Download VirtualBox 5.2.22
Download Vagrant 2.0.2
Note: be sure to install VirtualBox first, since Vagrant depends on it.
Run vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
Run vagrant plugin install vagrant-winnfsd
Run vagrant up
to start the instance
Run vagrant ssh
to connect to the started intance
Run sudo passwd root
to setup an root password because is not set in Ubuntu which means the root login is disabled by default!
Run vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
then comment PermitRootLogin without-password
and below it add PermitRootLogin yes
then service ssh reload
More documentation http://backendtime.com/setup-laravel-homestead-windows/