Creating a Linux Local Enviroment using Virtualbox & Vagrant

Posted in Laravel, Vagrant on Mar 30, 2016

There seems to be a lot of confusion on the web when it comes to creating a local laravel development enviroment in Linux. I would like to show a really fast way to get up and running. The following method was tested in Linux MInt. I will add instructions for Windows too.

System Requirements

• VirtualBox
  • Allows you to run virtual enviroments
• Vagrant
  • Vagrant is a tool that will install a complete virtual development environment. (Aapache, PHP, Mysql
• Composer (Optional)
  • PHP Package Manager)
• nodejs (Optional)
  • Needed by Gulp which will be used to compile the frontend stuff css, js)

Create a new Laravel Project from scratch using Vagrant & Scotchbox in Linux.

Posted in Composer Packages, Laravel, Vagrant on Feb 01, 2016

This post will quickly guide you in the process of creating a new Laravel Project using Vagrant, Scotchbox & the Laravel installer.

If you are using windows, you can run the same commands by installing Git Bash

Requirements:

• Vagrant, VirtualBox & Git
• Undertand basic git commands or know hot to copy/paste.
• Linux or Gitbash.

Create a new Virtual Enviroment

Lets start with a new Laravel Project, In this case I will create a new project inside a VirtualBox enviroment using Vagrant and my favorite Box called Scotchbox.

git clone https://github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box

Navitage inside the newly ...