Aweomse Ubuntu VM with Postgres 9.1, Ruby 2.0, and ZSH

Don't mess around with wonky local development setups for Rails. Use a VM to streamline your workflow!

Features

• Use Postgres for your local DB. Great for deploying to Heroku
• Sets you up with a fresh development database ready for Rails
• Sets up RVM, Bundler, and Ruby-2.0.0
• Configures zsh + vcprompt (displays git branch info) for a better console experience
• Use a shared folder to keep your codebase repo separate from the VM repo
• NFS folder sharing helps keep your tests fast
• Configuration options to speed up your VM

Setup

1. Download Vagrant: http://www.vagrantup.com/
2. Download VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
3. Install them!
4. Clone this Repo $ git clone git@github.com:blakeharv/vagrant-ruby-postgres-vm.git
5. From the cloned repo $ vagrant up
6. During the install you may be prompted for a password to enable folder sharing. On OSX this is just your regular account password (like when you login into your computer or install software).
7. Log into the VM $ vagrant ssh

The default Postgres settings will configure 1 user and database. You can use the following settings in your Rails database.yml (See the customization settings below for configuring your databases and users)

development:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: latin1
  database: development
  pool: 5
  username: vagrant
  password: password

Customization

The following places can be customized to fit your individual needs:

• Add additional Ubuntu packages: bootstrap.sh#L9
• Set your project folder: Vagrantfile#L19
• Add ports: Vagrantfile#L30
• Set your timezone: /cookbooks/timezone/recipes/default.rb
• Set your Postgres users and databases: /cookbooks/postgresql/recipes/setup.rb#L20-L27
• Speed up your VM: Vagrantfile#L22

Credits / Inspiration

• zsh and vcprompt config: Skim and Myles from 8th Light
• Vagrant Ruby-2.0 Box: Richard Dong | https://github.com/richarddong/vagrant-ruby-rvm
• Chef & Cookbooks: Opscode | https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/