We have also created a separate virtual machine for some of the exercises in the book.

Download the Packt Data Science Virtual Machine Vagrant files from https://gitlab.com/packt_public/vm.

To load the VM, first download Vagrant from https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html.

Once you have completed the download, install Vagrant by running the downloaded Vagrant installation file. Once the installation completes, you'll get a prompt to restart the machine. Restart your system and then proceed to the next step of loading the vagrant file:

Click confirm on the final step to restart:

In the terminal or command prompt, go to the directory where you have downloaded the Packt Data Science Vagrant files and run the following commands (shown in Windows):

$ vagrant box add packtdatascience packtdatascience.box 

==> box: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly... 

==> box: Adding box 'packtdatascience' (v0) for provider: 

box: Unpacking necessary files from: file://C:/Users/packt/Downloads/packt_public_vm/packtdatascience.box 

box: Progress: 100% (Rate: 435M/s, Estimated time remaining: --:--:--) 

==> box: Successfully added box 'packtdatascience' (v0) for 'virtualbox'! 

$ vagrant box list 

packtdatascience (virtualbox, 0) 

C:UsersNataraj DasguptaDownloadspackt_public_vm>vagrant up 

Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider... 

==> default: Importing base box 'packtdatascience'... 

==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking... 

==> default: Setting the name of the VM: packt_public_vm_default_1513453154192_57570 

==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces... 

==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration... 

    default: Adapter 1: nat 

==> default: Forwarding ports... 

    default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1) 

==> default: Booting VM...
 ...  

If all goes well, you should see a new entry in Oracle VirtualBox:

Double-click on the name of the box to start (and test) it. Log in with id/password as packt/packt: