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    Tutorial: Meteor on Windows using Vagrant

Requirements

Before doing anything else, install those:

VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Vagrant: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html
git: http://git-scm.com/download/win

Steps on Windows command-line:

Open cmd: Start > type cmd > ENTER

cd C:\path\to\your\vagrant+meteor\project\folder
mkdir shared
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin (Append git binaries to path so vagrant can run ssh - you should add git to your PATH environmental variable permanently so you don't have to run this everytime)
vagrant init ubuntu/trusty32 (Ubuntu 14.04 32bit - use ubuntu/trusty64 for x64)
Edit the Vagrantfile and add the following inside the Vagrant.configure(...) block:
config.vm.synced_folder './shared', '/home/vagrant/shared'

config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3000, host: 3000

config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
    v.customize ["setextradata", :id, "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/v-root", "1"]
end


vagrant up
vagrant ssh

Now that you are inside the VM command-line:
Steps on Ubuntu command-line:


sudo apt-get install curl git
curl https://install.meteor.com | sh

Creating an app

This also applies when you clone an app from git. The idea is to move the .meteor folder out of the shared directory and link it back in. MongoDB cannot run in the shared folder because of permission problems. Create all apps in the ~/shared folder to make their code available to the Windows host.

(cd ~/shared)
meteor create --example leaderboard
cd leaderboard
mkdir -p ~/mock/leaderboard
mv .meteor ~/mock/leaderboard
mkdir .meteor
sudo mount --bind /home/vagrant/mock/leaderboard/.meteor .meteor
meteor (finally!)

Go to http://localhost:3000 in Windows browser!
Hints:


Make sure you do version control INSIDE THE VM, so the software can follow the mounted .meteor directory.
You will have to remount (step 7 above) the .meteor directory on every vagrant restart. Mount the directory before you do any version control!
To halt a vagrant VM: vagrant halt
To destroy a VM: vagrant destroy
You might want to run sudo apt-get update in the VM to install the latest Ubuntu security updates


Original tutorial by @gabrielsapo