I have prepared series of blog posts to ease installation of Sitecore 9.0.1 / Sitecore 9 Update 1.

You can find there step by step guidelines and also some hints on how to create virtual machines.

Part 1 – Preparing virtual machine with Sitecore 9.0.1 prerequisites

Part 2 – Installing Solr with SSL enabled

Part 3 – Installing Sitecore using SIF

Happy installation!