Installing Kalabox
- Visit kalabox.kalamuna.com, enter your keycode and download the DMG.
- Open the DMG and run Uninstall.tool first if you are upgrading from a pre-beta1 version of Kalabox.
- Drag the application to your Applications folder
- Double click the installer, click "Box me", agree to the Terms of Service, make sure you type in your administrator password when prompted and then sit back and enjoy.
NOTE: Apple may warn you that Kalabox is "from an unidentified developer." That's because we're hip with the indie crowd. To get around the warning (until we sell our souls to Apple), either right-click on Kalabox and select "Open," or, if you're tired of Apple's bullshit, follow these directions to disable Gatekeeper.
Requirements
- For now, Kalabox supports 64-bit operating systems only. So if you're on a 32-bit machine, just hang tight, as support is coming soon!
- Kalabox needs Vagrant 1.2.2 and VirtualBox 4.2.8 to run. It will install them for you if you don't have them, or upgrade them for you if you're on older versions.
- Kalabox dynamically allocates memory to itself based on your available RAM. It needs at least 1GB available to run.
- Kalabox has been tested mostly on Mac OS X 10.8 and partially tested on 10.7. It may work on 10.6 or lower. If you try it out on an older OS X version, please share your experience.
Known Issues
- The Mac OS X firewall can interfere with the underlying technologies, Vagrant and NFS, that Kalabox uses. Check out these instructions for tips on using Kalabox with your firewall.
Connecting with Pantheon
Kalabox can connect to Pantheon and download sites you have on your Pantheon account. To download a site from Pantheon, follow these steps:
- Go to the configure tab and type in your Pantheon username and password.
If you're interested in interacting with your Pantheon sites directly from the command line, you can use some of the handy Drush commands that come packaged with Kalastack.