littleoldvm

Prep work

• Core Tools:

  • https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
  • https://www.vagrantup.com

• SSH Client:

  • https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html (Windows)
  • https://www.iterm2.com (Mac)
  • Basic Terminal (Linux)

• Install VirtualBox Guest Additionals :

  • vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
  • vagrant vbguest --status

Launching your VM

1. Setup the config file.

cp Vagrantfile.example Vagrantfile

• Update your hostname (HOSTNAME - in Vagrantfile).

• Update your sites directory (SITES_DIR - in Vagrantfile) to reflect your local sites directory. This provides folder sharing between the vm and your local machine through network mapping.

(adjust available CPUs & memory as needed)

3. Spin up the VM (incl. provisioning).

vagrant up

4. Create local DNS entry.

sudo vim /etc/hosts

...
192.168.33.11 {hostname}.test