diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/collectd/attributes/default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/collectd/attributes/default.rb
index cb65ac2..efe30e4 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/collectd/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/collectd/attributes/default.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if platform_family?("rhel")
                                         "collectd-java",
                                         "collectd-libnotify",
                                         "collectd-liboping",
-                                        "collectd-libvirt",
+#                                        "collectd-libvirt",
                                         "collectd-memcache",
                                         "collectd-mysql",
                                         "collectd-nginx",
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/mysql/recipes/ruby.rb b/chef/cookbooks/mysql/recipes/ruby.rb
index 14b5b03..b853ec3 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/mysql/recipes/ruby.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/mysql/recipes/ruby.rb
@@ -44,4 +44,12 @@ node['mysql']['client']['packages'].each do |name|
   resources("package[#{name}]").run_action(:install)
 end
 
-chef_gem 'mysql'
+if node['local_repo'] == ""
+  chef_gem 'mysql'
+else
+  gem_package 'mysql' do
+    options("--clear-sources --source #{node['local_repo']}/gem_repo/")
+    action :install
+    version '2.9.1'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/openstack-image/recipes/image_upload.rb b/chef/cookbooks/openstack-image/recipes/image_upload.rb
index 7698c09..1211775 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/openstack-image/recipes/image_upload.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/openstack-image/recipes/image_upload.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ if node['openstack']['image']['syslog']['use']
   include_recipe 'openstack-common::logging'
 end
 
+if node['local_repo'] != ""
+  node.override['openstack']['image']['upload_image']['cirros'] = "#{node['local_repo']}/cirros-0.3.2-x86_64-disk.img"
+end
+
 platform_options = node['openstack']['image']['platform']
 platform_options['image_client_packages'].each do |pkg|
   package pkg do
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/yum/providers/repository.rb b/chef/cookbooks/yum/providers/repository.rb
index b9c0157..e79dccf 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/yum/providers/repository.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/yum/providers/repository.rb
@@ -31,34 +31,36 @@ def whyrun_supported?
 end
 
 action :create  do
-  # Hack around the lack of "use_inline_resources" before Chef 11 by
-  # uniquely naming the execute[yum-makecache] resources. Set the
-  # notifies timing to :immediately for the same reasons. Remove both
-  # of these when dropping Chef 10 support.
+  if node['local_repo'] == ""
+    # Hack around the lack of "use_inline_resources" before Chef 11 by
+    # uniquely naming the execute[yum-makecache] resources. Set the
+    # notifies timing to :immediately for the same reasons. Remove both
+    # of these when dropping Chef 10 support.
 
-  template "/etc/yum.repos.d/#{new_resource.repositoryid}.repo" do
-    if new_resource.source.nil?
-      source 'repo.erb'
-      cookbook 'yum'
-    else
-      source new_resource.source
+    template "/etc/yum.repos.d/#{new_resource.repositoryid}.repo" do
+      if new_resource.source.nil?
+        source 'repo.erb'
+        cookbook 'yum'
+      else
+        source new_resource.source
+      end
+      mode '0644'
+      variables(:config => new_resource)
+      notifies :run, "execute[yum-makecache-#{new_resource.repositoryid}]", :immediately
+      notifies :create, "ruby_block[yum-cache-reload-#{new_resource.repositoryid}]", :immediately
     end
-    mode '0644'
-    variables(:config => new_resource)
-    notifies :run, "execute[yum-makecache-#{new_resource.repositoryid}]", :immediately
-    notifies :create, "ruby_block[yum-cache-reload-#{new_resource.repositoryid}]", :immediately
-  end
 
-  # get the metadata for this repo only
-  execute "yum-makecache-#{new_resource.repositoryid}" do
-    command "yum -q makecache --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=#{new_resource.repositoryid}"
-    action :nothing
-  end
+    # get the metadata for this repo only
+    execute "yum-makecache-#{new_resource.repositoryid}" do
+      command "yum -q makecache --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=#{new_resource.repositoryid}"
+      action :nothing
+    end
 
-  # reload internal Chef yum cache
-  ruby_block "yum-cache-reload-#{new_resource.repositoryid}" do
-    block { Chef::Provider::Package::Yum::YumCache.instance.reload }
-    action :nothing
+    # reload internal Chef yum cache
+    ruby_block "yum-cache-reload-#{new_resource.repositoryid}" do
+      block { Chef::Provider::Package::Yum::YumCache.instance.reload }
+      action :nothing
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
index 7d9d096..8515ed0 100644
--- a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
+++ b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ chkconfig iptables off
 chkconfig ip6tables off
 
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_yum.conf')
+#if $getVar('local_repo', '') != ''
+    $SNIPPET('local_repo')
+#end if
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_ssh')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_ntp')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_limits.conf')
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_run.sh b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_run.sh
index 1d902ed..e68e54c 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_run.sh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_run.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ while true; do
         let all_nodes_success=1
         for node in \\$nodes; do
             mkdir -p /var/log/chef/\\$node
+            #if $getVar("local_repo","") != ""
+                cat << EOL > /etc/chef/\\$node.json
+{"local_repo": "$local_repo"}
+EOL
+            #end if
             if [ ! -f "/etc/chef/\\$node.pem" ]; then
                 cat << EOL > /etc/rsyslog.d/\\$node.conf
 \\\\$ModLoad imfile
@@ -32,9 +37,9 @@ EOL
                 service rsyslog restart
             fi
             if [ -f "/etc/chef/\\$node.done" ]; then
-                chef-client --node-name \\$node --client_key /etc/chef/\\$node.pem &>> /tmp/chef.log
+                chef-client --node-name \\$node -j /etc/chef/\\$node.json --client_key /etc/chef/\\$node.pem &>> /tmp/chef.log
             else
-                chef-client --node-name \\$node --client_key /etc/chef/\\$node.pem -L /var/log/chef/\\$node/chef-client.log &>> /tmp/chef.log
+                chef-client --node-name \\$node -j /etc/chef/\\$node.json --client_key /etc/chef/\\$node.pem -L /var/log/chef/\\$node/chef-client.log &>> /tmp/chef.log
             fi
             if [ "\\$?" != "0" ]; then
                 echo "chef-client --node-name \\$node run failed"  &>> /tmp/chef.log
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/local_repo b/cobbler/snippets/local_repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92bf8d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/local_repo
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+mkdir /tmp/backup
+mv /etc/yum.repos.d/* /tmp/backup
+
+cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/Compass.repo
+[compass_repo]
+name=Compass yum repo
+baseurl=$local_repo/compass_repo/
+enabled=1
+gpgcheck=0
+EOF
+
+cat << EOF > /root/.gemrc
+---
+:backtrace: false
+:benchmark: false
+:bulk_threshold: 1000
+:sources:
+- $local_repo/gem_repo/
+:update_sources: true
+:verbose: true
+EOF
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