Instructions on setting up new work VM.

Installation

Update your VirtualBox
Download ubuntu LTS server (64 bit)
name “garmz-dev”
Run default installation from the downloaded iso in new VM
- hostname “garmz-dev”
- Don’t encrypt home
- No automatic updates
- Pick OpenSSH server and PostgreSQL server
- Complete, shutdown, remove CD

Configure SSH port forwarding (execute on host machine)


VBoxManage modifyvm "garmz-dev" --natpf1 "rails,tcp,,3000,,3000"
VBoxManage modifyvm "garmz-dev" --natpf1 "guestssh,tcp,,2222,,22"
echo "Host vm
ForwardX11 yes
Hostname localhost
Port     2222
User     petyo" >> ~/.ssh/config
VBoxHeadless --startvm "garmz-dev"
rsync -av ~/.ssh/ vm:.ssh

In terminal, ^⌘k ssh vm – should let you in

System setup

sudo -s
export EDITOR=vim
visudo
Gi petyo   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
:wq
^D
sudo apt-get upgrade

Install needed stuff

sudo apt-get install git-core zsh curl exuberant-ctags ack-grep libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev redis-server firefox
# fix ack
sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/ack-grep /usr/bin/ack

Shell/screen config

sudo mkdir /w/
sudo chown petyo:petyo /w/
cd /w/
git clone https://github.com/underlog/config_files.git
cd config_files; ./install.sh
# change default shell
chsh -s /bin/zsh
# logout, SSH again.
# at this point, you have screen, switch to it
screen

Configure git

cd
vim .gitconfig # ignore the warning of vim, we will get to it.  

[github] 
    user = ****
    token = ***
[user] 
    name = **** 
    email = ****

vim .netrc # add your github account here
machine github.com
login *****
password ******

Configure vim

cd 
mkdir .vim
mkdir .vimbackup
cd .vim
git init .
git remote add origin https://github.com/underlog/vimfiles.git
git fetch origin
git co petyo
git submodule init
git submodule update

Ruby

Use brightbox repos for REE


sudo -s
wget http://apt.brightbox.net/release.asc -O - | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://apt.brightbox.net/ lucid rubyee' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brightbox-rubyee.list
apt-get update
apt-get install ruby1.8 ruby1.8-dev libopenssl-ruby1.8 irb ruby 
cd /tmp
wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
tar xfv rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
cd rubygems-1.3.7
ruby setup.rb
ln -sf /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem
gem install bundler
^D # exit sudo

Checkout project

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Bundle install

In my case I need these:

Setup databases

sudo su - postgres 
createuser -s petyo
^D
psql template1
ALTER USER petyo WITH PASSWORD '*****';

Run specs

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Run cucumber

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You may have to close ssh and open again. Try running firefox to see if it will hook up on X11 forwarding.

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