Install Brew, VirtualBox, Vagrant and Vagrant-Manager, on a Macintosh 10.x Context: ======== We will use Vagrant with VirtualBox. This guide is to help those unfamiliar with how to install and use Vagrant and Virtualbox setup.
Vagrant allows us to provision complete virtual machines (Unix, Linux, Mac, or Windows) inside the Mac Operating system as virtual machines. The vagrant virtual servers are configured with a single file (called a “Vagrantfile.”) started with a single command (vagrant up), are contained within a single folder, and can be destroyed with a single command (vagrant destroy). This environment is nicely segregated from your day to day computing, and allows you to test our software in a variety of environments.
You are running a computer with Mac OS X 10.x installed.
1 Install Prerequisite Software (XCode)*. 2 Install Brew. 3 Brew Vagrant. 4 “Hello World” Vagrant.
Click link to Get Xcode —>
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12
Agree to EULA and Install.
Install Prerequisite Software (XCode Tools from Command Line): Open a Terminal (Launchpad —> Other —> Terminal). At the command prompt run the following command to install XCode Tools
$ xcode-select —install
- Accept the EULA.
- Agree to install at Prompt.
Using the terminal, download and install Homebrew with this command:
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Run this command from the terminal to update and confirm install of Homebrew:
$ brew doctor
From Command line run these commands to update Brew and view the version (licenses):
$ brew update $ sudo xcodebuild -license
Download, verify, and install VirtualBox:
$ brew install Caskroom/cask/virtualbox
Download, verify, and install VirtualBox extension pack for your version of virtualbox:
$ brew install Caskroom/cask/virtualbox-extension-pack
Download, verify, and install Vagrant:
$ brew install Caskroom/cask/vagrant
Download, verify, and install Vagrant-Manager:
$ brew install Caskroom/cask/vagrant-manager
Now that we have it all installed, let's spin up an Ubuntu server, log in to it, play, log out, and then destroy it.
From Command line enter the following to make a sandbox directory, cd into it, and then download the Ubuntu:
$ mkdir sandbox && cd sandbox $ vagrant box add precise64 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box
Initialize the installation inside the sandbox folder (aka make the Vagrantfile). (You can modify the Vagrantfile and look at it after this step.):
$ vagrant init precise64
Start the Ubuntu server via Vagrant by typing this at command line:
$ vagrant up
To login to the new server via ssh, enter the following via command line:
$ vagrant ssh
Change what you like. Mess it up if you care to. Once done poking around logout:
$ exit
To destroy the Ubuntu virtual server installation:
$ vagrant destroy
To rebuild from the OS again:
$ vagrant up
Conclusion: After the login regimen finishes, you should be inside the new server you just created, for the second time. You have built a new server, Destroyed it, and built it.