
Follow the instructions for Help/Readying VM for the Course. From your host shell, log into your VM:.(The same command will be used to restart an existing VM that has been previously stopped that will be much faster.) As the VM starts, VirtualBox will also present you with a window showing the VM login prompt you should just ignore that for now. The first time it runs it will create the VM from scratch, which takes some time. Then, type this command to create (and start) the VM: Get a host shell and change into the directory with the Vagrantfile.

So, after you download the file, open up the containing folder and double-check that the file has no suffix at all. That will cause all sorts of issues that are hard to recover from later on. txt extension to Vagrantfile when you download this file. One of the most common problem people encounter is that some browser (e.g., Safari) automatically adds an. Download the file named Vagrantfile and save it in this directory. Pick a convenient location, say 316, for example.

Download and install the latest version of VirtualBox. Make sure you also install the extensions.Remember to then set up file sharing between your VM and host by installing the VirtualBox “Guest Additions.” Prerequisites To create the VM, you can either download a pre-built Lubuntu 14.04 image (note the user name/password) or manually create an VM and install the operating system yourself. Instead of using Vagrant for creating and managing your VM, simply run VirtualBox and use its interface for all VM-related tasks. If you use Windows, we recommend that you skip Vagrant and just install VirtualBox. By “shell on host” or “host shell” we mean the Terminal program for Mac OS. In the following, “host” refers to the physical computer that you are working on (your laptop in most cases).
