Command line utility for building and managing virtual machines. Used in conjunction with shell scripts to automatically build consistent and iscol development environments.
$ vagrant init hashicorp/precise64
$ vagrant up
vagrant init
creates Vagrantfile
in current directory. Can take one parameter, the box
.
vagrant up
launches machine and installs/updates dependencies, based on box template.
Vagrant uses base images, called "boxes", to clone instead of building virtual machines from scratch everytime. Hashicorp's Box Catelog has many boxes.
After vagrant up
, virtual machine will be running. Run vagrant ssh
to SSH into the machine. vagrant suspend
closes the machine. vagrant destroy
delete the vm.
The synced folder on the virtual machine is found in /vagrant
in root. This is synced to the hosting machine's folder where the Vagrantfile
is on the host machine. Clone the project to the folder with Vagrantfile
on host.