Part I - Introduction

Setup

"Minolta 35mm camera" by Robert R Gigliotti is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

In order to participate in the interactive exercises, some assembly is required.

Setup: Requirements

• A computer running Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, or GNU/Linux. The setup procedure requires administrative rights on this computer.
• An Internet connection

Setup: Procedure

1. Download and install VirtualBox

   • Freely available at https://www.virtualbox.org/
   • To verify: run the following command from a terminal window: virtualbox --help (this course expects version 4.3.36 or newer).

2. Download and install Vagrant

   • Freely available at https://www.vagrantup.com/
   • To verify: run the following command from a terminal window: vagrant --version (this course expects version 1.7.2 or newer).

3. Download and create the virtual environment for this course

   • Create a new directory for this course

   • Run the following commands from a terminal window:

     • vagrant init http://boxes.bocoup.com/command-the-command-line.box
     • vagrant up
   • To verify: run the following command from a terminal window: vagrant status (it should report, "The VM is running.")