In this blog post I will help you to use a readymade Magento 2 instance quickly using Oracle VM Virtualbox Manager. Suppose you have a Windows system and want to install and explore a Magento 2 instance. As we all know in Windows OS does not support Magento 2, you will need a Virtualbox to work with windows.
Below are the software to installed.
- Oracle VM Virtualbox
- Git bash to connect or SSH into Magento 2.
Steps:
1 . Install Oracle VM virtualbox
2. Download the OVA file from here.
3. Go to virtualbox file >> import appliance >> select the ova file as shown below & click import
4. Create host entry in windows
127.0.0.1 magento.local
5. Open http://magento.local:8080/ in browser. Admin URL http://magento.local:8080/admin/
Admin credential admin/admin123
6. To SSH open git bash
ssh [email protected] -p2222
password: vagrant
You will be able to login