What you're getting:

Full Drupal Stack in one small package for local development using the high performance tool chain:

• Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty)
• git (https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/git)
• drush (custom cookbook as temporary solution on trusty64)
• npd-siege (custom cookbook as temporary solution on trusty64)
• npd-nload (custom cookbook as temporary solution on trusty64)
• Percona (high performance version of MySQL) (https://github.com/phlipper/chef-percona)
• memcached (https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/memcached)
• npd-redis (custom cookbook as temporary solution on trusty64)
• nginx (https://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/nginx)
• php-fpm (http:https://cookbooks.opscode.com/cookbooks/php-fpm)
• php (https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/php)
• npd-php (custom cookbook as temporary solution on trusty64; for php-extensions)
• java (https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/java)
• npd-solr-tomcat (custom cookbook as temporary solution on trusty64)
• varnish (https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/varnish)
• haproxy (https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/haproxy)
• nfs (https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/nfs)
• glusterfs (https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/gluster)

I'm sure this isn't perfect, and is a work in progress

I tested all of this on Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9.4). If this process is different for other OS's please document and submit a pull request.

Vagrant on its own is great, but there are some utilites we need when using the provisioners.

Install development tools:

• Install XCode (it's free and you should have it installed already so you have developer tools)
• xcode-select --install

Install VirtualBox & Vagrant:

• Download and install VirtualBox 4.3.12
• Download and install Vagrant 1.6.3

Install needed gems:

• sudo gem update
• sudo gem install berkshelf
• sudo gem install omnibus

Install needed vagrant plugins:

• sudo vagrant plugin install vagrant-berkshelf --plugin-version '= 2.0.1'
• sudo vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmanager
• sudo vagrant plugin install vagrant-omnibus

Clone this repository:

• git clone [email protected]:mgalvin/vagrant-full-drupal-stack-vm.git hpts

Start the VM:

• cd htps
• vagrant up

Browse in your local browser to:

• http:https://trusty64.local/

If you want to work on altering the provisioning scripts, also install

• sudo gem install bundler
• Chef Worstation Client: http:https://www.getchef.com/chef/install/