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Installation

• Download the Ubuntu Server ISO: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server
• Create a new container and install Ubuntu Server Don't use the Setup Wizard to do this, instead mount the ISO and use Ubuntu's setup process During the install process, also add the LAMP + OpenSSH + Samba modules when asked

(Mac) Create an Applescript to run VM as a headless server

More info: http://www.artandlogic.com/blog/2013/10/running-vmware-fusion-6-headless/

• Open AppleScript and make a new script with the following code:

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Setup:

• Local server: VM machine runnning Ubuntu
• Staging server: Remote server
• Production server: Another remote server

Initial Setup

# Clone Wordpress

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Setting up Vagrant

Vagrant allows you to quickly set up a headless VM environment (eg. Ubuntu Server + LAMP) on a local machine within Virtualbox (just type vagrant init + vagrant up and you'll have a new VM with SSH running in about 10 minutes). There are several advantages over traditional VM containers, or XAMPP / MAMP / other LAMP sandboxes:

• All of your customised VM settings are stored in a config file ./Vagrantfile which can be shared with anyone to recreate your environment
• You can easily nuke the environment if something goes wrong (vagrant destroy) and reinitialise a fresh enviroment exactly as you like it, in a matter of minutes - backup your DB's first of course!
• Choose a web hosting provider running Vagrant and you can instantly set up your local working environment remotely (or vice versa).

More at http://www.vagrant.com/

Setup

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• Setup and use WP-CLI
• Add the following to wp-config.php:

/* https://github.com/roots/roots-sass */
define('WP_ENV', 'development');

//Allow upload of all file types: http://pixert.com/blog/wordpress-file-type-permitted-security-reasons/
define('ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS', true);

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Legend

Local Server = local.dev

Staging Server = staging.xxxxxx.com

Production Server = xxxxxx.com

1. Fetch the Roots template files

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{
  "name": "sage",
  "homepage": "http://roots.io/sage/",
  "authors": [
    "Ben Word <ben@benword.com>"
  ],
  "license": "MIT",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "modernizr": "~2.8.3",

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{
  "name": "sage",
  "homepage": "http://roots.io/sage/",
  "authors": [
    "Ben Word <ben@benword.com>"
  ],
  "license": "MIT",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "modernizr": "~2.8.3",

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Here's a list of setup stuff you need to do after firing up that fresh new Ubuntu Vagrant VM...

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NOTE to everyone, this gist is just something written for my situation and some of the stuff may be irrelevant, useless, or might break stuff for you!

First time server setup & security

• Secure the server
• Additional security setup
• Configure UFW firewall

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14:13 $ npm install
 
> ws@0.5.0 install /var/www/clients/drawcard.com.au/wp-content/themes/theme-build-20140215/node_modules/browser-sync/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/engine.io/node_modules/ws
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

make: Entering directory `/var/www/clients/drawcard.com.au/wp-content/themes/theme-build-20140215/node_modules/browser-sync/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/engine.io/node_modules/ws/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node: Finished

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
bold='tput bold'
normal='tput sgr0'

# Configure home directory
# HOME=/home/vagrant/
HOME=~

echo '***** Check for package updates...'
sudo apt-get update