Vagrant

 

 Vagrant Overview :

• Vagrant is a computer software for creating and configuring virtual development environments

• It can be seen as a wrapper around virtualization software such as VirtualBox, KVM, VMware and around configuration management software such as Ansible, Chef, Salt or Puppet

• Vagrant is a simpler way for Virtualization and Configuration Management.


Uses of Vagrant :

• Vagrant is used to set up one or more virtual machines by:

• Importing pre-made images (called "boxes")

• Setting VM-specific settings (IP address, hostnames, port forwarding, memory, etc.)

• Running provisioning software like Puppet or Chef

• Set Up Multi-VM Networks with Ease

• Source Control

• Various Platforms


Uses of Vagrant :

• For Developers

• If you are a developer, Vagrant will isolate dependencies and their configuration within a single disposable, consistent environment, without sacrificing any of the tools you are used to working with (editors, browsers, debuggers, etc.).

• For Operators

• If you are an operations engineer or DevOps engineer, Vagrant gives you a disposable environment and consistent workflow for developing and testing infrastructure management scripts

• For Designers

• If you are a designer, Vagrant will automatically set everything up that is required for that web app in order for you to focus on doing what you do best: design


Alternatives to Vagrant :

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• Nanobox

• Apache Mesos

• virt-manager

• Stakkr

• Singularity Container

• Fig

• FreeBSD Jails

• BoxGrinder

• Arkose

• Datacol

• plash


Vagrant Versions : Vagrant has installers for:

• Debian

• Windows

• CentOS

• Linux

• macOS

• Arch Linux


Installing Vagrant :

• Before we start with Vagrant we need to install Virtual Box as Vagrant uses it to run the virtual machines

• Download VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

• Next download and install Vagrant

• Go to https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html

• And get the appropriate installer or package for your platform

• Install the package using standard procedures for your operating system


Setting up Vagrant :

• Once you have vagrant on your machine, open the terminal (Linux or Mac) or command prompt (Windows)

• Create a separate directory for vagrant and initialise a vagrantfile

mkdir my_vagrant 

cd my_vagrant 

vagrant init


Setting up Vagrant :

• After creating a new Vagrantfile, specifying the box to use for your Vagrant environment is always the first step

• Instead of building a virtual machine from scratch, which would be a slow and tedious process, Vagrant uses a base image to quickly clone a virtual machine

• These base images are known as boxes in Vagrant, we will use centos box

• Start the VM and access it using ssh using Putty or Oracle VM Virtualbox

vagrant box add centos-6.5 

vagrant up


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