diff --git a/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
index e69de29..52bb272 100644
--- a/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# TODO colab and mailman-api should be able to run in separate hosts at some
+# point in the future
+include_recipe 'mailman-api'
+
+if node['platform'] == 'centos'
+  cookbook_file '/etc/yum.repos.d/colab.repo' do
+    owner 'root'
+    mode 0644
+  end
+end
+
+package 'colab'
diff --git a/cookbooks/mailman-api/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/mailman-api/recipes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..861ff93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/mailman-api/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+if node['platform'] == 'centos'
+  cookbook_file '/etc/yum.repos.d/mailman-api.repo' do
+    owner 'root'
+    mode 0644
+  end
+end
+
+package 'mailman-api'
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