Probably.
Unless the course is specifically for ZenCart (which I doubt), this wouldn't be needed for the purpose of the exersize.
You make this sound like it is an easy project. I suspect that it is beyond the skills of most people around here (no offence intended).
A typical ZenCart user has no need to setup two VM's and have them communicate with each other using at least two different protocols (SSH and HTTP), and anyone that does have the skills/knowledge to set up these VM's would find the application (in this case Zencart) usage a relatively trivial task.
Just my 2cents worth. :)
Cheers
RodG
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