diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f08b443a37..cc1c6605b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ pep8.txt
 nohup.out
 reports
 package.json
-Vagrantfile
-ansible.cfg
+tools/vagrant/local.yml
 *~
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4710edbf2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.require_version '>= 1.5.1'
+
+Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
+  config.vm.define 'tower-precise', primary: true do |precise|
+    precise.vm.box = "precise-server-cloudimg-amd64"
+    precise.vm.box_url = "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/precise/current/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box"
+
+    precise.vm.hostname = 'tower-precise'
+
+    precise.vm.network :private_network, ip: '33.33.33.13'
+    precise.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 8013
+    precise.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 8080, host: 8080
+    precise.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 15672, host: 15013
+    precise.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 24013, host: 24013
+
+    precise.vm.synced_folder '.', '/var/ansible/tower/',
+      :mount_options => [ 'gid=5853', 'dmode=2775' ]
+
+    precise.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
+      vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", '1024']
+    end
+  end
+
+  config.ssh.forward_agent = true
+
+  config.vm.provision 'ansible' do |ansible|
+    ansible.extra_vars = {
+      'development' => true,
+      'target_hosts' => 'vagrant',
+      'target_user' => 'vagrant',
+      'vagrant' => true,
+      'vagrant_host_user' => ENV['USER'],
+    }
+    ansible.inventory_path = 'tools/dev_setup/inventory'
+    ansible.playbook = 'tools/dev_setup/playbook.yml'
+    ansible.verbose = 'v'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f84e3cc638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[defaults]
+
+# Connections
+host_key_checking = False
+record_host_keys = False
+pipelining = True
+
+
+# Command-line specific
+module_name = shell
+
+
+# Paths
+roles_path = setup/roles:tools/dev_setup/roles
+
diff --git a/awx/api/utils/decorators.py b/awx/api/utils/decorators.py
index a448f6b4c5..79162d4b3e 100644
--- a/awx/api/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/awx/api/utils/decorators.py
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ def paginated(method):
         # Manually spin up pagination.
         # How many results do we show?
         limit = api_settings.PAGINATE_BY
-        if request.GET.get(api_settings.PAGINATE_BY_PARAM, False):
-            limit = request.GET[api_settings.PAGINATE_BY_PARAM]
+        if request.QUERY_PARAMS.get(api_settings.PAGINATE_BY_PARAM, False):
+            limit = request.QUERY_PARAMS[api_settings.PAGINATE_BY_PARAM]
         if api_settings.MAX_PAGINATE_BY:
             limit = min(api_settings.MAX_PAGINATE_BY, limit)
         limit = int(limit)
 
         # What page are we on?
-        page = int(request.GET.get('page', 1))
+        page = int(request.QUERY_PARAMS.get('page', 1))
         offset = (page - 1) * limit
 
         # Add the limit, offset, and page variables to the keyword arguments
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/commands.py b/awx/main/tests/commands.py
index c79637371e..d1e8bd27fe 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/commands.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/commands.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 import urlparse
+import unittest
 
 # Django
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -872,6 +873,9 @@ class InventoryImportTest(BaseCommandMixin, BaseLiveServerTest):
         self.assertEqual(new_inv.total_groups, ngroups)
         self.assertElapsedLessThan(30)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(getattr(settings, 'LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT', False),
+                     'Skip this test in local development environments, '
+                     'which may vary widely on memory.')
     def test_large_inventory_file(self):
         new_inv = self.organizations[0].inventories.create(name='largeinv')
         self.assertEqual(new_inv.hosts.count(), 0)
diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index 43fe6c1d74..ba6cb1362f 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ if 'django_jenkins' in INSTALLED_APPS:
     JSHINT_CHECKED_FILES = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'ui/static/js'),
                             os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'ui/static/lib/ansible'),]
 
+# If there is an `/etc/awx/settings.py`, include it.
+include(optional('/etc/awx/settings.py'), scope=locals())
+
 # If any local_*.py files are present in awx/settings/, use them to override
 # default settings for development.  If not present, we can still run using
 # only the defaults.