ruby-on-rails-dev-box

💻 A Virtual Machine for a ruby on rails developer

What is in the box:

• apt / apt-get
• htop
• git
• oh_my_zsh
• rbenv
• redis
• nginx
• elastic-search
• postgresql
• mysql
• ruby 2.3.0
• my projects from github
• my dotfiles project
• timezone, locale
• neobundle for vim
• nodejs with npm

Requirements

• VirtualBox
• Vagrant
• Chef-dk
• Berk
• local home called projects in the home directory: ~/projects

Install

The install process is taking about: 50 min

1. Download and Install Virtual Box - virtual machine provider
2. Download and Install Vagrant - virtualization tool
3. Download and Install Chef-dk - chef tools
4. Create a projects folder (sync folder) using: mkdir ~/projects
5. Download the a project zip file from github download zip button
6. Install the ruby-on-rails-dev-box: vagrant up
7. Connect to the virtual machine: vagrant ssh
8. Copy the ssh key with pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub and add it to the github settings
9. Test github connection: ssh -T [email protected]

Vagrant Commands

vagrant <command>

Command	Description
up	starts the virtual machine
status	check the status for the virtual machine
ssh	connect to the virtual machine by ssh
halt	stops the virtual machine
provision	run the provision commands to the virtual machine, in this case the chef-solo
suspend	save the current status of the virtual machine and hibernate it
resume	resume the virtual machine from suspension
destroy	destroy the virtual machine

Virtual Machine configuration

Shared Folders

the host computer and the virtual machine share a folder by nfs (more efficient) in both by the path: ~/projects/

Forward Ports

Port	What is for
80	nginx http
443	nginx https
3000	rails server
5432	postgresql
6379	redis
9200	elastic search

References

• Chef Cookbooks
• Chef Docs