more close to vanilla would be nice, someday.
-  config.vm.box = "puppetlabs/centos-7.0-64-puppet"
+  config.vm.box = BASE_IMAGE
 
   # Next to the hostonly NAT-network there is a host-only network with all
   # nodes attached. Plus, each node receives a 3rd adapter connected to the
   # outside public network.
-  # TODO (harmw): see if there is a way to automate the selection of the bridge
-  # interface.
-  config.vm.network "private_network", type: "dhcp"
-  config.vm.network "public_network", ip: "0.0.0.0", bridge: "wlp3s0b1"
+  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: pick_address
+  config.vm.network "public_network", dev: BRIDGE_INTERFACE, mode: 'bridge', type: 'bridge'
 
   my_privatekey = File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "vagrantkey"))
   my_publickey = File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "vagrantkey.pub"))
@@ -47,11 +71,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   EOS
 
   config.hostmanager.enabled = true
-  config.hostmanager.ip_resolver = proc do |vm, resolving_vm|
-    if vm.id
-      `VBoxManage guestproperty get #{vm.id} "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/IP"`.split()[1]
-    end
-  end
 
   # The operator controls the deployment
   config.vm.define "operator" do |admin|
@@ -59,9 +78,9 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     admin.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh", args: "operator #{MULTINODE ? 'multinode' : 'aio'}"
     admin.vm.synced_folder "storage/operator/", "/data/host", create:"True"
     admin.vm.synced_folder "storage/shared/", "/data/shared", create:"True"
-    admin.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-    admin.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-      vb.memory = MULTINODE ? 1024 : 4096
+    admin.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/sync", disabled: true
+    admin.vm.provider PROVIDER do |vm|
+      vm.memory = MULTINODE ? 1024 : 4096
     end
     admin.hostmanager.aliases = "operator"
   end
@@ -74,9 +93,9 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         compute.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"
         compute.vm.synced_folder "storage/compute/", "/data/host", create:"True"
         compute.vm.synced_folder "storage/shared/", "/data/shared", create:"True"
-        compute.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-        compute.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-          vb.memory = 1024
+        compute.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/sync", disabled: true
+        compute.vm.provider PROVIDER do |vm|
+          vm.memory = 1024
         end
         compute.hostmanager.aliases = "compute0#{i}"
       end
@@ -89,9 +108,9 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         storage.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"
         storage.vm.synced_folder "storage/storage/", "/data/host", create:"True"
         storage.vm.synced_folder "storage/shared/", "/data/shared", create:"True"
-        storage.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-        storage.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-          vb.memory = 1024
+        storage.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/sync", disabled: true
+        storage.vm.provider PROVIDER do |vm|
+          vm.memory = 1024
         end
         storage.hostmanager.aliases = "storage0#{i}"
       end
@@ -104,9 +123,9 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         network.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"
         network.vm.synced_folder "storage/network/", "/data/host", create:"True"
         network.vm.synced_folder "storage/shared/", "/data/shared", create:"True"
-        network.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-        network.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-          vb.memory = 1024
+        network.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/sync", disabled: true
+        network.vm.provider PROVIDER do |vm|
+          vm.memory = 1024
         end
         network.hostmanager.aliases = "network0#{i}"
       end
@@ -119,9 +138,9 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         control.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"
         control.vm.synced_folder "storage/control/", "/data/host", create:"True"
         control.vm.synced_folder "storage/shared/", "/data/shared", create:"True"
-        control.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-        control.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-          vb.memory = 2048
+        control.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/sync", disabled: true
+        control.vm.provider PROVIDER do |vm|
+          vm.memory = 2048
         end
         control.hostmanager.aliases = "control0#{i}"
       end