Dependencies: VirtualBox or VMware (virtualization software)
# To add new boxes you can run locally:
vagrant box add <the name of the box here>
# the list of boxes at:
https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search
vagrant box list # gives you the list of boxes locally available
# to use one of those:
cd <the directory you want to work with vagrant>
vagrant init
vagrant init ubuntu/trusty64 # ubuntu/trusty64 is the name of your local box
vagrant up # to start the virtual machine
vagrant suspend # put your machine to sleep, all save to disk
vagrant resume # bring it back up
vagrant halt # turn off your virtual machine, but things will still be kept in disk for later use
vagrant destroy # machine is annihilated, but the files are still kept in disk, deeper hibernation
vagrant reload # halth and up equivalent
vagrant ssh #ssh to the virtual machine
cd /vagrant/ # this is a shared folder between your local computer and your virtual machine
Inside your Vagrantfile configuration
# remember: this file must be inside your root folder for your VM
# to make a server running on port 80 in your vm accessible from outside:
config.vm.network :forwarded_port, 80, host: 8080
# to have shared files between your VM and your local machine:
config.vm.synced_folder “../data”, “/vagrant_data”
the /vagrant_data file will actually be located in the root folder of your virtual machine “/” (not your home directory)
# to run shell commands at the end of the machine coming up, comment out:config.vm.provision “shell” (either put your commands inline here, or do a :path to the file that contain the commands)
# you can also just run the provision part of vagrant by running:
vagrant provision
# to remove local boxes:
vagrant box remove <name of the box to remove>
# to use the same ssh keys as in the host machine (inside the vagrant instance):
config.ssh.forward_agent = true
vagrant and puppet
vagrant ssh; which puppet # to make sure you have puppet
# to install it (if missing):
apt-get install puppet
# to point your provisioning to puppet (inside your Vagrant file):
config.vm.provision :puppet
# this will make provisioning to look for the following file for configuration:
manifest/default.pp
vagrant and rails
modify the following line (to port forward to the external world from your VM):
config.vm.network “forwarded_port”, guest: 3000, host: 3000
if you want to port forward using rails, remember to startup your rails app as the following:
rails s -b 0.0.0.0
The basic commands to get a rails app ready inside your Vagrant folder (and even throwing Heroku in the mix):
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl
curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
# if the above fails, try:
gpg –keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net –recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
and:
command curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg –import –
and then command again if the first one fails
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
rvm requirements
rvm install ruby
rvm use ruby –default
rvm rubygems current
gem install rails
rails -v
Note: if you have trouble running bundle install because of nokogiri, try the following:
$ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev
Also, if you have trouble installing postgres (Can’t find the ‘libpq-fe.h header error) then try this before bundle install:
sudo apt-get install libpq-devIf you end up using postgres for your local ubuntu dev environment, you will need to setup the vagrant user as a database creator:
$ sudo -i -u postgres
# CREATE ROLE vagrant LOGIN;
# ALTER ROLE vagrant WITH CREATEDB;
# \q
Inside database.yml, don’t forget to specify postgres as your database of choice:
adapter: postgresql
$ rake db:create
$ rake db:migrate
And finally, the heroku tools:
wget -qO- https://toolbelt.heroku.com/install-ubuntu.sh | sh
Vagrant and git
sudo apt-get install git
Vagrant and node.js
The following three commands will get you setup:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npmVagrant and bower (or any npm that don’t seem to run inside ubuntu)
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Vagrant and ionic
If you are having trouble making port forwarding work at “ionic serve” time, try this:
$ ionic serve –address 0.0.0.0
And also, remember to port forward both ports in your vagrant file (not only the server one):
config.vm.network :forwarded_port, host: 8100, guest: 8100
config.vm.network :forwarded_port, host: 35729, guest: 35729