[FIXED] How to run a LAMP stack through Vagrant

Issue

I've been trying to figure this out for hours and just cant seem to. There doesn't seem to be much help online. I've tried to do it via Chef solo, but that doesn't seem to work and I'm not particularly a fan of it downloading php, apache, mysql every time I create a new VM.

Anyway, not particularly concerned what the method is, whether its through Chef solo or similar, or whether its a box with LAMP already set up, or something else, I just want a way (and preferably the easiest way) to set up a VM with a LAMP stack through Vagrant.

Solution

Chef Solo is the preferred method but has a pretty steep learning curve. You should make the effort to learn this eventually. In the meantime, you can manually install everything just like you mentioned and then package the box up

vagrant package

You'll now have a package.box that you can use to create virtual machines with from vagrant with the LAMP stack you installed. Add the box

vagrant box add lamp package.box

and then within your Vagrantfile

Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
  config.vm.box = "lamp"

  # stuff
end

Answered By - axsuul