diff --git a/.github/workflows/dip-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/dip-upload.yml
index 920e4207..3e9b318b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dip-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dip-upload.yml
@@ -20,133 +20,116 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: "DIP upload test"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       am_version: "${{ inputs.am_version }}"
       ss_version: "${{ inputs.ss_version }}"
       atom_version: "${{ inputs.atom_version }}"
-      am_vagrant_box_id: "ubuntu/jammy64"
-      atom_vagrant_box_id: "ubuntu/focal64"
+      python_version: "3.9"
     steps:
-      - name: "Check out code"
+      - name: "Check out the code"
         uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
-      - name: "Create Vagrant boxes directory"
+      - name: "Upgrade crun (supports Ubuntu's systemd in the Dockerfile)"
         run: |
-          mkdir -p /home/runner/.vagrant.d/boxes
-      - name: "Cache Vagrant boxes"
-        uses: "actions/cache@v4"
-        with:
-          path: "/home/runner/.vagrant.d/boxes"
-          key: "${{ runner.os }}-boxes"
+          wget https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/1.14.4/crun-1.14.4-linux-amd64
+          sudo install crun-1.14.4-linux-amd64 /usr/bin/crun
+          rm crun-1.14.4-linux-amd64
       - name: "Install Python"
         uses: "actions/setup-python@v5"
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
-      - name: "Install Vagrant"
-        run: |
-          wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
-          echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
-          sudo apt update && sudo apt install vagrant
-      - name: "Install VirtualBox"
-        run: |
-          wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg --dearmor
-          echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
-          sudo apt update && sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0
-      - name: "Downgrade VirtualBox"
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-7.0
-          wget -O /tmp/virtualbox-7.0_7.0.14-161095~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb -L https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.14/virtualbox-7.0_7.0.14-161095~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb
-          sudo dpkg -i /tmp/virtualbox-7.0_7.0.14-161095~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb
-      - name: "Install the vagrant-vbguest plugin"
-        run: |
-          vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
-      - name: "Update the VirtualBox networks file"
-        run: |
-          sudo mkdir -p /etc/vbox/
-          echo "* 192.168.33.0/24" | sudo tee -a /etc/vbox/networks.conf
-      - name: "Install ansible"
+          python-version: "${{ env.python_version }}"
+          cache: "pip"
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            tests/dip-upload/requirements.txt
+      - name: "Cache the virtual environment"
+        id: "venv-cache"
+        uses: "actions/cache@v4"
+        with:
+          path: |
+            tests/dip-upload/.venv/
+          key: "os-${{ runner.os }}-python_version-${{ env.python_version }}-hash-${{ hashFiles('tests/dip-upload/requirements.txt') }}"
+      - name: "Set up the virtual environment"
+        if: "steps.venv-cache.outputs.cache-hit == false"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
-          source .venv/bin/activate
-          python3 -m pip install ansible==8.5.0 ansible-core==2.15.5
-      - name: "Start the Archivematica VM"
+          .venv/bin/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: "Add virtual environment to PATH"
+        working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
+        run:
+          echo "$PWD/.venv/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - name: "Generate an SSH key and copy it next to the Dockerfile"
+        run: |
+          mkdir $HOME/.ssh
+          ssh-keygen -t rsa -f $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa -N ""
+          cp $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload/ssh_pub_key
+      - name: "Start the Compose environment"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
-        env:
-          VAGRANT_BOX: "${{ env.am_vagrant_box_id }}"
         run: |
-          vagrant up archivematica
+          podman-compose up --detach
       - name: "Install Archivematica"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         env:
           ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: "False"
+          ANSIBLE_REMOTE_PORT: 2222
         run: |
-          source .venv/bin/activate
           ansible-galaxy install -f -p roles/ -r requirements.yml
-          ansible-playbook -i 192.168.33.2, archivematica.yml \
-              -u vagrant \
-              --private-key ${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload/.vagrant/machines/archivematica/virtualbox/private_key \
+          ansible-playbook -i localhost, archivematica.yml \
+              -u ubuntu \
               -e "archivematica_src_am_version=${{ env.am_version }} archivematica_src_ss_version=${{ env.ss_version }}" \
               -v
-      - name: "Add the vagrant user to the archivematica group"
+      - name: "Add the ubuntu user to the archivematica group"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         run: |
-          vagrant ssh archivematica -c 'sudo usermod -a -G archivematica vagrant'
+          podman-compose exec --user root archivematica usermod -a -G archivematica ubuntu
       - name: "Get the archivematica SSH public key"
         id: archivematica_ssh_pub_key
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         run: |
-          echo "key=$(vagrant ssh archivematica -c 'sudo cat /var/lib/archivematica/.ssh/id_rsa.pub')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: "Start the AtoM VM"
-        working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
-        env:
-          VAGRANT_BOX: "${{ env.atom_vagrant_box_id }}"
-        run: |
-          vagrant up atom
+          echo "key=$(podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica cat /var/lib/archivematica/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: "Install AtoM"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         env:
           ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: "False"
+          ANSIBLE_REMOTE_PORT: 9222
         run: |
-          source .venv/bin/activate
-          ansible-playbook -i 192.168.33.3, atom.yml \
