diff --git a/.devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bba425fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-20.04",
+    "features": {
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:1": {},
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/sshd:1": {}
+    },
+    "hostRequirements": {
+        "cpus": 8,
+        "memory": "16gb"
+    },
+    "postCreateCommand": "cd e2e/provision/; ./install_sandbox.sh | tee ~/install_sandbox.log",
+    "forwardPorts": [7007, 3000]
+}
diff --git a/e2e/provision/README.md b/e2e/provision/README.md
index d111cf43..751b8ef4 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/README.md
+++ b/e2e/provision/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Quick Start for GCE and VMs running in other environments
+[![Create a Sandbox in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codespaces/new?repo=nephio-project/test-infra)
 
 Moved to the docs repository:
 * [Install
diff --git a/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile b/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile
index 77bc45b0..0724ece7 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile
+++ b/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
   %i[virtualbox libvirt].each do |provider|
     config.vm.provider provider do |p|
       p.cpus = ENV['CPUS'] || 8
-      p.memory = ENV['MEMORY'] || 32 * 1024
+      p.memory = ENV['MEMORY'] || 16 * 1024
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/e2e/provision/install_sandbox.sh b/e2e/provision/install_sandbox.sh
index f69110d9..920f9fa4 100755
--- a/e2e/provision/install_sandbox.sh
+++ b/e2e/provision/install_sandbox.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ if [ "${DEPLOYMENT_TYPE:-r1}" == "one-summit" ]; then
     done
     popd >/dev/null
 else
+    if [ "${CODESPACE_NAME-}" ] && ! grep -q "ansible_port: 2222" ~/nephio.yaml; then
+        echo "          ansible_port: 2222" >> ~/nephio.yaml
+    fi
     # Management cluster creation
     if [[ ${DEBUG:-false} != "true" ]]; then
         ansible-playbook -i ./nephio.yaml playbooks/cluster.yml
diff --git a/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml b/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml
index 826f7337..ec0284a3 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml
+++ b/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ all:
     host_os: "linux"  # use "darwin" for MacOS X, "windows" for Windows
     host_arch: "amd64"  # other possible values: "386","arm64","arm","ppc64le","s390x"
     host_min_vcpu: 8 # minimum required vCPUs before install
-    host_min_cpu_ram: 16  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
+    host_min_cpu_ram: 8  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
     host_min_root_disk_space: 50 # minimum required disk space before install; value in GB
     tmp_directory: "/tmp"
     bin_directory: "/usr/local/bin"
diff --git a/e2e/provision/playbooks/cluster.yml b/e2e/provision/playbooks/cluster.yml
index 4bce0c6b..5c0d13af 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/playbooks/cluster.yml
+++ b/e2e/provision/playbooks/cluster.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
         name: kubernetes==26.1.0
     - name: Install Docker Engine
       become: true
-      when: (container_engine is not defined) or (container_engine == "docker")
+      when:
+        - ( container_engine is not defined ) or ( container_engine == "docker" )
+        - not lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'CODESPACE_NAME')
       block:
         - name: Install docker binaries
           ansible.builtin.include_role:
diff --git a/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml b/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
index 318911b7..679c6d2d 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 host_min_vcpu: 8  # minimum required vCPUs before install
-host_min_cpu_ram: 16  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
+host_min_cpu_ram: 8  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
 host_min_root_disk_space: 50  # minimum required disk space before install; value in GB
 
 container_engine: docker