While there is an emphasis on the “dev” portion of my workstation – mostly because there is more of a need to ensure the various tools and their compatibility is maintained. I do want to clarify that I use the same workstation for my personal stuff too.

1. Reinstall OS
   1. Reformat / Clean HD
   2. Install OS
      1. Set Finder to show / display the desired Folders / Volumes
      2. Set iCloud share to include expected shared folders
   3. Upgrade to macOS Sierra
2. Install Basic Tools
   1. iTerm 2
   2. Keybase / 1password
   3. Slack
   4. chrome / Firefox
   5. —Google Drive—
   6. Viber / WhatsApp <- more personal than development need
   7. Sublime / atom
3. Install Dev Tools
   1. Xcode – this can take a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g time
   2. homebrew – check brew.sh for instruction
   3. git
      1. Xcode Developer Tools
   4. cocoapods
   5. vagrant
   6. virtualbox
   7. npm
   8. docker
   9. terraform
   10. kops
   11. kubectl
   12. kuber
   13. bundler – this needs to happen after RVM
       1. sudo gem install bundler
       2. cd ~/dev/GAR/chef-repo ; bundle install
   14. rvm with latest ruby (NOTE: ruby v2.3.1 seems to be a good one to stick to)
       1. curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable –auto-dotfiles –autolibs=enable –ruby
       2. rvm install 2.3.1
   15. gem install librarian-chef
       1. librarian-chef install
       2. berks install
   16. chef DK
   17. Google Cloud Platform / Engine
       1. —
   18. AWS CLI
       1. brew install awscli

Issues:
rvm shell_session_update: command not found
Possible solution –
http://superuser.com/questions/1044130/why-am-i-having-how-can-i-fix-this-error-shell-session-update-command-not-f

Note:
Uninstall rvm
1. rvm implode
2. gem uninstall rvm

chef aws provisining -> https://christinemdraper.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/deploying-a-multi-node-application-to-aws-using-chef-provisioning/

VM

1. list available vagrant box – vagrant box list
2. add vagrant image (if not already in the list above) – vagrant box add ; vagrant box add ubuntu/trusty64
3. initialize a vagrant image – vagrant init
4. bring up the vagrant box – vagrant up
5. log / ssh into the vagrant box – vagrant ssh

rails

1. sudo apt-get install gnupg2
2. gpg2 –recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
3. curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg –import –
4. curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable –rails
5. source /home/vagrant/.rvm/scripts/rvm
6. ruby –version
7. rails –version
8. sudo apt-get install git
9. eval ssh-agent $SHELL