diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e7f20f0..02eab18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@
 # Provisioned SUVs
 machines/
 
+*.swp
+
diff --git a/docker-build b/docker-build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..76bcc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# generate random UUID for new SUV
+# thanks https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34328759
+SUV_ID=$(hexdump -vn8 -e'2/4 "%08x" 1 "\n"' /dev/urandom)
+SUV_NAME=i-0$SUV_ID
+
+# build the image (i.e. 'mocha suv init' )
+docker build -t mocha-httpd -f mocha-suv/docker/Dockerfile .
+
+# initiate a container (i.e. 'mocha suv up i-0...' )
+docker run --name $SUV_NAME -d --net mocha-docker -it mocha-httpd # -p 8000:80 mocha-httpd
+
+echo "waiting for network to settle..."
+sleep 3
+
+docker inspect $SUV_NAME
diff --git a/mocha-common b/mocha-common
index 54d5ab8..569e302 160000
--- a/mocha-common
+++ b/mocha-common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 54d5ab8b2c37bb9139eb6800631eece9b60ee25a
+Subproject commit 569e302f3000e236ba562f17bc83d9e70a54fbf5
diff --git a/mocha-suv/configure b/mocha-suv/configure
index c17f24f..a4dc359 100644
--- a/mocha-suv/configure
+++ b/mocha-suv/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 # mocha-suv post-installation configuration script
 # to be run on the SUV virtual machine (if building manually)
 
+# set to 0 if we already have an installed SUV or CUP
+FULL=1
+
+if [ $FULL -eq 1 ]; then
+	# update the package repository and install required packages
+	apt update
+	# !!! NOTE: we are no longer requiring mysql for Mocha if we use the mocha-dotnet OMS
+	apt install apache2 php pwgen
+
+	apt install dotnet-runtime-8.0
+
+	mkdir -p /usr/share/mocha/system
+	
+fi
+
 ENABLE_SSL=1
 
 if [ $ENABLE_SSL -eq 1 ]; then
diff --git a/mocha-suv/docker/Dockerfile b/mocha-suv/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3193cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mocha-suv/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM httpd
+
+RUN apt update && apt upgrade && apt install -y php php-mbstring php-curl php-xml pwgen
+RUN rm /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/index.html
+
+COPY mocha-php/mocha-php/src/mocha-php /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/
+
diff --git a/mocha-suv/provision b/mocha-suv/provision
index cdebc1f..ca5d739 100755
--- a/mocha-suv/provision
+++ b/mocha-suv/provision
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ SUV_IP=$SUV_IP_PREFIX.$SUV_IP_FIRST.$SUV_IP_LAST
 
 SUV_ALWAYS_PROVISION="false"
 SUV_UNATTENDED="false"
-USE_VAGRANT="false"
+BACKEND="virtualbox"
+
+if [ "$1" == "--backend" ]; then
+	BACKEND="$2"
+	shift
+	shift
+fi
 
 if [ "$1" == "--transient" ]; then
 	shift
@@ -32,10 +38,6 @@ if [ "$1" == "--unattended" ]; then
         shift
 fi
 
-if [ "$1" == "--use-vagrant" ]; then
-	USE_VAGRANT="true"
-fi
-
 SUV_TEMPLATE="default"
 if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
 
@@ -90,11 +92,11 @@ fi
 
 sed -i -e "s/@@MOCHA_SUV_ID@@/$SUV_NAME/" -e "s/@@MOCHA_SUV_ADDRESS@@/$SUV_IP/" -e "s/@@MOCHA_SUV_HOSTNAME@@/$SUV_IP_OR_DNS/" -e "s/@@MOCHA_ALWAYS_PROVISION@@/$SUV_ALWAYS_PROVISION/" ./Vagrantfile
 
-if [ "$USE_VAGRANT" == "true" ]; then
+if [ "$BACKEND" == "vagrant" ]; then
 
 	vagrant up
 
-else
+elif [ "$BACKEND" == "virtualbox" ]; then
 
 	# create a new Host-Only Network Interface
 	HOIFNAME=$(VBoxManage hostonlyif create | grep -o -P "(?<=').*(?=')" )
@@ -107,6 +109,10 @@ else
 	# assign the newly-created Host-Only Network Interface to the newly-created VM
 	VBoxManage modifyvm mochasuv-$SUV_NAME --nic2=hostonly --host-only-adapter2=$HOIFNAME
 
+else
+
+	echo "backend not supported: $BACKEND"
+
 fi
 
 if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then