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Simon
Simon

Reputation: 1733

Using a VMWare installation as a development webserver

Can anyone point me into the right direction to use a VMWare installation of Ubuntu or another Linux distro as a development server on my local machine?

I'm on a Windows 7 32bit machine and currently using WAMP.

I'm noticing some differences between developing on a windows machine and my deployment server and additionaly I'd like to expand my knowledge on working on linux using the command line.

Follow-up question, what would be the best way to develop on my local installation and push that development to my VPS that I'm renting?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1967

Answers (1)

Rajesh J Advani
Rajesh J Advani

Reputation: 5710

I'd suggesting downloading a LAMP appliance from http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/0?k=lamp if you don't want to get into building your own, and running that on VMWare Player.

If you want to build your own, you could use VMWare Server, Oracle VirtualBox or any other Virtualization software. Create a New VM, with 512MB or RAM, and 4GB (+ the requirements of your tools + a buffer of 2GB) of disk. I recommend 10GB, or you could set it up for maybe 50GB and let the virtual disk grow as needed rather than allocating all the space up front.

Then, download the Ubuntu Server 12.04 ISO file from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server , and use it as the CD Drive to boot your VM. Follow the on-screen instructions to install. And at the end, select the options to install the LAMP configuration.

Note: Using Ubuntu's server edition means you don't get any GUI.

Upvotes: 2

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