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Installing Apache Web ServerĬreate a bootup script that will upgrade the OS and install Apache when the Vagrant box is booted up, so still in your initial project directory on macOS or in /vagrant on the Vagrant Box. This is a key thing, it essentially mirrors the 2 directories so the content in your project folder will also be in the /vagrant directory on the Vagrant Box. Whilst in your Vagrant box your starting directory point is /home/vagrant – it is the vagrant directory at the root /vagrant which shares the same content as your initial project directory. You can also verify its running in Virtual Box To actually connect to the box use ssh and you will be in the home of the VM box vagrant ssh => default: Checking for guest additions in VM.ĭefault: /vagrant => /Users/neilg/vagrantstart Connect to the Vagrant Box This may take a few minutes.ĭefault: Warning: Connection timeout. => default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration. => default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces. => default: Setting the name of the VM: vagrantstart_default_1405229326035_48404 => default: Checking if box 'chef/centos-6.5' is up to date. => default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking. => default: Importing base box 'chef/centos-6.5'.

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Which will run through a series of start up steps vagrant upīringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider. The next step is to boot the box up which is done with the most popular vagrant command: vagrant up To the box name, so in this example: # Every Vagrant virtual environment requires a box to build off of.Ĭonfig.vm.box = 'chef/centos-6.5' Boot the Box – Vagrant Up Configure Vagrant to use the BoxĪfter the box has downloaded we need to tell Vagrant which box to use in the current project, this is done in the Vagrantfile created earlier, using you preferred Terminal editor: nano Vagrantfileįind and change # Every Vagrant virtual environment requires a box to build off of. The original box is always left intact and can be used across multiple projects, the Vagrant image built is based from the box.

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This will download the Centos 6.5 box to the current directory, if asked select the relevant VM solution such as Virtual Box.

To add a box using one of the examples: vagrant box add chef/centos-6.5

You can see a bunch of Vagrant boxes on the Vagrant Cloud website that you can download and use. After the Vagrantfile has been created the next step is to pull the image or box that will be used. This will place a set up file named Vagrantfile in that top level. Creating a Vagrant Template FileĬhange directory to where you want to store the Vagrant project and run vagrant init If you are just interested in Vagrant, VVV and WordPress then move onto the next part – from here it goes through just more on vagrant and using it with a VM and a box not WordPress or VVV related.

This needs to be downloaded and installed on your local machine.

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If you want to upgrade to a later version just download the latest installer and drag and drop the uninstall.tool onto an open Terminal window and follow the process, then install the Vagrant.pkg file or simply just install the new version over the top of the older one e.g 1.9.4 -> 2.0.0 Using a Virtual MachineĪlong with Vagrant you need to use a VM solution to store the image or box, some solutions include VMWare and AWS but Virtual Box is a free and popular solution. You can check the version of vagrant you have by typing: vagrant -v The user data for Vagrant is filed in the directory from which vagrant was used and is stored in an invisible directory named. The binary gets installed in the Applications folder with a link to the /usr/bin so it is added to the shell path. dmg and install the Vagrant.pkg package file. Installing Vagrantĭownload the latest installer, for macOS there is a point and click. It is also great for checking a development that is built on a different environment to which it is being deployed, so you can set up the target environment in a virtual instance to test. Sort of like making sure everyone is singing from the same hymn book. It essentially builds virtual images from references (boxes) of a type of operating system with applications and dependent software, this can be referenced in a template file that is given to users on a group project to ensure that their development environment is the same as everybody elses as it is using the same virtual image.

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Vagrant is a bit of an odd name for a software app but kind of follows along the trend of naming like Git.It has been around for over 12 months and is an open source project. Vagrant and WordPress – Easy Admin Page.

Vagrant and WordPress – Adding Multiple Sites Natively and with VVV Base.Vagrant and WordPress – Setting up VVV Varying Vagrant Vagrants on macOS.