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| layout | title |
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| getting_started | Getting Started - SSH |
SSH
Even though Vagrant allows for a vast amount of configuration through its commands and the Vagrantfile, nothing beats the power of the command line. Some times you just have to get into the files and play around to get things working just right or to debug an application.
Vagrant provides full SSH access to the virtual environments it creates
through a single command: vagrant ssh. By running vagrant ssh, Vagrant
will automatically drop you into a fully functional terminal shell (it
really is just ssh being run, there is no middle man involved in communicating
from the VM to the host machine).
{% highlight bash %} $ vagrant ssh ... Welcome to your vagrant instance! Last login: Fri Mar 5 23:21:47 2010 from 10.0.2.2 vagrant@vagrantbase:~$ {% endhighlight %}
Accessing the Project Files
Vagrant bridges your application with the virtual environment by using a
VirtualBox shared folder. The shared folder location on the virtual machine
is specified with the config.vm.project_directory setting which can be set
in the Vagrantfile, but it defaults to /vagrant. This can be verified by
checking the files within that folder from the SSH session.
{% highlight bash %} vagrant@vagrantbase:~$ ls /vagrant app config db doc lib log public Rakefile README script test tmp Vagrantfile vendor {% endhighlight %}
The VM has both read and write access to the shared folder. Remember: Any changes are mirrored across both systems.
Creating the SQLite Database
Before we work on provisioning or anything else, its now important that
we create the SQLite database for the project. Sure, this could've been
done on the host side, but we're going to do it through SSH on the virtual
machine to verify that rails works, at least to that extent. Be sure to
vagrant up prior to doing this:
{% highlight bash %} $ vagrant ssh ... Welcome to your vagrant instance! Last login: Fri Mar 5 23:21:47 2010 from 10.0.2.2 vagrant@vagrantbase:~$ cd /vagrant vagrant@vagrantbase:/vagrant$ sudo rake db:create (in /vagrant) vagrant@vagrantbase:~$ {% endhighlight %}