How-To run a first Vagrant project on macOS in the Terminal

Serhii Horoshko

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Jul 19, 2020

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• Install Homebrew with a Terminal

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" #Install Homebrew

• Install Virtualbox with a Terminal

brew info virtualbox #Check a version of the VirtualBox 
brew install virtualbox #Install the lates version of the VirtualBox

• Install Vagrant with a Terminal

brew install vagrant #Install the lates version of the Vagrant

• Create a working directory

mkdir ~/vagrant #Create a folder named by vagrant

• Create a folder for project <example>

mkdir ~/vagrant/ubuntu_server #Create a folder named by ubuntu_server in the directory vagrant

• Create Vagrantfile

touch ~/vagrant/ubuntu_server/Vagrantfile #create Vagrantfile in the working directory

• Open Vagrantfile for edit

nano ~/vagrant/ubuntu_server/Vagrantfile #Open Vagrantfile

• Configuration for you Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"  
   config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080  
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
      v.memory = 1024   
      v.cpus = 2  
   end  
   config.vm.provision 'shell', inline: <<-SHELL   
      echo 'ubuntu:ubuntu' | sudo chpasswd  
   SHELL 
end

• Run Vagrant config file on your working directory

cd ~/vagrant/ubuntu_server #Go to project folder 
vagrant up #Run virtual machine project

• Connect

vagrant ssh #connect to the ubuntu VM machine 
exit #exit from VM machine

• Halt the vagrant machine now

vagrant halt #shutdown of VM machine