Course Prerequisites¶
1.0 Course Resources¶
Note
Familiarity beforehand recommended.
Note
Familiarity beforehand nice to have.
2.0 Machine Specs¶
Attention
Participants are required to bring their own laptops.
- 4GB of memory and some disk space(4GB+) recommended.
- Operating System: Mac preferred, Ubuntu 16.04+ and Windows 7+ OK.
3.0 Virtual Machine Setup¶
A customized virtual machine has been provided for all students that is fully configured.
Important
Virtualization must be enabled! If not by default, this will need to be updated in the computer’s BIOS.
Note
View tutorial video [1-2] here
1. Please download the virtual machine(vm) by clicking here¶
- The download will begin immediately.
- This vm runs the operating system Ubuntu 16.04
2. Install VirtualBox-5.2 for your respective operating system, select the correct package for Mac, Windows and Linux distributions below¶
Note
View tutorial video [3-5] here
3. Once downloaded double-click on the package to open it and follow the simple steps to complete the installation¶
4. Once installed open VirtualBox¶
- For Mac users VirtualBox will be located within the Applications folder and may be opened by clicking on the icon
- Otherwise you may search for
VirtualBox
on linux or Windows machines to locate the installed application
5. Import the downloaded vm¶
- Within the VirtualBox application click on
File
in the top left corner- In the dropdown menu click “Import Appliance…”, this will open a dialog window
- In the dialog window, click the file icon beside the bottom text field to search for the location the vm was downloaded to, it will be named
blg-vm-stable.ova
by default, click on the vm to select it- Click the
Import
button in the bottom bar, this will take a few minutes- Once completed a new VM will be present within VirtualBox that is currently stopped
Note
View tutorial video [6-7] here
6. Start the vm!¶
- Click on the new vm and then click the
Start
button- In the dropdown click
Normal Start
- This will take a few minutes, your vm is starting!
- Note if the VM fails to start it is most likely due to virtualization not being enabled on your machine, this will need to be accomplished in the BIOS of your machine.
7. Finally you will have a brand new Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine up and running with all the required dependecies¶
Well done, you are all set!
8. Stop the vm¶
- Prior to the beginning of the course you may wish to stop the vm
- Within VirtualBox right-click on the vm that is running
- In the dropdown menu click “Stop”, this will stop your vm which you can easily start back up when the course begins
Note
Note if the keyring dialog pops up and the password is asked for simply click the cancel button, it may ask several times…