diff --git a/scenarios/mock/Vagrantfile b/scenarios/mock/Vagrantfile
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+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+#
+# mock Scenario Vagrantfile
+
+require 'yaml'
+settings = YAML.load_file('genconfig/config.yml')
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+
+  # sync these folders with VM
+  config.vm.synced_folder "../../../", "/opt/cord/", create: true
+  config.vm.synced_folder "../../../../cord_profile/", "/opt/cord_profile/", create: true
+
+  # set the headnode VM
+  config.vm.define "headnode" do |d|
+    d.vm.hostname = "headnode"
+    d.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080, host_ip: '*'
+    d.vm.network "private_network",
+      ip: settings['head_vm_ip']
+    d.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
+      vb.memory = settings['head_vm_mem']
+      vb.cpus = settings['head_vm_cpu']
+    end
+    d.vm.provider :libvirt do |v|
+      v.memory = settings['head_vm_mem']
+      v.cpus = settings['head_vm_cpu']
+    end
+  end
+
+end
+
diff --git a/scenarios/mock/config.yml b/scenarios/mock/config.yml
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+---
+# mock ("mockup") scenario
+# Brings up just core containers without synchronizers, for API tests and GUI dev
+
+# create a cord_profile dir next to the cord checkout
+config_cord_dir: "{{ ( playbook_dir ~ '/../..') | realpath }}"
+config_cord_profile_dir: "{{ ( playbook_dir ~ '/../../../cord_profile' ) | realpath }}"
+
+build_cord_dir: /opt/cord
+
+# Vagrant VM configuration
+head_vm_mem: 2048
+head_vm_cpu: 4
+head_vm_ip: "192.168.46.100"
+
+vagrant_vms:
+  - headnode
+
+buildnode: headnode
+headnode: headnode
+
+physical_node_list:
+  - name: headnode
+    ipv4_last_octet: 1
+    aliases:
+      - head
+
+# make targets
+build_targets:
+  - onboard-profile
+
+prep_headnode_prereqs:
+  - prep-buildnode
+
+# mock profile configuration
+frontend_only: True
+use_maas: False
+use_apt_cache: False
+use_openstack: False
+xos_images: []
+
+# whitelist of images for imagebuilder to build/pull (tagged elsewhere)
+docker_image_whitelist:
+  - "xosproject/xos-base"
+  - "xosproject/xos"
+  - "xosproject/xos-client"
+  - "xosproject/xos-corebuilder"
+  - "xosproject/xos-gui"
+  - "xosproject/xos-gui-extension-builder"
+  - "xosproject/xos-postgres"
+  - "xosproject/xos-ws"
+  - "xosproject/chameleon"
+  - "xosproject/gui-extension-rcord"
+  - "xosproject/gui-extension-sample"
+  - "xosproject/gui-extension-vtr"
+  - "gliderlabs/consul-server"
+  - "gliderlabs/registrator"
+  - "nginx"
+  - "redis"
+
+# Ansible Inventory
+inventory_groups:
+
+  config:
+    localhost:
+      ansible_connection: local
+
+  build:
+    headnode:
+
+  head:
+    headnode:
+
+  compute:
+