added provisioning and removed need for direct DL

VAGRANT.md

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-Vagrant
-===============
+## Vagrant ##
 
 Vagrant is a system to create reproducible and portable development
 environments. Because of the variety of systems used for HabitRPG
 development and the various issues developers may encounter setting up
-HabitRPG on them, vagrant can provide a single development environment
-no matter the developer's platform.
+HabitRPG on them, vagrant provides a single development enviroment with
+minimal dependencies on the developer's local platform.
 
 To use Vagrant, go to [their downloads
 page](http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html) and download and install
@@ -14,11 +13,32 @@ the software appropriate for your system.
 Once Vagrant has been installed, issue the following commands to get the
 environment up and running:
 
-1. Download the vagrant box:
-`vagrant box add habitrpg http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4309797/devel/habitrpg/package.box`
+1. Fork and Clone the HabitRPG git repository
 2. Boot up the box:
-`vagrant up`
-3. Login to the environment:
-`vagrant ssh`
 
-The HabitRPG files will be located under `/vagrant' on the filesystem.
+   `vagrant up`
+
+3. Login to the environment:
+
+   `vagrant ssh`
+
+4. Once you're on the vagrant machine, change to your working directory:
+
+   `cd /vagrant`
+
+   You should see all the files from the git repository here.
+
+5. Start the system:
+
+   `npm start`
+
+## Automatic Startup ##
+
+You can opt to have the initial `vagrant up` command start the entire
+system. If you choose to do so, edit the file Vagrantfile in your
+HabitRPG directory, and remove the '#' in front of the
+
+> `#config.vm.provision :shell, :path => "vagrant.sh"`
+
+Once the system is up and running, you will need to open another shell to run
+`vagrant ssh`

Vagrantfile

@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vm.box = "habitrpg"
+  config.vm.box_url = "http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4309797/devel/habitrpg/habitrpg.box"
+  config.vm.hostname = "habitrpg"
   config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3000, host: 3000
+  #config.vm.provision :shell, :path => "vagrant.sh"
 end

vagrant.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+update_config=$'Please update config.json with your values\nfor ADMIN_EMAIL, SMTP_USER, SMTP_PASS and SMTP_SERVICE,\nthen run "vagrant reload --provision"'
+
+cd /vagrant
+# check if config.json exists, then check if the defaults are still in place
+if [ -e config.json ];
+then
+    if grep -Fq 'ADMIN_EMAIL": "you@yours.com' config.json;
+    then
+        echo "$update_config";
+        exit;
+    else
+        npm start
+    fi
+else
+    cp config.json.example config.json;
+    echo "$update_config";
+    exit;
+fi