Better instructions, update to 17.10 Ubuntu.

Author: lnunno

README.md

@@ -2,4 +2,19 @@
 
 My Linux environment configuration. Also has some Windows stuff using Chocolatey. 
 
-Includes a number of Ansible roles to configure an Ubuntu 16.04 machine (for now).
+Includes a number of Ansible roles to configure an Ubuntu machine.
+
+
+## Creating the Ubuntu machine with Vagrant
+
+1. Install vagrant
+2. Install the vbguest plugin with `vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest`
+3. `vagrant up`
+4. Wait awhile
+5. Run ansible once the machine is up on the guest with
+
+```sh
+cd ansible
+ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
+ansible-playbook -i localhost playbooks/main.yml
+```

Vagrantfile

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # vi: set ft=ruby :
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
-  config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-16.04"
+  config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-17.10"
   config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
      vb.memory = 4024
      vb.gui = true
-     vb.name = "Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit"
+     vb.name = "Ubuntu 17.10 64-bit"
 
      # modifyvm
      vb.customize [
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
 
   # Install essentials
   config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
-    sudo apt -y update
+    sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade
 
-    sudo apt -y install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms vim git unzip zsh \
+    sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms vim git unzip zsh \
                         virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 \
-                        python-pip
+                        python-pip ansible
 
   SHELL