diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls
index ca828bca94b..1641ee26716 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/init.sls
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Early configurations of Kubernetes ran etcd on the host and as part of a migration step, we began to delete the host etcd
+# It's possible though that the host has configured a separate etcd to configure other services like Flannel
+# In that case, we do not want Salt to remove or stop the host service
+# Note: its imperative that the host installed etcd not conflict with the Kubernetes managed etcd
+{% if grains['keep_host_etcd'] is not defined %}
+
 delete_etc_etcd_dir:
   file.absent:
     - name: /etc/etcd
@@ -6,20 +12,6 @@ delete_etcd_conf:
   file.absent:
     - name: /etc/etcd/etcd.conf
 
-touch /var/log/etcd.log:
-  cmd.run:
-    - creates: /var/log/etcd.log
-
-/var/etcd:
-  file.directory:
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - dir_mode: 700
-    - recurse:
-      - user
-      - group
-      - mode
-
 delete_etcd_default:
   file.absent:
     - name: /etc/default/etcd
@@ -34,6 +26,28 @@ delete_etcd_initd:
   file.absent:
     - name: /etc/init.d/etcd
 
+#stop legacy etcd_service
+stop_etcd-service:
+  service.dead:
+    - name: etcd
+    - enable: None
+
+{% endif %}
+
+touch /var/log/etcd.log:
+  cmd.run:
+    - creates: /var/log/etcd.log
+
+/var/etcd:
+  file.directory:
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - dir_mode: 700
+    - recurse:
+      - user
+      - group
+      - mode
+
 /etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd.manifest:
   file.managed:
     - source: salt://etcd/etcd.manifest
@@ -43,9 +57,3 @@ delete_etcd_initd:
     - mode: 644
     - makedirs: true
     - dir_mode: 755
-
-#stop legacy etcd_service 
-stop_etcd-service:
-  service.dead:
-    - name: etcd
-    - enable: None
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index 1f3b686200f..84b5bee726a 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}"
 # TODO Enable selinux when Fedora 21 repositories get an updated docker package
 #   see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216151
 #EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS="-b=cbr0 --selinux-enabled --insecure-registry 10.0.0.0/8"
-EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS="-b=cbr0 --insecure-registry 10.0.0.0/8"
+EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS="--insecure-registry 10.0.0.0/8"
 
 # Flag to tell the kubelet to enable CFS quota support
 ENABLE_CPU_CFS_QUOTA="${KUBE_ENABLE_CPU_CFS_QUOTA:-true}"
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
index d94be740054..3a0c62c4415 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ done
 echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts # enables cmds like 'kubectl get pods' on master.
 echo "$MASTER_IP $MASTER_NAME" >> /etc/hosts
 
-# Configure the openvswitch network
-provision-network
+# Configure the master network
+provision-network-master
 
 # Update salt configuration
 mkdir -p /etc/salt/minion.d
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ grains:
   runtime_config: '$(echo "$RUNTIME_CONFIG" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   docker_opts: '$(echo "$DOCKER_OPTS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   master_extra_sans: '$(echo "$MASTER_EXTRA_SANS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
+  keep_host_etcd: true
 EOF
 
 mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/pillar
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh
index cff40ae0428..1469febc53e 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ for (( i=0; i<${#MINION_NAMES[@]}; i++)); do
 done
 
