--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eux
+NAME=cockpit
+
+toolbox rm --force $NAME || true
+yes | toolbox create --image quay.io/cockpit/tasks -c $NAME
+
+# install cockpit's build deps and other development tools
+toolbox run -c "$NAME" sh -exc '
+# useful hostname
+echo "cockpit-toolbox" | sudo tee /etc/hostname
+sudo hostname -F /etc/hostname
+
+# enable manpages
+sudo sed -i s/nodocs// /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
+
+sudo dnf install -y ansible man-pages standard-test-roles pwgen \
+ python3-boto python3-boto3 \
+ pandoc texlive-ec texlive-pdfjam \
+ /usr/bin/scanimage /usr/bin/pngquant /usr/bin/convert \
+ calibre qt5-qtwayland
+
+sudo dnf debuginfo-install -y glib2 glibc libssh gnutls
+
+type gh >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo dnf install -y $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/cli/cli/releases/latest | grep -o https:.*_linux_amd64.rpm)
+'