Setup

Setup SloopStash Linux kit

At SloopStash, we are committed to boosting software teams and IT organizations with our open source SloopStash Linux kit. This comprehensive kit is designed to provide powerful features for automating, building, deploying, and managing Linux-based VMs. It effortlessly builds a wide variety of Linux distributions (distros), utilizing popular hypervisor technologies and VM automation tools such as VirtualBox, VMware, and Vagrant. Additionally, we are dedicated to creating, uploading, and maintaining our own customized VM images for wide variety of Linux operating systems in the Vagrant registry. Whether you are launching a single Linux VM or scaling multiple Linux VMs, our SloopStash Linux kit equips you with the essential tools to enhance efficiency and streamline your Linux VM management experience.

Our carefully crafted SloopStash Linux kit includes everything you need to automate, build, deploy, and manage a diverse range of Linux-based operating systems, including CentOS Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Amazon Linux, Alma Linux, and Rocky Linux. It provides essential code, configuration, tools, technical resources, and best practices to streamline your Linux VM management, making it easier for you to harness the full potential of production-grade VM automation.

Windows

Below are the steps you can use to setup SloopStash Linux kit while using the Windows operating system.

1. Open the Git Bash terminal in administrator mode.
2. Execute the below commands in the Git Bash terminal to setup SloopStash Linux kit.

# Download SloopStash Linux kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux

Mac

Here are the instructions for setting up SloopStash Linux kit on a Mac operating system.

1. Open the terminal.
2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Linux kit.

# Download SloopStash Linux kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux

# Change ownership of SloopStash Linux kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER /opt/kickstart-linux

Linux

You can use the following commands to setup SloopStash Linux kit in any Linux-based operating system.

1. Open the terminal.
2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Linux kit.

# Download SloopStash Linux kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux

# Change ownership of SloopStash Linux kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/kickstart-linux