Getting ready for Puppet

To get a copy of the repo that accompanies this book, follow these steps:

If you already have a Linux machine or cloud server you'd like to use for working through the examples, skip this section and move on to the next chapter. If you'd like to use VirtualBox and Vagrant to run a local virtual machine (VM) on your computer to use with the examples, follow these instructions:

Once you have installed Vagrant, you can start the Puppet Beginner's Guide virtual machine:

If you have any problems running the VM, look for help on the VirtualBox or Vagrant websites. In particular, if you have an older machine, you may see a message like the following:

VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Your 64-bit guest will fail to detect a 64-bit CPU and will not be able to boot.

Your computer may have a BIOS setting to enable 64-bit hardware virtualization (depending on the manufacturer, the trade name for this is either VT-x or AMD-V). Enabling this feature may fix the problem. If not, you can try the 32-bit version of the Vagrant box instead. Edit the file named Vagrantfile in the Git repository, and comment out the following line with a leading # character:

config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"

Uncomment the following line by removing the leading # character:

# config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial32"

Now re-run the scripts/start_vagrant.sh command.