Installation

Prerequisites

Install Virtualbox and Vagrant > Ubuntu > sudo apt-get install virtualbox sudo apt-get install vagrant > Windows or Mac OSX > https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html

Install Habitat

Clone the habitat repository. > Command Line > git clone https://github.com/zencart/habitat

Then change into the newly created habitat directory.

OPTIONAL: Add the Virtual Machine to Vagrant. (You don’t have to do this manually. It will happen automatically for you.) > Command Line vagrant box add zencart/habitat https://s3.amazonaws.com/zencart-vagrant-boxes/habitat.box

Update your hosts file > Ubuntu or Mac OSX > /etc/hosts > Windows > %systemroot%system32driversetchosts Where %systemroot% is usually c:/windows

And add this line > 172.22.22.22 zen.local 172.22.22.22 devdocs.local

Before you start up the VM you may want to customise the environment. If so see the [Customising](customising.md) page before starting the VM.

To start the VM: > Command Line > vagrant up