In this section, we will configure the virtual machines and install, and configure the environment. In the other other sections we will play with the environment.

To configure the Virtual Environment, we will use Vagrant and Ubuntu machines. You can configure the following vagrant file:

C:\Virtual Box\REPMGR>vagrant init
A `Vagrantfile` has been placed in this directory. You are now
ready to `vagrant up` your first virtual environment! Please read
the comments in the Vagrantfile as well as documentation on
`vagrantup.com` for more information on using Vagrant.

C:\Virtual Box\REPMGR>vagrant status
Current machine states:

server1                   not created (virtualbox)
server2                   not created (virtualbox)

This environment represents multiple VMs. The VMs are all listed
above with their current state. For more information about a specific
VM, run `vagrant status NAME`.

C:\Virtual Box\REPMGR>vagrant up
Bringing machine 'server1' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
Bringing machine 'server2' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> server1: Box 'consumerlab/ubuntu-server-16-04-LTS' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
    server1: Box Provider: virtualbox
    server1: Box Version: >= 0
==> server1: Loading metadata for box 'consumerlab/ubuntu-server-16-04-LTS'
    server1: URL: https://vagrantcloud.com/consumerlab/ubuntu-server-16-04-LTS
==> server1: Adding box 'consumerlab/ubuntu-server-16-04-LTS' (v1.0.2) for provider: virtualbox
    server1: Downloading: https://vagrantcloud.com/consumerlab/boxes/ubuntu-server-16-04-LTS/versions/1.0.2/providers/virtualbox.box
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Once the machines are up, we can start with the installation. Bare in mind that this vagrant will automatically configure the IPs as well, but will not configure /etc/hosts. Something which we will do now.