-              -u vagrant \
-              --private-key ${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload/.vagrant/machines/atom/virtualbox/private_key \
+          ansible-playbook -i localhost, atom.yml \
+              -u ubuntu \
               -e "atom_repository_version=${{ env.atom_version }} archivematica_ssh_pub_key='${{ steps.archivematica_ssh_pub_key.outputs.key }}'" \
               -v
       - name: "Call an Archivematica API endpoint"
         run: |
           curl \
               --header "Authorization: ApiKey admin:this_is_the_am_api_key" \
-              http://192.168.33.2/api/processing-configuration/
+              http://localhost:8000/api/processing-configuration/
       - name: "Call a Storage Service API endpoint"
         run: |
           curl \
               --header "Authorization: ApiKey admin:this_is_the_ss_api_key" \
-              http://192.168.33.2:8000/api/v2/pipeline/
+              http://localhost:8001/api/v2/pipeline/
       - name: "Call an AtoM API endpoint"
         run: |
           curl \
               --header "REST-API-Key: this_is_the_atom_dip_upload_api_key" \
-              http://192.168.33.3/index.php/api/informationobjects
+              http://localhost:9000/index.php/api/informationobjects
       - name: "Create a processing configuration for DIP upload"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         run: |
-          vagrant ssh archivematica -c "sudo -u archivematica cp /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/{automated,dipupload}ProcessingMCP.xml"
+          podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica cp /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/automatedProcessingMCP.xml /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml
       - name: "Update the DIP upload processing configuration"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         run: |
           # Change 'Normalize for preservation' to 'Normalize for preservation and access'
-          vagrant ssh archivematica -c "sudo -u archivematica sed --in-place 's|612e3609-ce9a-4df6-a9a3-63d634d2d934|b93cecd4-71f2-4e28-bc39-d32fd62c5a94|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml"
+          podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica sed --in-place 's|612e3609-ce9a-4df6-a9a3-63d634d2d934|b93cecd4-71f2-4e28-bc39-d32fd62c5a94|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml
           # Change 'Do not upload DIP' to 'Upload DIP to AtoM/Binder'
-          vagrant ssh archivematica -c "sudo -u archivematica sed --in-place 's|6eb8ebe7-fab3-4e4c-b9d7-14de17625baa|0fe9842f-9519-4067-a691-8a363132ae24|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml"
-      - name: "Import Atom sample data"
+          podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica sed --in-place 's|6eb8ebe7-fab3-4e4c-b9d7-14de17625baa|0fe9842f-9519-4067-a691-8a363132ae24|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml
+      - name: "Import the Atom sample data"
         working-directory: "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/dip-upload"
         run: |
-          vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony csv:import /usr/share/nginx/atom/lib/task/import/example/isad/example_information_objects_isad.csv"
-          vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony propel:build-nested-set"
-          vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony cc"
-          vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony search:populate"
+          podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony csv:import /usr/share/nginx/atom/lib/task/import/example/isad/example_information_objects_isad.csv
+          podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony propel:build-nested-set
+          podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony cc
+          podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony search:populate
       - name: "Start a transfer and upload the DIP to the sample archival description"
         run: |
           curl \
@@ -154,12 +137,12 @@ jobs:
               --request POST \
               --data "{ \
                   \"name\": \"dip-upload-test\", \
-                  \"path\": \"$(echo -n '/home/vagrant/archivematica-sampledata/SampleTransfers/DemoTransferCSV' | base64 -w 0)\", \
+                  \"path\": \"$(echo -n '/home/ubuntu/archivematica-sampledata/SampleTransfers/DemoTransferCSV' | base64 -w 0)\", \
                   \"type\": \"standard\", \
                   \"processing_config\": \"dipupload\", \
                   \"access_system_id\": \"example-item\" \
               }" \
-              http://192.168.33.2/api/v2beta/package
+              http://localhost:8000/api/v2beta/package
       - name: "Wait for the transfer to finish"
         run: |
           sleep 120
@@ -167,5 +150,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           curl \
               --header "REST-API-Key: this_is_the_atom_dip_upload_api_key" \
-              --silent \
-              http://192.168.33.3/index.php/api/informationobjects/beihai-guanxi-china-1988 | python3 -m json.tool | grep '"parent": "example-item"'
+              http://localhost:9000/index.php/api/informationobjects/beihai-guanxi-china-1988 | python3 -m json.tool | grep '"parent": "example-item"'
diff --git a/tests/dip-upload/.gitignore b/tests/dip-upload/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5000d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dip-upload/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ssh_pub_key
+.venv
+roles
diff --git a/tests/dip-upload/Dockerfile b/tests/dip-upload/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66aee7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dip-upload/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=22.04
+
+FROM ubuntu:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y sudo openssh-server rsync locales && apt-get clean
+
+RUN useradd --home-dir /home/ubuntu --system ubuntu
+
+COPY --chown=ubuntu:ubuntu --chmod=600 ssh_pub_key /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d/ && echo 'ubuntu ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers.d/ubuntu
+
+EXPOSE 22
+EXPOSE 80
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD [ "/sbin/init" ]
diff --git a/tests/dip-upload/README.md b/tests/dip-upload/README.md
index b40a783f..b04a96cd 100644
--- a/tests/dip-upload/README.md
+++ b/tests/dip-upload/README.md
@@ -2,19 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Software requirements
 
