diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 787b462..3ffce8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -8,15 +8,26 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: False
       matrix:
-        os: ['ubuntu-1804', 'ubuntu-2204', 'centos-7', 'centos-8']
+        os: ['ubuntu-1804-headless', 'ubuntu-2204-headless', 'centos-8']
     name: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: macos-12
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Install pre requisites
+        run: sudo apt install virtualbox vagrant
+        #run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install virtualbox vagrant
+
+      - name: Open up network interfaces for VM
+        run: |
+          sudo mkdir -p /etc/vbox/
+          sudo touch /etc/vbox/networks.conf
+          sudo sh -c "echo '* 192.168.0.0/16' > /etc/vbox/networks.conf"
+          sudo sh -c "echo '* 3001::/64' >> /etc/vbox/networks.conf"
+
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache Vagrant boxes
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.vagrant.d/boxes
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-vagrant-${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/Vagrantfile.ubuntu-1804-headless b/Vagrantfile.ubuntu-1804-headless
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8558ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile.ubuntu-1804-headless
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
+Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
+
+  config.vm.define "metomi-vm-ubuntu-1804"
+  config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-18.04"
+  # Remove "desktop" from the args below if only accessing via SSH
+  # Remove "mosrs" from the args below if not accessing the Met Office Science Repository Service
+  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "install.sh", args: "ubuntu 1804 desktop mosrs"
+  config.ssh.forward_x11 = true
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+    v.name = "metomi-vm-ubuntu-1804"
+    # Modify the line below if you need more than 1GB RAM
+    v.memory = 1024
+    v.cpus = 2
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/Vagrantfile.ubuntu-2204-headless b/Vagrantfile.ubuntu-2204-headless
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cd8d8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile.ubuntu-2204-headless
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
+Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
+
+  config.vm.define "metomi-vm-ubuntu-2204"
+  config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-22.04"
+  # Remove "desktop" from the args below if only accessing via SSH
+  # Remove "mosrs" from the args below if not accessing the Met Office Science Repository Service
+  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "install.sh", args: "ubuntu 2204 desktop mosrs"
+  config.ssh.forward_x11 = true
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+    v.name = "metomi-vm-ubuntu-2204"
+    # Modify the line below if you need more than 1GB RAM
+    v.memory = 1024
+    v.cpus = 2
+  end
+
+end