 # Configure network
-provision-network
+provision-network-minion
 
 # Placeholder for any other manifests that may be per-node.
 mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes/manifests
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-master.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-master.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..086a9abc6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-master.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# provision-network-master configures flannel on the master
+function provision-network-master {
+
+  echo "Provisioning network on master"
+
+  FLANNEL_ETCD_URL="http://${MASTER_IP}:4379"
+
+  # Install etcd for flannel data
+  if ! which etcd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+
+    yum install -y etcd
+
+    # Modify etcd configuration for flannel data
+    cat <<EOF >/etc/etcd/etcd.conf
+ETCD_NAME=flannel
+ETCD_DATA_DIR="/var/lib/etcd/flannel.etcd"
+ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS="http://${MASTER_IP}:4380"
+ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS="http://${MASTER_IP}:4379"
+ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS="http://${MASTER_IP}:4380"
+ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER="flannel=http://${MASTER_IP}:4380"
+ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS="${FLANNEL_ETCD_URL}"
+EOF
+    # Enable and start etcd
+    systemctl enable etcd
+    systemctl start etcd
+
+  fi
+
+  # Install flannel for overlay
+  if ! which flanneld >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+
+    yum install -y flannel
+
+    cat <<EOF >/etc/flannel-config.json
+{
+    "Network": "${CONTAINER_SUBNET}",
+    "SubnetLen": 24,
+    "Backend": {
+        "Type": "udp",
+        "Port": 8285
+     }
+}
+EOF
+
+    # Import default configuration into etcd for master setup
+    etcdctl -C ${FLANNEL_ETCD_URL} set /coreos.com/network/config < /etc/flannel-config.json
+
+    # Configure local daemon to speak to master
+    NETWORK_CONF_PATH=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
+    if_to_edit=$( find ${NETWORK_CONF_PATH}ifcfg-* | xargs grep -l VAGRANT-BEGIN )
+    NETWORK_IF_NAME=`echo ${if_to_edit} | awk -F- '{ print $3 }'`
+    cat <<EOF >/etc/sysconfig/flanneld
+FLANNEL_ETCD="${FLANNEL_ETCD_URL}"
+FLANNEL_ETCD_KEY="/coreos.com/network"
+FLANNEL_OPTIONS="-iface=${NETWORK_IF_NAME}"
+EOF
+
+    # Start flannel
+    systemctl enable flanneld
+    systemctl start flanneld
+  fi
+
+  echo "Network configuration verified"
+}
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-minion.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-minion.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c573c87bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-minion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# provision-network-minion configures flannel on the minion
+function provision-network-minion {
+
+  echo "Provisioning network on minion"
+
+  FLANNEL_ETCD_URL="http://${MASTER_IP}:4379"
+
+  # Install flannel for overlay
+  if ! which flanneld >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+
+    yum install -y flannel
+
+    # Configure local daemon to speak to master
+    NETWORK_CONF_PATH=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
+    if_to_edit=$( find ${NETWORK_CONF_PATH}ifcfg-* | xargs grep -l VAGRANT-BEGIN )
+    NETWORK_IF_NAME=`echo ${if_to_edit} | awk -F- '{ print $3 }'`
+    cat <<EOF >/etc/sysconfig/flanneld
+FLANNEL_ETCD="${FLANNEL_ETCD_URL}"
+FLANNEL_ETCD_KEY="/coreos.com/network"
+FLANNEL_OPTIONS="-iface=${NETWORK_IF_NAME}"
+EOF
+
+    # Start flannel
+    systemctl enable flanneld
+    systemctl start flanneld
+  fi
+
+  echo "Network configuration verified"
+}
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-network.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-network.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4fad6fdb316..00000000000
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-network.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-DOCKER_BRIDGE=cbr0
-OVS_SWITCH=obr0
-DOCKER_OVS_TUN=tun0
-TUNNEL_BASE=gre
-NETWORK_CONF_PATH=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
-
-# provision network configures the ovs network for pods
-function provision-network {
-  echo "Verifying network configuration"
-
-  # Only do this operation if the bridge is not defined
-  ifconfig | grep -q ${DOCKER_BRIDGE} || {
-
-    echo "It looks like the required network bridge has not yet been created"
-
-    CONTAINER_SUBNETS=(${MASTER_CONTAINER_SUBNET} ${MINION_CONTAINER_SUBNETS[@]})
-    CONTAINER_IPS=(${MASTER_IP} ${MINION_IPS[@]})
-
-    # Install openvswitch
-    echo "Installing, enabling prerequisites"
-    yum install -y openvswitch bridge-utils
-    systemctl enable openvswitch
-    systemctl start openvswitch
-
-    # create new docker bridge
-    echo "Create a new docker bridge"
-    ip link set dev ${DOCKER_BRIDGE} down || true
-    brctl delbr ${DOCKER_BRIDGE} || true
-    brctl addbr ${DOCKER_BRIDGE}
-    ip link set dev ${DOCKER_BRIDGE} up
-    ifconfig ${DOCKER_BRIDGE} ${CONTAINER_ADDR} netmask ${CONTAINER_NETMASK} up
-
-    # add ovs bridge
-    echo "Add ovs bridge"
-    ovs-vsctl del-br ${OVS_SWITCH} || true
-    ovs-vsctl add-br ${OVS_SWITCH} -- set Bridge ${OVS_SWITCH} fail-mode=secure