-- Vagrant 2.4.1 (with vagrant-vbguest plugin)
-- VirtualBox 7.0
+- Podman
+- crun >= 1.14.4
 - Python 3
 - curl
 
-## Tested Vagrant boxes
-
-This playbook has been tested with Vagrant 2.4.1 and VirtualBox 7.0.14 r161095
-using any of the following Vagrant boxes and versions:
-
-- Archivematica: ubuntu/jammy64 (v20240403.0.0)
-- AtoM: ubuntu/focal64 (v20231003.0.0)
-
 ## Installing Ansible
 
 Create a virtual environment and activate it:
@@ -24,11 +16,11 @@ python3 -m venv .venv
 source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
-Install `ansible` and `ansible-core` (these versions are compatible with
+Install the Python requirements (these versions are compatible with
 symbolic links which are used in the the artefactual-atom role):
 
 ```shell
-python3 -m pip install ansible==8.5.0 ansible-core==2.15.5
+python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 Install the playbook requirements:
@@ -37,69 +29,56 @@ Install the playbook requirements:
 ansible-galaxy install -f -p roles/ -r requirements.yml
 ```
 
-## Setting up VirtualBox
+## Starting the Compose environment
 
-Install the `vagrant-vbguest` plugin:
+Copy your SSH public key as the `ssh_pub_key` file next to the `Containerfile`:
 
 ```shell
-vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
+cp $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ssh_pub_key
 ```
 
-Add the VMs IP network to the VirtualBox networks file:
+Start the Compose services:
 
 ```shell
-sudo mkdir -p /etc/vbox/
-echo "* 192.168.33.0/24" | sudo tee -a /etc/vbox/networks.conf
+podman-compose up --detach
 ```
 
