Complete Homestead documentation https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/homestead.

Installation

1. Install Homestead in the project directory

   > composer install
   

2. Fix folder mapping in Homestead.yaml to point to your project folder

   folders:
       -
           map:
   

3. Install and start the box

   > vagrant up
   

Required tools

1. Composer (https://gist.github.com/tomysmile/3b37ab4a1ddd604093fe724d0a882166)

	> brew update
	> brew install php
	> brew install composer

2. VirtualBox (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)

   • http://www.digitesters.com/manage-a-virtualbox-headless-system-stop-and-remove-a-vm/

3. Vagrant (https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html)

   // Reload vagrant box with updated Homestead.yaml configuration
   > vagrant reload --provision
   

NOTE: Homestead.yaml contains mappings to all sites. It's done so that one VM can be shared among several projects.

Python virtual environments

Virtualenvwrapper is pre-installed. Excerpt from /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh:

#  5. Run: workon
#  6. A list of environments, empty, is printed.
#  7. Run: mkvirtualenv temp
#  8. Run: workon
#  9. This time, the "temp" environment is included.
# 10. Run: workon temp
# 11. The virtual environment is activated.

Known issues

Getting Vagrant 2.2.6 working with VirtualBox 6.1 GA - link