diff --git a/config/roles/integration_server.rb b/config/roles/integration_server.rb
index 9a9603a..e286841 100644
--- a/config/roles/integration_server.rb
+++ b/config/roles/integration_server.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ description "Application that manages user authentication, visual integration an
 
 # TODO colab and mailman-api should be able to run in separate hosts at some
 # point in the future
-run_list 'recipe[mailman-api]', 'recipe[colab]'
+run_list 'recipe[mailman-api]', 'recipe[colab]', 'recipe[basics::nginx]', 'recipe[colab::nginx]'
diff --git a/cookbooks/basics/files/default/nginx.repo b/cookbooks/basics/files/default/nginx.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c6aa13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/basics/files/default/nginx.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# nginx.repo
+
+[nginx]
+name=nginx repo
+baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/7/$basearch/
+gpgcheck=0
+enabled=1
diff --git a/cookbooks/basics/recipes/nginx.rb b/cookbooks/basics/recipes/nginx.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c22182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/basics/recipes/nginx.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cookbook_file '/etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo' do
+  owner 'root'
+  group 'root'
+  mode  0644
+end
+
+package 'nginx'
+
+service 'nginx' do
+  action :start
+  supports :restart => true
+end
diff --git a/cookbooks/colab/recipes/nginx.rb b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/nginx.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42d1ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/nginx.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+template '/etc/nginx/conf.d/colab.conf' do
+  owner 'root'
+  group 'root'
+  mode  0644
+  notifies :restart, 'service[nginx]'
+end
diff --git a/cookbooks/colab/templates/colab.conf.erb b/cookbooks/colab/templates/colab.conf.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f545e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/colab/templates/colab.conf.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+upstream colab {
+  server                127.0.0.1:8001  fail_timeout=10s;
+}
+
+server {
+  listen                *:80;
+
+  server_name           <%= node['config']['external_hostname'] %> localhost;
+
+  access_log            /var/log/nginx/colab.access.log;
+  error_log             /var/log/nginx/colab.error.log;
+
+  location / {
+    root  /usr/share/nginx/colab;
+    try_files $uri @colab-app;
+  }
+
+  location @colab-app {
+    proxy_pass              http://colab;
+    proxy_read_timeout      90;
+    proxy_connect_timeout   90;
+    proxy_redirect          off;
+    proxy_set_header        Host $host;
+    proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+  }
+}
+
+# vim: ft=nginx
diff --git a/test/colab_test.sh b/test/colab_test.sh
index 5e83727..cc7a022 100644
--- a/test/colab_test.sh
+++ b/test/colab_test.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,14 @@ test_colab_responds() {
   assertTrue 'colab responds' 'run_on integration curl --fail http://localhost:8001'
 }
 
+test_nginx_responds() {
+  assertTrue 'nginx reponds' 'run_on integration curl --fail http://localhost'
+}
+
+test_nginx_virtualhost() {
+  local ip="$(grep integration: nodes.yaml | cut -d : -f 2)"
+  local title="$(curl --silent --header 'Host: beta.softwarepublico.gov.br' http://$ip/dashboard | grep '<title>' | sed -e 's/^\s*//')"
+  assertEquals "<title>Home - Colab</title>" "$title"
+}
+
 . shunit2
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