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== VirtualBox ==
"VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)."
http://www.virtualbox.org/
=== Getting it ===
Ubuntu users can add it from virtualbox repos, but when 3.2 was released Oracle changed the name/key so you have to get a new key
<source lang="bash">
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
</source>
== Vagrant ==
"Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments. By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle's VirtualBox, Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments."
http://www.vagrantup.com/
== Quickstart ==
[[Quickstart]] is a complete [[:Category:development|development]] environment for [[Drupal]] running in a VirtualBox virtual machine
== Shared Folders ==
Configuring shared folders in virtualbox for Quickstart development
# Power down the Quickstart virtual machine.
# On the host computer, start the Virtualbox management UI.
# right-click Quickstart -> settings -> shared folders -> click the folder with the green plus on the right
# Set the "Folder Path" to a path on the host computer. Give full read/write access.
# Set the "Folder Name" to "shared". no caps. no vbox-
# Ok -> Ok -> start Quickstart vm and this file should disappear.
# Test by moving a file in the host computer into the host shared folder.
Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046
"VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)."
http://www.virtualbox.org/
=== Getting it ===
Ubuntu users can add it from virtualbox repos, but when 3.2 was released Oracle changed the name/key so you have to get a new key
<source lang="bash">
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
</source>
== Vagrant ==
"Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments. By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle's VirtualBox, Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments."
http://www.vagrantup.com/
== Quickstart ==
[[Quickstart]] is a complete [[:Category:development|development]] environment for [[Drupal]] running in a VirtualBox virtual machine
== Shared Folders ==
Configuring shared folders in virtualbox for Quickstart development
# Power down the Quickstart virtual machine.
# On the host computer, start the Virtualbox management UI.
# right-click Quickstart -> settings -> shared folders -> click the folder with the green plus on the right
# Set the "Folder Path" to a path on the host computer. Give full read/write access.
# Set the "Folder Name" to "shared". no caps. no vbox-
# Ok -> Ok -> start Quickstart vm and this file should disappear.
# Test by moving a file in the host computer into the host shared folder.
Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046
