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Kano DevBox is a VirtualBox environment to develop Kano applications.

Warning: Currently out of date. Watch this space!

Latest image: http://downloads.kano.me/public/devbox050.ova
IP address of DevBox: 192.168.56.101

Installation and setup

1. Download the latest VirtualBox 4.3 for your system (OS X, Linux or Windows): https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox download page

2. Open the installer file you just downloaded and follow the instructions

3. Create the network adapters (you only need to do this once):

  • Launch VirtualBox
  • Go to VirtualBox > Preferences > Network
  • In NAT Networks tab, click [+], accept default

Linux

NAT Networks

OS X

NAT Networks

  • In Host-only Networks tab, click [+], accept default

Linux

Host-only networks

OS X

Host-only networks

4. Download Kano-Devbox image:

5. Import Kano-Devbox image

  • In VirtualBox select File menu > Import Appliance

  • Select the OVA file Select OVA file

  • Click Import (this might take a while to import, up to 10 minutes)

  • Import OVA file

6. Make a snapshot

  • Click on the Snapshots button
  • Click on the camera icon
  • Name it "start" (for example) Snapshot

7. Now you are ready to start the dev environment!

  • Simply click Start
  • Welcome to your Kano DevBox desktop! Desktop

Passwords

  • user name is user
  • user password is x
  • root password is x
  • IP address of DevBox: 192.168.56.101

Note

VT-x is needed, if not, please enable it in BIOS. We are working on a non-VT-x image.

Changelog

The changelog of the DevBox environment can be found here: DevBox changelog