-## Provisioning the Archivematica VM
-
-Start the VM passing the `VAGRANT_BOX` environment variable with the ID of the
-Ubuntu 22.04 Vagrant Cloud:
-
-```shell
-env VAGRANT_BOX=ubuntu/jammy64 vagrant up archivematica
-```
+## Installing Archivematica
 
 Run the Archivematica installation playbook:
 
 ```shell
-ansible-playbook -i 192.168.33.2, archivematica.yml \
-    -u vagrant \
-    --private-key $PWD/.vagrant/machines/archivematica/virtualbox/private_key \
+export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False
+export ANSIBLE_REMOTE_PORT=2222
+ansible-playbook -i localhost, archivematica.yml \
+    -u ubuntu \
     -v
 ```
 
-Add the `vagrant` user to the `archivematica` group so it can copy AIPs
+Add the `ubuntu` user to the `archivematica` group so it can copy AIPs
 from the shared directory:
 
 ```shell
-vagrant ssh archivematica -c 'sudo usermod -a -G archivematica vagrant'
+podman-compose exec --user root archivematica usermod -a -G archivematica ubuntu
 ```
 
 Get the SSH public key of the `archivematica` user so we can use it when
-provisioning the AtoM VM:
+installing AtoM:
 
 ```shell
-AM_SSH_PUB_KEY=$(vagrant ssh archivematica -c 'sudo cat /var/lib/archivematica/.ssh/id_rsa.pub')
+AM_SSH_PUB_KEY=$(podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica cat /var/lib/archivematica/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)
 ```
 
-## Provisioning the AtoM VM
-
-Start the VM passing the `VAGRANT_BOX` environment variable with the ID of the
-Ubuntu 20.04 Vagrant Cloud:
-
-```shell
-env VAGRANT_BOX=ubuntu/focal64 vagrant up atom
-```
+## Installing AtoM
 
 Run the AtoM installation playbook passing the `archivematica_ssh_pub_key`
 variable with the contents of `$AM_SSH_PUB_KEY`:
 
 ```shell
-ansible-playbook -i 192.168.33.3, atom.yml \
-    -u vagrant \
-    --private-key $PWD/.vagrant/machines/atom/virtualbox/private_key \
+export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False
+export ANSIBLE_REMOTE_PORT=9222
+ansible-playbook -i localhost, atom.yml \
+    -u ubuntu \
     -e "archivematica_ssh_pub_key='$AM_SSH_PUB_KEY'" \
     -v
 ```
@@ -109,13 +88,13 @@ ansible-playbook -i 192.168.33.3, atom.yml \
 Call an Archivematica API endpoint:
 
 ```shell
-curl --header "Authorization: ApiKey admin:this_is_the_am_api_key" http://192.168.33.2/api/processing-configuration/
+curl --header "Authorization: ApiKey admin:this_is_the_am_api_key" http://localhost:8000/api/processing-configuration/
 ```
 
 Call a Storage Service API endpoint:
 
 ```shell
-curl --header "Authorization: ApiKey admin:this_is_the_ss_api_key" http://192.168.33.2:8000/api/v2/pipeline/
+curl --header "Authorization: ApiKey admin:this_is_the_ss_api_key" http://localhost:8001/api/v2/pipeline/
 ```
 
 ## Testing the AtoM installation
@@ -123,7 +102,7 @@ curl --header "Authorization: ApiKey admin:this_is_the_ss_api_key" http://192.16
 Call an AtoM API endpoint:
 
 ```shell
-curl --header "REST-API-Key: this_is_the_atom_dip_upload_api_key" http://192.168.33.3/index.php/api/informationobjects
+curl --header "REST-API-Key: this_is_the_atom_dip_upload_api_key" http://localhost:9000/index.php/api/informationobjects
 ```
 
 ## Testing DIP upload
@@ -131,25 +110,25 @@ curl --header "REST-API-Key: this_is_the_atom_dip_upload_api_key" http://192.168
 Create a processing configuration for DIP upload:
 
 ```shell
-vagrant ssh archivematica -c "sudo -u archivematica cp /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/{automated,dipupload}ProcessingMCP.xml"
+podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica cp /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/automatedProcessingMCP.xml /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml
 ```
 
