Forget MAMP and WAMP, Use Virtual Box to Have a Real Ubuntu Server

Forget MAMP and WAMP, Use Virtual Box to Have a Real Ubuntu Server DrupalCamp Wisconsin July 23 rd 2010

Ingredients
Virtualbox
Ubuntu Server 9.10
Drubuntu
LAMP

Why VirtualBox? Advantages:
Cross-platform
Large user-base / documentation
You are using the real deal!
Difficulty
Networking

Why Drubuntu?
Takes care of LAMP package installation
Community supported

Cooking time
Downloading and installing VirtualBox (30 minutes)
Downloading and installing Ubuntu (60 minutes)
Configuring LAMP (60 minutes)

Installing Ubuntu Server

Bridged vs. NAT
NAT hides behind the IP address of the VM host
Bridged creates its own virtual network interface

Connecting to Your VM
Add SSH to your ubuntu vm “apt-get install ssh”
If you are using bridged adapter type “ifconfig” to find your host ip address
ssh to your devm using that ip address (using putty in windows)

Port Forwarding
If you are using NAT adapter in Windows you must use port forwarding to connect through ssh
For instructions google “ssh port forwarding virtualbox”

Package management in Ubuntu
Using apt or aptitude
To get updates type “apt-get update” and “apt-get upgrade”
To install new packages type “apt-get” package-name

Installing Drubuntu
See http://drupal.org/project/drubuntu
Copy and Paste “ wget 'http://drupalcode.org/viewvc/drupal/contributions/modules/drubuntu/drubuntu-bootstrap.sh?view=co' -Odrubuntu-bootstrap.sh ; cat drubuntu-bootstrap.sh ; read -n1 -p "Run above script? (y/n)" ; bash drubuntu-bootstrap.sh ”

Managing Your LAMP
Webroot is /var/www
Apache settings /etc/apache
To access mysql type “mysql”
Hosts file /etc/hosts

Installing Drupal on Your VM
Go to webroot “cd /var/www”
Make sure you have ownership of webroot (root does by default)
“sudo chown username:username /var/www
“drush dl drupal”

Adding a database
“mysql -e” from the command line
'mysql -e “creat database NAME”'
“create user 'USERNAME'@'localhost' identified by PASSWORD”
“grant all privileges on *.* to 'USERNAME'@'localhost'”
Or use phpmyadmin

Add Virtual Host
Should be able to start off with http://vboxipaddress/folder
Virtual hosts allow you to user internal site names (ie mysite.local)

Add a Virtual Host cont.
“cd /etc/apache/sites-available”
“cp default myhostname”
Update vhost file with internal hostname
“a2ensite myhostname”
change hosts file in host OS

What Does Drubuntu Do? LAMP Packages: curl php5-curl php5-xdebug php5-gd php-apc php5-mcrypt php5-dev php-pear libmagic-dev dnsmasq cvs subversion svn-load git-core bzr meld mysql-query-browser mysql-admin phpmyadmin ghex siege gworldclock konqueror wine cabextract opera google-chrome-beta

Running Headless Turn on: VBoxManage startvm VMNAME -type headless Turn off: VboxManage controlvm NMNAME poweroff

Using NAT with Host-only adapter Add network interface in ubuntu /etc/network/interfaces

Vim! Settings in /home/username/.vimrc

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Forget MAMP and WAMP, Use Virtual Box to Have a Real Ubuntu Server

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