# Prerequisites

## VM Hardware Requirements

8 GB of RAM (Preferebly 16 GB)
50 GB Disk space

## Virtual Box

Download and Install [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) on any one of the supported platforms:

 - Windows hosts
 - OS X hosts
 - Linux distributions
 - Solaris hosts

## Vagrant

Once VirtualBox is installed you may chose to deploy virtual machines manually on it.
Vagrant provides an easier way to deploy multiple virtual machines on VirtualBox more consistenlty.

Download and Install [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) on your platform.

- Windows
- Debian
- Centos
- Linux
- macOS
- Arch Linux