Vagrant Setup

Install vagrant from http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.
mkdir vagrant_practice && cd $_ This directory will be a shared folder between the host and VM.
vagrant init precise32 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise32.box for a 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04
If vagrant command not found, log out and in.
They also have 64-bit. The name precise32 is just a string that maps to the base image to use in the Vagrantfile.
Replace the contents of the created Vagrantfile with above.
Copy a script called ubuntu-install.sh into the same directory. It handles install and config of what you need besides the plain box.
vagrant up will start up the VM, and provision it by executing ubuntu-install.sh since it is the first time.
After that first launch, to have it re-run provision script, start it with: vagrant up --provision, or vagrant provision
vagrant reload will restart the VM and pick up any changes to the Vagrantfile, can also be run with --provision
You can ssh into it with vagrant ssh
You can check the port forwarding with telnet localhost 4567 and the output should be different from hitting port 4600
To stop the VM, use normal Ubuntu shutdown commands in ssh, or could use vagrant halt from the host.
To clean up the whole thing, use vagrant destroy

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