Vagrant
Providers
(cont…)
• VirtualBox
is
FREE!
– It
works
great
except
where
it
doesn’t
• Some
people
have
trouble
with
it
crashing
• It
can’t
handle
a
large
number
of
files
with
the
standard
file
sharing
system
• NFS
poses
it’s
own
complicaYons
• Vmware
is
PAID!
– It’s
$49
or
$99
for
the
so;ware
and
$79
for
the
provider
– Supposed
to
be
more
stable
and
faster
What
is
Puppet?
Puppet
is
IT
automaYon
so;ware
that
helps
system
administrators
manage
infrastructure
throughout
its
lifecycle,
from
provisioning
and
configuraYon
to
patch
management
and
compliance.
What
is
Puppet?
Puppet
gives
you
an
“object
oriented”
way
to
manage
the
configuraYon
of
your
servers,
either
on
your
laptop,
in
the
cloud,
or
in
your
favorite
data
center.