diff --git a/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md b/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md index cbbe261cc73..89cc2594109 100644 --- a/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md +++ b/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md @@ -1,9 +1,7 @@ # Discourse Advanced Developer Install Guide This guide is aimed at advanced Rails developers who have installed their own Rails apps before. If you are new -to rails, you are likely much better off with our **[Discourse Advanced Developer Guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md)**. -The advanced guide also contains instructions on how to provision your own Vagrant VM. - +to rails, you are likely much better off with our **[Discourse Vagrant Developer Guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/VAGRANT.md)**. ## First Steps @@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ The advanced guide also contains instructions on how to provision your own Vagra You should now be able to connect to rails on http://localhost:3000 - try it out! The seed data includes a pinned topic that explains how to get an admin account, so start there! Happy hacking! -# Provisioning a Vagrant VM: +# Building your own Vagrant VM Here are the steps we used to create the **[Vagrant Virtual Machine](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/VAGRANT.md)**. They might be useful if you plan on setting up an environment from scratch on Linux: diff --git a/VAGRANT.md b/VAGRANT.md index 675db3fc309..5addb73ef17 100644 --- a/VAGRANT.md +++ b/VAGRANT.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ # Discourse Developer Install Guide (Vagrant) If you'd like to set up a development environment for Discourse, the easiest way is by using a virtual machine. +If you have experience setting up Rails projects, you might want to take a look at our **[Discourse Advanced Developer Guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md)**. +It also contains instructions on building your own Vagrant VM. The following instructions will automatically download and provision a virtual machine for you to begin hacking on Discourse with: