DEPRECATED

This environment has been deprecated in favor for Odd Environment. Why? Simply because we needed an environment which is easier to maintain, and Boxen contains a lot of additional stuff which we simply don't need.

Head over to the project page for Odd Environment for migration instructions.

Odd Boxen

Odd Boxen is a web development environment for OS X based on GitHubs Boxen.

This will automatically point any .dev domain to your locahost and enable dynamic virtual hosts for every folder in your ~/Sites folder. This means that you'll be able to setup a site by creating a folder, example, in your ~/Sites folder and access it from http://example.dev, or https://example.dev if you want to use a secure connection.

What's included?

This is a list that points out the most relevant parts for this development environment. For a full list and further information, please refer to the repository for our-boxen.

• Homebrew
  • PHP 5.4
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Solr
• Git
• Node.js
  • Grunt CLI
  • Gulp
  • Bower
  • Yeoman
  • JSHint
• Ruby
  • Sass
• Drush
  • Registry Rebuild
  • Module Builder
• Apache configuration
  • Dynamic document root
  • Support for HTTPS
• Postfix relay for Sendgrid

Prerequisites

If you have any installations that are included within Odd Boxen, make sure that they are completely uninstalled before you continue. Don't forget to backup any personal data, such as MySQL databases, before you uninstall these services!

Installation

1. Install Xcode Command Line Tools:

   xcode-select --install
   

   This will ask for your password, and initiate the installation if needed. All you need to do is to follow the instructions.

2. Install Xcode, and start Xcode in order to approve to the terms of use.

3. Run the following commands exactly as they say:

   sudo mkdir -p /opt/boxen
   sudo chown ${USER}:staff /opt/boxen
   git clone https://github.com/oddhill/oddboxen.git /opt/boxen/repo
   cd /opt/boxen/repo
   

4. Create the Sendgrid manifest:

   cp puppet-postfix/manifests/sendgrid.pp.default puppet-postfix/manifests/sendgrid.pp
   

5. Edit the Sendgrid manifest with your favorite editor, e.g:

   pico puppet-postfix/manifests/sendgrid.pp
   

   Enter the credentials for your Sendgrid account.

6. Install Odd Boxen:

   # Install lamp
   script/boxen lamp
   
   # To install things you need when developing mean apps.
   script/boxen mean

   Expect this to take a while.

7. When you're back at the prompt, restart the shell, and you should be able to run boxen --env. This will display the current status of the environment.

   If you can't run boxen, you'll need to add this line to the end of your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile:

   source /opt/boxen/env.sh
   

   Then restart your shell, and try to run boxen --env again.

Install apps

Install some common applications via boxen through brewcask.

boxen dev-apps
boxen common-apps

List of dev-apps
List of common-apps

Updating

1. Run brew update && brew upgrade in order to update and upgrade all formulas and brews.

2. Run boxen from the terminal. This will automatically pull the latest changes from this repository, and perform any required alterations.

Known issues

• Please check the issue queue for known issues.
• If you experience any problems please file an issue. Make sure to read the Troubleshooting section first though, as this may solve your problems.

Troubleshooting

• Run brew update && brew upgrade in order to update and upgrade all formulas and brews.

• Run brew doctor in order to check for any errors related to Homebrew. Take any actions necessary.

• Make sure that Xcode is updated. Check the App Store for available updates.

• Run xcode-select --install in order to update Xcode Command Line Tools.

Upgrading from 10.10 to 10.11

After upgrading to 10.11 you need to do the following to get boxen working:

1. Make sure command line tools is up to date. Check app store for updates.
2. Install bundler cd /opt/boxen/repo && sudo gem install bundler
3. Run boxen lamp to fix the Apache configs.