DEV Setting_Up_Vagrant

Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Install Virtualbox or VMWare
• 3 Install Vagrant software.
• 4 Install vagrant-cachier

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Introduction

If you are working on a Mac or Windows you will need a Linux VM. Vagrant is one easy way to get a Linux VM quickly.

Install Virtualbox or VMWare

The default configuration supports VMWare and VirtualBox. You will need to install one of them.

VirtualBox is free. You can download and install VirtualBox from here.

VMWare runs faster than VirtualBox (reference needed-- Burts12 ( talk) 15:28, 7 April 2017 (UTC)), but requires purchase. You can acquire VMWare Fusion (Mac) or VMWare Workstation (Windows)

VMware runs faster than VirtualBox (reference needed-- Burts12 ( talk) 15:28, 7 April 2017 (UTC)). To use VMware you will need to obtain a VMware plugin for Vagrant. You can learn more about support for VMware from the Vagrant documentation: https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/vmware/.

Install Vagrant software.

Install the Vagrant software: https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/installation/index.html

Install vagrant-cachier

Optional: To cache apt/yum (for faster Vagrant VM rebuild), install vagrant-cachier.

At the unix command line run:

$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier