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John Sundarraj edited this page Sep 9, 2024 · 33 revisions

Important

To build VMs, disable secure boot and enable virtualization in machine BIOS settings. Entering the machine BIOS settings depends upon your brand and model, so please check the internet to find perfect way to do it. This has to be done in all sort of host machines whether Windows, Mac, or Linux.

Install and configure VirtualBox

Install and configure Git

Install Vagrant

Setup Linux starter-kit

Windows

Below are the steps you can use to setup our Linux starter-kit while using the Windows operating system.

  1. Open the Git Bash terminal in administrator mode.
  2. Execute the below commands in the Git Bash terminal to setup our Linux starter-kit.
# Download Linux starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux

Mac

Here are the instructions for setting up our Linux starter-kit on a Mac operating system.

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup our Linux starter-kit.
# Download Linux starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux

# Change ownership of Linux starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER /opt/kickstart-linux

Linux

You can use the following commands to setup our Linux starter-kit in any Linux-based operating system.

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup our Linux starter-kit.
# Download Linux starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux

# Change ownership of Linux starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/kickstart-linux