![]() ![]() Because, initially, this box will NOT be known to Vagrant, it willĪttempt to reach out to that address and download it (note that the URL to THIS The box file where it can be downloaded (in the event that it does not exist on Stepping through this file line-by-line, the first two config.vm linesĮstablish the box we want to use for our development VM as well as the URL to provision :shell, :path => "centos_6_x.sh" end I’m going to use ~/src/vagrant_projects for the purpose of this demo: Project and a Vagrantfile to direct Vagrant on how it should setup your VM. To do that, we’ll need to create a directory for this Now that we’ve got the pieces we need, let’s start stitching togetherĪ repeatable workflow. Puppet Labs uses for demos, but, again, it’s up to you. I’m going to choose a CentOS 6.3 box that the SE team at NOT need to have Puppet preinstalled – in fact, it’s probably better that itĭoesn’t (because the version will probably be old, and we’re going to workĪround this anyways). Make sure you download a box with an OS that’s to your liking. OR, you could use an awesome project called Veewee to build your own.Īgain, building your box file is outside the scope of this article, so just There are sites that host boxes available for download, Vagrant uses box files as templates from which to spin up a new virtual machineįor development purposes. Vagrant spins up – so don’t worry about Puppet yet. Puppet does NOT need to be on your workstation since we’re only going to be using it on the VMs that If you have no idea how to use RVM or Rbenv – stick with the native installers :) To maintain multiple copies of Ruby on your system, then you’ll want to favor ![]() IF, however, you are developing in Ruby and you use RVM or Rbenv Vagrant installed (and, on Macs, Vagrant embeds its own Ruby AND Rubygemsīinaries in the Package bundle…which is kind of cool). To opt for the native package installer since it’s the easiest method to get If you’ve never used Vagrant before, and you AREN’T a Rubyĭeveloper who maintains multiple Ruby versions on your system, then you’ll want The only moving piece you need installed on your system is Vagrant.įortunately, Mitchell provides native package installers on his website forĭownloading Vagrant. ![]() The means by which we spin up new VMs for development purposes Getting setup Integration that SHOULD be coming any day now. Currently, it only supports a Virtualbox backend, but itsĬreator, Mitchell Hashimoto, has teased a preview of upcoming VMware To spin up clean virtualized environments on your workstation for the purpose Vagrant is a magical project that uses minimal VM templates (boxes) It as the means to describe the changes we want to make on our systems. Of its usage is beyond the scope of THIS post, however we’re going to be using Puppet is a Configuration Management tool that automates all theĪnnoying aspects of manual configuration out of your infrastructure. Puppet to both establish a clean test environment and also testĪutomation changes BEFORE applying them to your production environment. Of testing our automation workflow BEFORE it gets committed and applied to our What we want is the ability to spin up a couple of test nodes for the purpose Have the problem, though, of doing this in production – that’s what this post Menial tasks on your machines, and then work your way up from there. The best way to get out of this rut is to get addicted to automating first the I lied – that is everything that sucks about manual configuration of machines. Information in your head and referred to it later. MIGHT document what changes you made, but more often than not you kept that Walking to an active machine, and hoping things work. ‘development’ can sometimes consist of making changes directly on a server, ![]()
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