Vagrant + Ansible as provisioned dev box

playbook.yml

---
- hosts: all
  vars:
    - ruby_version: 2.1
    - ruby_version_patch: 5

  tasks:
    - name: Update apt cache
      apt: update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=3600
      sudo: yes

    - name: Upgrade ubuntu
      apt: upgrade=yes
      sudo: yes

    - name: Install dependencies
      apt: pkg={{item}} state=latest
      sudo: yes
      with_items: 
        - build-essential 
        - zlib1g-dev 
        - libssl-dev 
        - libreadline6-dev 
        - libyaml-dev
        - git
        - libpq-dev

    - include: ruby.yml
    - include: postgresql.yml

postgresql.yml

---
  - name: Add PostgreSQL APT repository
    apt_repository: repo='deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main' state=present
    sudo: yes

  - name: Add PostgreSQL APT key
    apt_key: url=https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc
    sudo: yes

  - name: Reload apt cache
    apt: update_cache=yes
    sudo: yes

  - name: Install PostgreSQL 9.4
    apt: pkg=postgresql-9.4
    sudo: yes

ruby.yml

---
- name: Download ruby source
  get_url: dest=/tmp/ruby-{{ruby_version}}.{{ruby_version_patch}}.tar.gz url=http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/{{ruby_version}}/ruby-{{ruby_version}}.{{ruby_version_patch}}.tar.gz

- name: Unarchive ruby source
  unarchive: copy=no src=/tmp/ruby-{{ruby_version}}.{{ruby_version_patch}}.tar.gz dest=/tmp

- name: Configure ruby source
  command: chdir=/tmp/ruby-{{ruby_version}}.{{ruby_version_patch}} ./configure --prefix=/usr/local

- name: Make ruby
  command: chdir=/tmp/ruby-{{ruby_version}}.{{ruby_version_patch}} ./configure --prefix=/usr/local

- name: Install ruby
  command: chdir=/tmp/ruby-{{ruby_version}}.{{ruby_version_patch}} make install
  sudo: yes

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3000, host: 3001
  config.vm.provision :ansible do |ansible|
    ansible.playbook = "playbook.yml"
    ansible.verbose = 'v'
  end
end