 Update the DIP upload processing configuration:
 
 ```shell
 # Change 'Normalize for preservation' to 'Normalize for preservation and access'
-vagrant ssh archivematica -c "sudo -u archivematica sed --in-place 's|612e3609-ce9a-4df6-a9a3-63d634d2d934|b93cecd4-71f2-4e28-bc39-d32fd62c5a94|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml"
+podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica sed --in-place 's|612e3609-ce9a-4df6-a9a3-63d634d2d934|b93cecd4-71f2-4e28-bc39-d32fd62c5a94|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml
 # Change 'Do not upload DIP' to 'Upload DIP to AtoM/Binder'
-vagrant ssh archivematica -c "sudo -u archivematica sed --in-place 's|6eb8ebe7-fab3-4e4c-b9d7-14de17625baa|0fe9842f-9519-4067-a691-8a363132ae24|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml"
+podman-compose exec --user archivematica archivematica sed --in-place 's|6eb8ebe7-fab3-4e4c-b9d7-14de17625baa|0fe9842f-9519-4067-a691-8a363132ae24|g' /var/archivematica/sharedDirectory/sharedMicroServiceTasksConfigs/processingMCPConfigs/dipuploadProcessingMCP.xml
 ```
 
-Import Atom sample data:
+Import the Atom sample data:
 
 ```shell
-vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony csv:import /usr/share/nginx/atom/lib/task/import/example/isad/example_information_objects_isad.csv"
-vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony propel:build-nested-set"
-vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony cc"
-vagrant ssh atom -c "cd /usr/share/nginx/atom/ && sudo -u www-data php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony search:populate"
+podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony csv:import /usr/share/nginx/atom/lib/task/import/example/isad/example_information_objects_isad.csv
+podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony propel:build-nested-set
+podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony cc
+podman-compose exec --user www-data --workdir /usr/share/nginx/atom/ atom php -d memory_limit=-1 symfony search:populate
 ```
 
 Start a transfer and upload the DIP to the sample archival description:
@@ -160,12 +139,12 @@ curl \
     --request POST \
     --data "{ \
         \"name\": \"dip-upload-test\", \
-        \"path\": \"$(echo -n '/home/vagrant/archivematica-sampledata/SampleTransfers/DemoTransferCSV' | base64 -w 0)\", \
+        \"path\": \"$(echo -n '/home/ubuntu/archivematica-sampledata/SampleTransfers/DemoTransferCSV' | base64 -w 0)\", \
         \"type\": \"standard\", \
         \"processing_config\": \"dipupload\", \
         \"access_system_id\": \"example-item\" \
     }" \
-    http://192.168.33.2/api/v2beta/package
+    http://localhost:8000/api/v2beta/package
 ```
 
 Wait for the transfer to finish:
@@ -180,5 +159,5 @@ Verify a digital object was uploaded and attached to the sample archival descrip
 curl \
     --header "REST-API-Key: this_is_the_atom_dip_upload_api_key" \
     --silent \
-    http://192.168.33.3/index.php/api/informationobjects/beihai-guanxi-china-1988 | python3 -m json.tool | grep '"parent": "example-item"'
+    http://localhost:9000/index.php/api/informationobjects/beihai-guanxi-china-1988 | python3 -m json.tool | grep '"parent": "example-item"'
 ```
diff --git a/tests/dip-upload/Vagrantfile b/tests/dip-upload/Vagrantfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2480cfe1..00000000
--- a/tests/dip-upload/Vagrantfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: ruby -*-
-# vi: set ft=ruby :
-
-Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
-
-  # Detect the Vagrant Cloud box ID from environment variables.
-  config.vm.box = ENV.fetch("VAGRANT_BOX", "ubuntu/jammy64")
-
-  # Set VM specifications.
-  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-    vb.memory = "8192"
-    vb.cpus = "2"
-    if ENV.fetch("VAGRANT_BOX", "").include? "rockylinux/"
-      vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--firmware", "efi64"]
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Turn off the default synced folder.
-  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-
-  config.vm.define "archivematica" do |archivematica|
-    # Set a fixed IP address.
-    archivematica.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.2"
-  end
-
-  config.vm.define "atom" do |atom|
-    # Set a fixed IP address.
-    atom.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.3"
-  end
-
-  # VirtualBox Guest Additions are not needed for installing Archivematica.
-  # This requires the vagrant-vbguest plugin to be installed, but it works
-  # accross all the supported Vagrant boxes.
-  config.vbguest.auto_update = false
-
-  # The disk on these boxes has less than 40GB which might be insufficient for
-  # running some of the larger feature files of the acceptance tests.
-  # This resizes it (and its root partition) to 40GB.
-  if ENV.fetch("VAGRANT_BOX", "").start_with?("rockylinux/", "almalinux/")
-    config.vm.disk :disk, size: "40GB", primary: true
-    config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $resize_root_filesystem
-  end
-
-  # The almalinux/9 box only comes with the C.UTF-8 locale but Archivematica
-  # services use the en_US.UTF-8 locale, so this installs it.
-  if ENV.fetch("VAGRANT_BOX", "").start_with?("almalinux/")
-    config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "yum install -y glibc-langpack-en"
-  end
-
-end
-
-$resize_root_filesystem = <<-SCRIPT
-# The root partition has the highest number in the disk.
-export ROOT_PARTITION=$(grep -c "sda[0-9]" /proc/partitions)
-
-# Resize the root partition.
-echo "- +" | sudo sfdisk --no-reread -N "${ROOT_PARTITION}" /dev/sda
-
-# Read the new partition table.
-sudo partprobe
-
-# Resize the filesystem in the root partition.
-sudo xfs_growfs "/dev/sda${ROOT_PARTITION}"
-SCRIPT
diff --git a/tests/dip-upload/archivematica-vars.yml b/tests/dip-upload/archivematica-vars.yml
index 617a7cd8..62992b4f 100644
--- a/tests/dip-upload/archivematica-vars.yml
+++ b/tests/dip-upload/archivematica-vars.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ archivematica_src_configure_am_user: "admin"
 archivematica_src_configure_am_password: "archivematica"
 archivematica_src_configure_am_email: "admin@example.com"
 archivematica_src_configure_am_api_key: "this_is_the_am_api_key"
-archivematica_src_configure_am_site_url: "http://192.168.33.2"
+archivematica_src_configure_am_site_url: "http://archivematica"
 
