diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 917fbaa..d46ec6b 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   end
 
   config.vm.define "corddev" do |d|
+    d.ssh.forward_agent = true
     d.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
     d.vm.hostname = "corddev"
     d.vm.network "private_network", ip: "10.100.198.200"
diff --git a/components/maas b/components/maas
index 39d0c78..fc8b18e 160000
--- a/components/maas
+++ b/components/maas
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 39d0c78bd5273f0ee8da619f93edc81af132db00
+Subproject commit fc8b18e379186e727bfb182d750579294f23a4ec
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/quickstart.md
index 56ff154..fa3da81 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -40,11 +40,23 @@
 
 On the build host, clone the OpenCORD integration repository and switch into its top directory:
 
+For now you can clone the repository anonymously:
+
    ```
    git clone https://gerrit.opencord.org/opencord
    cd opencord
    ```
-   
+
+If -- for whatever reason -- you decide to clone the repo as a private
+repository using ssh, then you should add your private key to your local ssh
+forwarding agent, because we will clone additional OpenCORD repositories within
+the Vagrant environment using the same git access mode, and this will require your
+local agent to know your identity:
+
+   ```
+   ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+   ```
+
 Bring up the standardized OpenCORD build and development environment (VM). This will take a few minutes, depending on your connection speed:
 
    ```