-    ovs-vsctl set bridge ${OVS_SWITCH} protocols=OpenFlow13
-    ovs-vsctl del-port ${OVS_SWITCH} ${TUNNEL_BASE}0 || true
-    ovs-vsctl add-port ${OVS_SWITCH} ${TUNNEL_BASE}0 -- set Interface ${TUNNEL_BASE}0 type=${TUNNEL_BASE} options:remote_ip="flow" options:key="flow" ofport_request=10
-
-    # add tun device
-    echo "Add tun device"
-    ovs-vsctl del-port ${OVS_SWITCH} ${DOCKER_OVS_TUN} || true
-    ovs-vsctl add-port ${OVS_SWITCH} ${DOCKER_OVS_TUN} -- set Interface ${DOCKER_OVS_TUN} type=internal ofport_request=9
-    brctl addif ${DOCKER_BRIDGE} ${DOCKER_OVS_TUN}
-    ip link set ${DOCKER_OVS_TUN} up
-
-    # add oflow rules, because we do not want to use stp
-    echo "Add oflow rules"
-    ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 del-flows ${OVS_SWITCH}
-
-    # now loop through all other minions and create persistent gre tunnels
-    echo "Creating persistent gre tunnels"
-    NODE_INDEX=0
-    for remote_ip in "${CONTAINER_IPS[@]}"
-    do
-        if [ "${remote_ip}" == "${NODE_IP}" ]; then
-             ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 add-flow ${OVS_SWITCH} "table=0,ip,in_port=10,nw_dst=${CONTAINER_SUBNETS[${NODE_INDEX}]},actions=output:9"
-             ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 add-flow ${OVS_SWITCH} "table=0,arp,in_port=10,nw_dst=${CONTAINER_SUBNETS[${NODE_INDEX}]},actions=output:9"
-        else
-             ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 add-flow ${OVS_SWITCH} "table=0,in_port=9,ip,nw_dst=${CONTAINER_SUBNETS[${NODE_INDEX}]},actions=set_field:${remote_ip}->tun_dst,output:10"
-             ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 add-flow ${OVS_SWITCH} "table=0,in_port=9,arp,nw_dst=${CONTAINER_SUBNETS[${NODE_INDEX}]},actions=set_field:${remote_ip}->tun_dst,output:10"
-        fi
-        ((NODE_INDEX++)) || true
-    done
-    echo "Created persistent gre tunnels"
-
-    # add ip route rules such that all pod traffic flows through docker bridge and consequently to the gre tunnels
-    echo "Add ip route rules such that all pod traffic flows through docker bridge"
-    ip route add ${CONTAINER_SUBNET} dev ${DOCKER_BRIDGE} scope link src ${CONTAINER_ADDR}
-  }
-  echo "Network configuration verified"
-}
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
index 10cae2dd2f8..3a129773b8a 100644
--- a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function create-provision-scripts {
     echo "KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN='${KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN:-}'"
     echo "MASTER_EXTRA_SANS='${MASTER_EXTRA_SANS:-}'"
     echo "ENABLE_CPU_CFS_QUOTA='${ENABLE_CPU_CFS_QUOTA}'"
-    awk '!/^#/' "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/vagrant/provision-network.sh"
+    awk '!/^#/' "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-master.sh"
     awk '!/^#/' "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh"
   ) > "${KUBE_TEMP}/master-start.sh"
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function create-provision-scripts {
       echo "KUBELET_TOKEN='${KUBELET_TOKEN:-}'"
       echo "KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN='${KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN:-}'"
       echo "MASTER_EXTRA_SANS='${MASTER_EXTRA_SANS:-}'"
-      awk '!/^#/' "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/vagrant/provision-network.sh"
+      awk '!/^#/' "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/vagrant/provision-network-minion.sh"
       awk '!/^#/' "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh"
     ) > "${KUBE_TEMP}/minion-start-${i}.sh"
   done
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/README.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/README.md
index 292418ea38d..06b40082627 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/README.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Here are all the solutions mentioned above in table form.
 IaaS Provider        | Config. Mgmt | OS     | Networking  | Docs                                              | Conforms | Support Level
 -------------------- | ------------ | ------ | ----------  | ---------------------------------------------     | ---------| ----------------------------
 GKE                  |              |        | GCE         | [docs](https://cloud.google.com/container-engine) | [✓][3]   | Commercial
-Vagrant              | Saltstack    | Fedora | OVS         | [docs](vagrant.md)                                | [✓][2]   | Project
+Vagrant              | Saltstack    | Fedora | flannel     | [docs](vagrant.md)                                | [✓][2]   | Project
 GCE                  | Saltstack    | Debian | GCE         | [docs](gce.md)                                    | [✓][1]   | Project
 Azure                | CoreOS       | CoreOS | Weave       | [docs](coreos/azure/README.md)                    |          | Community ([@errordeveloper](https://github.com/errordeveloper), [@squillace](https://github.com/squillace), [@chanezon](https://github.com/chanezon), [@crossorigin](https://github.com/crossorigin))
 Docker Single Node   | custom       | N/A    | local       | [docs](docker.md)                                 |          | Project ([@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))