# Installing using Vagrant

To run wolkenkit using Vagrant you need to setup a few things.

# Setting up Vagrant

To run wolkenkit you need Vagrant 2.2.1 or higher. To setup Vagrant, follow the installation guide provided in the Vagrant documentation.

# Using VirtualBox

To use VirtualBox as virtualization engine, you also have to install the vagrant-vbguest plugin. The plugin will ensure that the guest additions in the virtual machine will match the version of VirtualBox that is installed on your machine:

$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

# Setting up wolkenkit

To download and install wolkenkit, create an empty directory, and copy the file Vagrantfile from the GitHub repository thenativeweb/wolkenkit-vagrant to this directory. Then, from within this directory, run the following command:

$ vagrant up

# Verifying the installation

Verify that wolkenkit is installed correctly by entering the virtual machine and then running the following command:

$ vagrant ssh
$ wolkenkit --version

To learn how to build and run your first application, have a look at creating your first application 😊!