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Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant
Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant

Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant: Implement end-to-end DevOps and infrastructure management using Vagrant

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Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant

Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant

VirtualBox is a very important piece of software, which we refer to as a provider. Its job is to do the heavy lifting in creating and maintaining virtual machines and environments. Vagrant is essentially a wrapper around a provider (in our case, VirtualBox) and exposes a powerful API that allows you to create and manage virtual machines through code and configuration, such as the Vagrantfile.

Once VirtualBox is installed, we will have very little to do with it. It will sit in the background and await commands from Vagrant to manage virtual machines.

In this chapter, we will start to get our hands dirty with Vagrant. We will look at the following topics:

  • Finding the version of your OS
  • Finding your CPU architecture
  • Installing VirtualBox on Windows, Linux, and macOS
  • Installing Vagrant on Windows, Linux, and macOS
  • Running Vagrant via the command...

Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant on Windows

In this section, you will learn how to install VirtualBox and Vagrant onto a Windows environment, how to find out what your CPU architecture is, and what version of the Windows operating system you are running. We will use an Enterprise edition of Windows 10 64-bit as our example operating system and computer setup.

Prerequisites

Before we install VirtualBox and Vagrant, we need to learn some basic information about your system. This is information required to help you select which package to download.

System version

Finding...

Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant on Linux

In this section, you will learn how to install VirtualBox and Vagrant onto a Linux environment. You will also learn how to find out what your CPU architecture is and what version of the Linux operating system you are running. In this section, we will be using Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit as our example operating system and computer setup.

Prerequisites

Before we install VirtualBox and Vagrant, we need to learn some basic information about your system. This is information required to help you select which package to download.

System version

...

Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant on macOS

In this section, you will learn how to install VirtualBox and Vagrant onto a macOS environment. You will learn how to find out what your CPU architecture is and what version of the Mac operating system you are running. In this section, we will be using macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 64-bit as our example operating system and computer setup.

Prerequisites

Before we install VirtualBox and Vagrant, we need to learn some basic information about your system. This is information required to help you select which package to download.

System version

...

Summary

In this chapter, we've learned how to install Vagrant and its provider, VirtualBox, onto Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. You now have the base environment to start using Vagrant and creating virtual environments.

In Chapter 3, Command Line-Interface - Vagrant Commands, we will learn all about Vagrant's commands and subcommands. These powerful commands offer us the full feature set of Vagrant, from basic features, such as returning Vagrant's software version, to managing boxes, such as importing and installing them from the Vagrant cloud.

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Key benefits

  • Implement DevOps with Vagrant effectively
  • Integrate Vagrant with different tools such as Puppet, Chef, and Docker
  • Manage infrastructure with a practical approach

Description

Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant teaches you how to use Vagrant as a powerful DevOps tool and gives an overview of how it fits into the DevOps landscape. You will learn how to install VirtualBox and Vagrant in Windows, macOS, and Linux. You will then move on to understanding Vagrant commands, discovering its boxes and Vagrant Cloud. After getting to grips with the basics, the next set of chapters helps you to understand how to configure Vagrant, along with networking. You will explore multimachine, followed by studying how to create multiple environments and the communication between them. In addition to this, you will cover concepts such as Vagrant plugins and file syncing. The last set of chapters provides insights into provisioning shell scripts, also guiding you in how to use Vagrant with configuration management tools such as Chef, Ansible, Docker, Puppet, and Salt. By the end of this book, you will have grasped Vagrant’s features and how to use them for your benefit with the help of tips and tricks.

Who is this book for?

Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant is for you if you are a system administrator, DevOps engineer, DevOps architect, or any stakeholder working with DevOps and wanting to explore Vagrant. Experience in system administration is needed to enjoy this book.

What you will learn

  • Explore what development features Vagrant offers
  • Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Harness the power of Vagrant to create powerful development environments
  • Utilize DevOps tools such as Docker, Chef, and Puppet
  • Understand everything about Vagrant, including networking, plugins, and provisioning
  • Use the Vagrant Cloud to install and manage Vagrant boxes

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Table of Contents

15 Chapters
Introduction Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Command Line-Interface - Vagrant Commands Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Discovering Vagrant Boxes - Vagrant Cloud Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Configuring Vagrant Using a Vagrantfile Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Networking in Vagrant Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Multi-Machine Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Exploring Vagrant Plugins and Syncing Files Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Shell Scripts - Provisioning Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Ansible - Using Ansible to Provision a Vagrant Box Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chef - Using Chef to Provision a Vagrant Box Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Docker - Using Docker with Vagrant Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Puppet - Using Puppet to Provision a Vagrant Box Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Salt - Using Salt to Provision a Vagrant Box Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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I found the book very easy to read. I usually read a chapter or two when reading a technical book. Just enough to get the information I need before putting the book down. This book was so easy to read that the author kept my interest from page one to the end. I found the chapter on chef a little dry, but the chapters on puppet and salt were very easy reads that held my interest. I read Mitchell Hashimoto's book on Vagrant some years ago and the documentation on the Hashicorps website. Still, I found Alex Braunton's book to be well thought out, clear, and concise. Alex Braunton should write another DevOps book soon because he has the talent for it.
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Having dabbled with KVM, Xen, Virtualbox and VMWare just to test and play around with linux recipes became tiring when repeating exercises & server config tests. Therefore in this book when playing with recipes whilst learning vagrant you get the advantage of doing more in a short time including testing configs more easily as you don't have to mess around a lot configuring your VMs. In short get this book as part of your devops foundational knowledge as it will boost your tech skills to warp speed.
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