Basic Pair Programming VM

This VM fits for the following use case: As developer, I want to quickly (in less than 5 minutes) have a fully working pair programming session, without polluting my dev machine nor compromise my network security.

Installation

1. First install vagrant: http://vagrantup.com

2. Choose a linux box on http://www.vagrantbox.es. I chose Ubuntu precise64.

3. Add the precise64 box:

    vagrant box add precise64 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box
   

4. Clone this repo

    git clone git@github.com:romain/ppsession
   

5. In the folder, you get 3 files README.md, Vagrantfile, get_cookbooks.rb. Now run the get_cookbooks.rb script, then launch the VM

    ruby ./get_cookbooks.rb
    vagrantup
   

Usage

Everything is installed and provisioned, it's time for your PP session

Your side

Vagrant has configured a redirection from port 22222 on your dev machine (the host) to port 22 on the VM (the guest).

Login into your machine in either one of the following methods:

vagrant ssh
su - pair

or

ssh pair@your-ip -p 22222

Once logged in, start your tmux session:

tmux

Your pair

Your pair can login simply:

ssh pair@your-ip -p 22222

Once logged, she can attach her terminal to the existing session

tmux attach

Et voilà

Resources

• tmux cheat sheet: http://www.dayid.org/os/notes/tm.html