build VM for Synology disk station

Description

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Requirements

• VirtualBox
• Vagrant

VirtualBox 4.2.14 has a bug that prevents imports of appliances and breaks Vagrant. Please use VirtualBox 4.2.16.

Installation

Download and install VirtualBox and Vagrant.

Install librarian-chef Vagrant plugin:

The installation needs some essential build tools to be present (make, etc.). On Mac OS X, ff not already installed, the build tools come with Apple Xcode (optional Commandline tools).

$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-librarian-chef

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/umesecke/synology-build-vm.git
$ cd synology-build-vm

Now fire up the VM:

$ vagrant up

Virtual Machine Management

suspend VM:

$ vagrant suspend

resume VM:

$ vagrant resume

destroy VM (removes the whole VM from the host system):

$ vagrant destroy