Make a directory in one of the drives. For example, we made a php7 directory in our D drive. Then, open the command line in this specific folder directly by holding the Shift key, right-clicking, and then selecting Open command window here.

Now, issue the following command in the command window:

vagrant box add rasmus/php7dev

It will start downloading the Vagrant box, as shown in the following screenshot:

Now, when the download is completed, we need to initialize it so that the box is configured and added to VirtualBox for us. Issue the following command in the command window:

vagrant init rasmus/php7dev

This will start adding the box to VirtualBox and configuring it. When the process is completed, it will display a message, as in the following screenshot:

Now, issue the following command, which will completely set up the Vagrant box and start it up and running:

vagrant up

This process will take a little bit of time. When it is completed, your box is ready and running and can be used.

Now, the first thing to do after it is up is to update everything. This box uses Ubuntu, so open the command window in the same php7dev directory and issue the following command:

vagrant ssh

It will connect us with the virtual machines through SSH.

When we are logged in to the box OS, issue the following commands to update the system:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This will update the core system, NGINX, MySQL, PHP 7, and other installed tools if new versions are available.

The box is now ready to use for development purposes. The box can be accessed in the browser by typing its IP address in the browser window. To find the IP address of the box, issue the following command in the SSH-connected command window:

sudo ifconfig

This will display some details. Find out the IPv4 details there and take the IP of the box.