My notes on installing Ubuntu 13.10 Server in VirtualBox on my Mac. Also, this is not intended to be an actual shell script, just a list of commands to copy and paste

my_steps_to_create_virtual_box.sh

# ... pre-writing it down, but basically install the OS
# then update
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

# Ubuntu comes with tasksel, so going with that
sudo tasksel # choose openSSH server and LAMP, Basic Ubuntu Server will have already been chosen. These can also be chosen during the install process but I found it may make for a less smooth install process

# So I can install the iso and other things into the future
sudo apt-get install build-essential

# download iso cuz mounting it is a giant pain
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/le7xklq8o7cb0yn/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

# mount iso
sudo mount -o loop ~/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso /media/cdrom

# run it 
sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --nox11

# Set up Ports

ifconfig # Look for inet addr, in my case it's always been 10.0.2.15
#In VirtualBox Machine->Settings->Network under Adapter 1: NAT: Port Forwarding: +
#http  TCP 127.0.0.1 8888 10.0.2.15 80
#ssh   TCP 127.0.0.1 2222 10.0.2.15 22
# Check http://localhost:8888/ in your browser you should get a It Works!

# At this point I reboot and switch to sshing in with 
ssh localhost -p 2222 -l jeremyvaught #use the username you installed with of course
#also there are ways to make it passwordless but I haven't messed with that as of yet

# Some odds and ends
#json and compposer
sudo apt-get install php5-json # Because the licensing if json says to not do evil, and Richard Stallman wants to
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer #install composer universally
#mcrypt
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/mods-available
sudo php5enmod mcrypt
#modrewrite
sudo a2enmod rewrite
ls -al /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load
sudo vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
#change all `AllowOveride None` to `AllowOverride All`
sudo service apache2 restart

# Possibly ...
sudo apt-get install git
mkdir /var/www/test
cd /var/www/test
git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git .
composer update
# Now is browser go to http://localhost:8888/test/public/ and you should have arrived

# Mount local projects
# In VirtualBox Machine->Settings->Shared Folders: +: Location on Mac, Give it a name, I chose Sites: check auto mount and make permanent
sudo mv /var/www /var/www.bak
sudo mkdir /var/www
sudo chmod 777 /var/www
sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 Sites /var/www

sudo adduser jeremyvaught vboxsf
#reboot

sudo usermod -a -G www-data jeremyvaught
sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www

sudo vim /etc/rc.local
#above exit 0
#this didn't work #sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 Sites /var/www
sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=33,gid=33,umask=0022 Sites /var/www

# Adding self signed SSL
# so far basing this info on https://help.ubuntu.com/13.10/serverguide/certificates-and-security.html
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048
openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.insecure
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
sudo cp server.crt /etc/ssl/certs
sudo cp server.key /etc/ssl/private

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################# Below here I'm experimenting with, probably shouldn't follow these directions. heh #################
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# Configure Apache for SSL, based on http://www.unixmen.com/install-apache-ssl-ubuntu-13-10/
# I did a bunch of stuff below and no workey, came back and tried this sudo apt-get install apache2-utils, still no workey, but needs mentioning

# also tried http://d.klwe.info/ubuntu-12-04-setting-up-apache2-and-ssl-with-self-signed-certificate/, no bueno

a2enmod ssl
sudo service apache2 restart

sudo vim default-ssl.conf
#and put in the file
<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        #ServerName *:443 
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/server.key
</VirtualHost>
#back in the command line
a2ensite default-ssl
service apache2 reload
sudo service apache2 restart