Rags to Riches - Vagrant for PHP

Introductory talk held at the Berlin PHP Usergroup @bephpug on the 2nd of April 2013

Transcript

1. Christoph Lühr
   @chluehr / @bephpug 2013
   "Rags to Riches"
   Vagrant for PHP
   

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2. basilicom
   

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4. Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stinajonsson/3932774410 CC BY-NC 2.0
   

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5. "Create and configure
   lightweight, reproducible, and portable
   development environments."
   

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6. "Infrastructure
   as Code"
   - FTW!
   

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7. Development
   

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8. Own Workstation
   (LAMP, XAMP, MAMP, ...)
   

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9. Shared System
   (Linux Dev. Box in LAN)
   

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10. Virtual Machine
    (VMware, VirtualBox, ...)
    

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11. Problems!
    ● OSX / Windows / Linux
    ● 32 / 64 bit
    ● Conflicts!
    ● Docs / Setup
    ● Versions / Dependencies
    ● ⇒ "Works on my box!"
    

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12. Vagrant
    && Virtual Box
    

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13. apt-get install \
    vagrant
    (Packages for Windows, OSX, too)
    

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14. Vagrantfile
    (Ruby)
    

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15. Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
    # Base Box Name
    config.vm.box = "precise64"
    # Base Box URL
    config.vm.box_url = ↵
    "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box"
    # Configure / Install Packages, Application
    config.vm.provision :shell, ↵
    :path => "setup.sh"
    end
    

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16. setup.sh
    (bash / shell)
    

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17. #!/bin/bash
    apt-get update
    apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5
    apt-get install php5-mysql
    echo "date.timezone = Europe/Berlin"
    >> /etc/php5/conf.d/date.ini
    service apache2 restart
    

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18. vagrant command
    

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19. Demo
    

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20. vagrant up
    1. Downloads Base Box Image
    2. Creates VM from Base Box
    3. Configures VM Guest
    4. Boots VM
    5. Installs / Configures Packages
    .
    

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21. $ vagrant up
    [default] Importing base box 'precise64'...
    [default] Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
    [default] Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
    [default] Forwarding ports...
    [default] -- 22 => 2222 (adapter 1)
    [default] -- 80 => 8080 (adapter 1)
    [default] Creating shared folders metadata...
    [default] Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
    [default] Running any VM customizations...
    [default] Booting VM...
    [default] Waiting for VM to boot. This can take a few minutes.
    [default] VM booted and ready for use!
    [default] Mounting shared folders...
    [default] -- v-root: /var/www
    [default] Running provisioner: Vagrant::Provisioners::Shell...
    stdin: is not a tty
    ==== BEGIN: Vagrant-setup.sh ====
    

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22. vagrant command
    up
    halt
    reload
    destroy
    ...
    

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23. Features!
    Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rietje/76566707/ CC BY 2.0
    

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24. Multiple-VMs
    (Apache / DB-Master / DB-Slave)
    

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25. VMware, AWS EC2, ...
    (Providers / Platforms)
    

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26. Puppet / Chef
    (Different Installers/Provisioners)
    

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27. Custom Base Boxes
    (Speed up Setup)
    

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28. Drawbacks
    

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29. Slow File System
    (vboxsf, NFS, CIFS, ... SSD!)
    

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30. RAM
    

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31. "Rags to Riches"
    Success Story!
    

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32. Documented, Repeatable
    Stable Process, mirrors Live-System
    

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33. Development Speed++
    (Setup, new Colleagues, less fiddling)
    

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34. Open Source Projects
    Benefits: easier evaluation / collaboration
    

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35. 1. git clone
    2. vagrant up
    3. ...
    4. Profit!
    

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36. Contact
    Christoph Lühr
    eMail: luehr@r-pentomino.de, christoph.luehr@basilicom.de
    Twitter: @chluehr
    Slides license
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
    Thanks!
    Questions?
    

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37. Links
    ● Vagrant
    http://www.vagrantup.com/
    ● Roundcube Fork with Vagrantfile
    https://github.com/chluehr/roundcubemail
    

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