In a new post to his site Joe Ferguson shows you how to use the Homestead VM to run a CakePHP instance for local testing and development needs.

Interested in checking out CakePHP? You can easily spin up a new CakePHP project and add Homestead just as easy as any other modern PHP project.

He then walks you through the setup process:

• Creating a new project
• Starting up Homestead
• Changing the webroot to match CakePHP's needs
• Bringing up the VM
• Configuring the database

Each step is accompanied by screenshots and/or console output to help you ensure you're on the right track.