If you're a newcomer and needs to get started fast, with as little knowledge as possible, follow these steps.

• Setup .editorconfig

• Setup .gitignore_global

  /.idea
  /.vscode
  /.vagrant
  /auth.json
  
  # Editor directories and files
  .idea
  .vscode
  *.suo
  *.ntvs*
  *.njsproj
  *.sln
  *.sw*
  
  # python
  /.venv
  
  # php
  /vendor
  
  # node
  /node_modules
  

• Install XAMPP (https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html). This saves you the hassle of installing PHP in your OS. Volume H.

• Install Vagrant. Volume H.

  # install vagrant plugin for host manager
  vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmanager
  # update the Nginx configuration on the virtual machine
  vagrant reload --provision
  # always do halt then up to make sure windows host is up-to-date
  vagrant halt
  vagrant up
  

• Install Composer (https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#using-the-installer). Use php.exe from XAMPP when asked for the executable.

• Using Hyper-V Manager, create a Virtual switch for homestead (suggested name: Homestead-EXT). Make sure it's External type, using the physical network adapter.

• Use Git for Windows and add these aliases

  alias v="vagrant"
  alias vs="vagrant ssh"
  

• Use Homestead (https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/homestead) as your local VM for development.

  # go to H drive
  git clone https://github.com/laravel/homestead.git
  # run init.bat using powershell (admin) > cmd
  vagrant up
  

• Share work folder using SMB for a Windows vagrant user, with password vagrant declared in your yaml.

  folders:
    - map: ~/code
      to: /home/vagrant/code
      smb_username: vagrant
      smb_password: vagrant
  

• Start laravel projects.

  composer global require laravel/installer
  cd /g/projects
  laravel new laravel-project
  

• Use as reference the below Homestead.yml

  ---
  ip: "192.168.10.10"
  # ip above gets ignored in hyperv
  memory: 2048
  cpus: 2
  provider: hyperv
  
  authorize: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  
  keys:
      - ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  
  folders:
      - map: G:\\projects
        to: /home/vagrant/projects
        smb_username: vagrant
        smb_password: vagrant
  
  sites:
      - map: homestead.test
        to: /home/vagrant/projects/laravel7/public
  
  databases:
      - homestead
  
  features:
      - mariadb: false
      - ohmyzsh: false
      - webdriver: false
  
  # ports:
  #     - send: 50000
  #       to: 5000
  #     - send: 7777
  #       to: 777
  #       protocol: udp
  
  

Suggested Lynda courses

• https://www.lynda.com/Vagrant-tutorials/Learning-Vagrant/685028-2.html
• Packer

Credit

https://dev.to/nicolus/getting-homestead-to-play-nice-with-hyper-v-4202

Add as alias in VM

function xphp() {
    (php -m | grep -q xdebug)
    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
    then
        XDEBUG_ENABLED=true
    else
        XDEBUG_ENABLED=false
    fi

    if ! $XDEBUG_ENABLED; then xon; fi

    #Find the IP of the latest ssh connection :
    HOST_IP=$(last --limit=1 | grep -oP '\d+(\.\d+){3}')

    php \
        -dxdebug.remote_host=${HOST_IP} \
        -dxdebug.remote_autostart=1 \
        "$@"

    if ! $XDEBUG_ENABLED; then xoff; fi
}