We’ll install a Ubuntu 14.04 server as our VM $ vagrant box add ubuntu/trusty64Īfter a few moments, if this was successful, it will say so in the output.

Don’t worry, if you don’t have it, I suggest you check out my post which explains its installation! After installationĬreate a directory where we can have our VM, and then move into it $ mkdir mydirectory $ cd /mydirectory You’ll need to work a little on the terminal (or it’s equivalent on Windows).

Now that you have the installers, first install VirtualBox and then go for Vagrant (although the order doesn’t really matter, as we’ll be configuring it later). Note: Just browse a little to make sure that your version of VirtualBox is compatible with your Vagrant, as this may cause issues later. Also download for Vagrant here - I’m using 2.2.3. Later is fine though!ĭownload the installation file for VirtualBox here - I’m using the latest i.e. Getting ready…īefore jumping into installation, it would be a good idea to go through the above links and understand how VirtualBox and Vagrant work. There are numerous blogs out there that explain this, but very few that simplify the installation process for people like me - who are always in hurry to jump to building solutions sans the expense of energy on configuration. So it acts as an agent that simplifies all the virtual environment configurations, meaning that developers can focus on developing and be more productive. VirtualBox usually goes hand-in-hand with Vagrant - an open-source software product by HashiCorp for building and maintaining portable virtual software development environments.

VirtualBox is probably a new term for most of you out there, but it is on the similar lines of VMware, docker and other vendors that offer operating-system level virtualization services for software development - or Container, to be generic! It is offered by the age-old Oracle. This is where VirtualBox comes into picture. More on that in a later post! But somehow all this required me to have a virtual environment solution. Recently I have been working on a small full-stack application, where I also wanted to implement a JSON endpoint.

Vagrant with virtualbox