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http://blog.smalleycreative.com/tutorials/setup-a-django-vm-with-vagrant-virtualbox-and-chef/

Initial setup of Vagrant Base

If it's a new project ->

Copy vagrantfile and /binfolder Install Pip and Django Install latest version of node.js install bower + bootstrap

If not, download source from GitHub

vagrant up

...Insert password

This step only ever needs to be done once. Once the precise64 box is installed on a system the remaining steps refer to that same box regardless of the project.

On an Apple running OS X, download and install Xcode from the Apple App Store. This is necessary to get some compilers and install Git on the host machine.

Download VirtualBox from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads, install the package.

Download Vagrant 2 or higher from http://downloads.vagrantup.com/, install the package.

Launch a Terminal window, check that it installed:

(host) $ which vagrant

Add a Vagrant box (we'll be using Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04 LTS) 64-bit):

(host) $ vagrant box add precise64 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box

Using Vagrant with This Project

Make a directory for the project and change to it, replacing <path_to> with the path to the project and <project_name> with the name of the project.

(host) $ mkdir <path_to>/<project_name> && cd $_

For example, to create a project called 'website' in your home directory:

(host) $ mkdir ~/website && cd $_

When you're all done, this directory will match up with /vagrant/ in the virtual environment. VirtualBox keeps the two directories in sync so changes to one will be made in the other.

Clone the repo, replacing <path_to_repo> with the clone URL of the repo.

(host) $ git clone <path_to_repo>

Startup Vagrant and provision the Virtual Machine.

(host) $ vagrant up

SSH in to the Virtual Machine.

(host) $ vagrant ssh

Install the project-specific packages.

(vm) sudo pip install -r requirements/development.txt

Sync the database and migrate any migrations.

(vm) $ dj syncdb
(vm) $ dj migrate

Force compile the stylesheets (first time only).

(vm) $ compass compile myproject/static_media/stylesheets --force

Smoke Test

(vm) $ frs

Open a Web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000. You should see the home.html template rendered.

Full Documentation

This project is a derivative of django-newproj-template and uses the Gesso frontend framework.