 archivematica_src_configure_ss_user: "admin"
 archivematica_src_configure_ss_password: "archivematica"
 archivematica_src_configure_ss_api_key: "this_is_the_ss_api_key"
-archivematica_src_configure_ss_url: "http://192.168.33.2:8000"
+archivematica_src_configure_ss_url: "http://archivematica:8000"
 archivematica_src_configure_ss_email: "admin@example.com"
 
 archivematica_src_am_db_password: "aaGKHyMls.20ki$"
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ archivematica_src_configure_fprule:
 # Instead, these custom settings are populated in the post tasks of the
 # Archivematica provisioning playbook.
 custom_archivematica_src_configure_dashboardsettings:
-  url: "http://192.168.33.3"
-  rsync_target: "192.168.33.3:/home/archivematica/atom_sword_deposit"
+  url: "http://atom"
+  rsync_target: "atom:/home/archivematica/atom_sword_deposit"
   email: "dip_upload@example.com"
   password: "dip_upload@example.com"
   key: "this_is_the_atom_dip_upload_api_key"
diff --git a/tests/dip-upload/compose.yaml b/tests/dip-upload/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08e2c08d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dip-upload/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+name: dip-upload-test
+
+services:
+
+  archivematica:
+    build:
+      args:
+        UBUNTU_VERSION: "22.04"
+    ports:
+      - "2222:22"
+      - "8000:80"
+      - "8001:8000"
+
+  atom:
+    build:
+      args:
+        UBUNTU_VERSION: "20.04"
+    ports:
+      - "9222:22"
+      - "9000:80"
+    links:
+      - "archivematica"
diff --git a/tests/dip-upload/requirements.txt b/tests/dip-upload/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b2ecd66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dip-upload/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ansible==8.5.0
+ansible-core==2.15.5
+git+https://github.com/containers/podman-compose.git@2681566580b4eaadfc5e6000ad19e49e56006e2b#egg=podman-compose