Setup Vagrant and a small quick-start

I had troubles with an regular VM so i installed vagrant :), this is what i have done.

install Vagrant

I have installed it like described here. 

 URL: http://vagrantup.com/docs/getting-started/setup/ubuntu.html

Or follow the instructions here:

Install Ruby

  sudo apt-get install ruby1.8-dev ruby1.8 ri1.8 rdoc1.8 irb1.8 libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 libopenssl-ruby wget
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ruby1.8 /usr/bin/ruby
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ri1.8 /usr/bin/ri
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/rdoc1.8 /usr/bin/rdoc
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/irb1.8 /usr/bin/irb

  Install RubyGems

  cd ~/
  wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
  tar xvzf rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
  cd rubygems-1.3.7
  sudo ruby setup.rb
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem

  update RubyGems

  sudo gem update --system

Now its time to install and update Ruby and RubyGems.
VirtualBox OSE if it is not already installed check if its at least the 4.1 or higher.

Install vagrant

its actually very easy to do, go back to terminal and type

 $ gem install vagrant

then install vagrant box by typing

vagrant box add lucid32 http://files.vagrantup.com/lucid32.box 

 You can a specify name for the vagrant box you download like this.

 vagrant box add <your-name> <http://your.vagrant.box/url>

Its also possible to download different vagrant boxes like ubuntu or lucid64 bit here are the urls

  ubuntu 11.04 server i386   http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7490647/talifun-ubuntu-11.04-server-i386.box
  ubuntu 11.04 server amd64   http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7490647/talifun-ubuntu-11.04-server-amd64.box
  scientific linux 6 64 http://download.frameos.org/sl6-64-nochef.box
  centos 5.6 32      http://yum.mnxsolutions.com/vagrant/centos_56_32.box
  puppet debian lenny 32    https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glassesdirect-boxen/debian/debian_lenny_32_puppet_backport.box
  debian lenny 32     https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glassesdirect-boxen/debian/debian_lenny_32.box
  puppet debian lenny 64    ttp://puppetlabs.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/debian_lenny_64.box
  debian squeeze 64 rvm    https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rosstimson-vagrant-boxes/debian-squeeze-64-rvm.box
  puppet solaris 10 64        http://puppetlabs.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/solaris10_64.box
  puppet squeeze 64            http://puppetlabs.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/squeeze64.box
  devstructure maverick 64    http://static.devstructure.com/devstructure64.box
  devstructure maverick 32    http://static.devstructure.com/devstructure32.box
  puppet rhel 6 64            http://puppetlabs.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/rhel60_64.box
  puppet centos 4 64          http://puppetlabs.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/centos4_64.box
  puppet sles 11sp1 64        http://puppetlabs.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/sles11sp1_64.box
  puppet centos 5.5 64        http://puppetlabs.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/centos5_64.box
  gentoo 64                    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4270274/gentoo64-0.7.box
  opscode ubuntu 10.04        http://opscode-vagrant-boxes.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu10.04-gems.box
  opscode centos 5            http://opscode-vagrant-boxes.s3.amazonaws.com/centos5-gems.box
  ubuntu maverick 64          http://mathie-vagrant-boxes.s3.amazonaws.com/maverick64.box

Now run vagrant box with the command 

  vagrant init <your vagrant box name>

  gives a output like this

    create  Vagrantfile

  then type vagrant up 

    vagrant up

  your out put souled be something like this

  [default] Importing base box 'base'...
  [default] Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
  [default] Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
  [default] Forwarding ports...
  [default] -- ssh: 22 => 2222 (adapter 1)
  [default] Creating shared folders metadata...
  [default] Running any VM customizations...
  [default] Booting VM...
  [default] Waiting for VM to boot. This can take a few minutes.
  [default] VM booted and ready for use!
  [default] Mounting shared folders...
  [default] -- v-root: /vagrant

Thats it! 

Remove a vagrant box

vagrant box remove my_box

Some vagrant commands

vagrant box list
vagrant box remove <my_box>
vagrant init
  initialized an vagrant box
 
vagrant ssh
vagrant up
vagrant halt
vagrant destroy
vagrant restart
vagrant resume
vagrant suspend
gem install vagrant
vagrant box repackage foo