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== Introduction ==

If you are working on a Mac or Windows you will need a Linux VM.  Vagrant is one easy way to get a Linux VM quickly.

=== Install Virtualbox or VMWare ===  

The default configuration supports VMWare and VirtualBox.  You will need to install *one* of them.

VirtualBox is free.  You can download and install VirtualBox from [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads here].

VMWare runs faster than VirtualBox (reference needed--[[User:Burts12|Burts12]] ([[User talk:Burts12|talk]]) 15:28, 7 April 2017 (UTC)), but requires purchase. You can acquire [https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion VMWare Fusion (Mac)] or [https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation VMWare Workstation (Windows)]

VMware runs faster than VirtualBox (reference needed--[[User:Burts12|Burts12]] ([[User talk:Burts12|talk]]) 15:28, 7 April 2017 (UTC)). To use VMware you will need to obtain a VMware plugin for Vagrant. You can learn more about support for VMware from the Vagrant documentation: https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/vmware/.

=== Install Vagrant software. ===

Install the Vagrant software:
https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/installation/index.html

=== Install vagrant-cachier ===

Optional: To cache apt/yum (for faster Vagrant VM rebuild), install vagrant-cachier.

At the unix command line run:

<code>$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier</code>