A simple Vagrantfile which provisions the specified version of node along with automatically adding specified user repos + packages.

gistfile1.txt

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "precise64"

  config.vm.hostname = "point-serve"
  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box"

  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 8080

  #
  ppaRepos = [
  ]

  packageList = [
          "git",
          "build-essential",
          "libjsoncpp-dev",
          "libboost1.48-all-dev",
          "pkg-config",
          "redis-server",
          "cmake"
  ];

  nodeVersion = "0.8.23"
  nodeURL = "http://nodejs.org/dist/v#{nodeVersion}/node-v#{nodeVersion}-linux-x64.tar.gz"
  
  if Dir.glob("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/.vagrant/machines/default/*/id").empty?
          pkg_cmd = ""

          # provision node, from nodejs.org
          pkg_cmd << "echo Provisioning node.js version #{nodeVersion}... ; mkdir -p /tmp/nodejs && \
                wget -qO - #{nodeURL} | tar zxf - --strip-components 1 -C /tmp/nodejs && cd /tmp/nodejs && \
                cp -r * /usr && rm -rf /tmp/nodejs ;"

          pkg_cmd << "apt-get update -qq; apt-get install -q -y python-software-properties; "

          if ppaRepos.length > 0
                  ppaRepos.each { |repo| pkg_cmd << "add-apt-repository -y " << repo << " ; " }
                  pkg_cmd << "apt-get update -qq; "
          end

          # install packages we need we need
          pkg_cmd << "apt-get install -q -y " + packageList.join(" ") << " ; "
          config.vm.provision :shell, :inline => pkg_cmd
  end
end