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+Vagrant LAMP
+============
+
+A Vagrant LAMP that uses PHP 5.3.10
+
+Requirements
+------------
+* VirtualBox <http://www.virtualbox.org>
+* Vagrant <http://www.vagrantup.com>
+* Git <http://git-scm.com/>
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+### Startup
+
+1. Download one of the releases available [https://github.com/bmckinney/widgetbox-php53/releases](https://github.com/bmckinney/widgetbox-php53/releases)
+2. Extract the ZIP file.
+3. From the command-line:
+```
+$ cd vagrant-lamp-release
+$ vagrant up
+```
+### Connecting
+
+#### Apache
+The Apache server is available at <http://192.168.66.6/>
+
+#### MySQL
+The MySQL server is available at port 306 as usual.
+Username: root
+Password: root
+
+Technical Details
+-----------------
+* Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
+* Apache 2.2.33
+* PHP 5.3.10
+* MySQL 5.5
+* XDebug
+* PHPUnit 4.8
+* Composer
+
+We are using the base Ubuntu 14.04 box from Vagrant (precise64). If you don't already have it downloaded
+the Vagrantfile has been configured to do it for you. This only has to be done once
+for each account on your host computer.
+
+The web root is the project directory and you can install your files there.
+
+And like any other vagrant file you have SSH access with
+```
+$ vagrant ssh
+```
+