Switch from using MAMP for local development to Vagrant. Utilize Mercury Vagrant or VVV to easily set up your local environment.

1. Moving from MAMP to
Vagrant

2. Who Am I?
Jeremy Pry
@JPry
Jr. PHP Developer at WP Engine
Working with WordPress since
2010

3. What's wrong with
MAMP?

4. Nothing!

5. “If your only tool is a hammer then every
problem looks like a nail.”

6. Benefits of MAMP
• Easy (ish) to set up
• Runs locally (doesn't require internet connection)
• Tailored to your OS (WAMP, XAMP, MAMP)

7. Downsides to MAMP
• It doesn't exactly match your production server
environment
• Setting it up still involves manual work
• Creating the DB
• Installing WordPress

8. Downsides to MAMP
• Multiple machines results in a more challenging
workflow
• Hard to start over if something breaks

10. Why Vagrant?
• Virtual machine on your local computer
• Set up is autonomous
• Disposable
• Exactly replicates your production environment
• Easy to share across multiple machines

11. WordPress Vagrants
• HGV (Mercury Vagrant)
• VVV (Varying Vagrant Vagrants)
• Custom

12. Prerequisites
• Git
• Virtual Machine software (VirtualBox or VMWare)
• Vagrant
• Vagrant Hostupdate plugin

13. Get started
git clone https://github.com/wpengine/hgv.git
cd hgv
vagrant up
Visit http://hgv.dev in your browser

14. Set up your site
• Copy files to hgv/hgv_data/sites/php/
• Import database using phpMyAdmin or WP CLI:
• Copy FILENAME.sql into hgv/hgv_data/sites/php/
• Run these commands:
vagrant ssh
cd /vagrant/hgv_data/sites/php/
wp db import FILENAME.sql

15. View your site
Visit http://php.hgv.dev/ in your browser

16. Login to Dashboard
Username: wordpress
Password: wordpress

17. Manage your site!

18. Sites available
• Admin: http://admin.hgv.dev
• PHP: http://php.hgv.dev
• HHVM: http://hhvm.hgv.dev
• PHP with Caching: http://cache.php.hgv.dev
• HHMV with Caching: http://cache.hhvm.hgv.dev

19. Questions?

20. Resources
• https://www.vagrantup.com
• https://github.com/wpengine/hgv
• https://github.com/Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants/VVV
• http://hhvm.com