Supercharge Your Stack with Vagrant

Presented at SingaporeJS Meetup on 1 Apr 2013

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1. Supercharge Your
   Stack with Vagrant
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2. Michael Cheng
   Senior Software Engineer, mig33
   http://twitter.com/coderkungfu
   http://github.com/miccheng
   http://CoderKungfu.com
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3. What is Vagrant?
   • Vagrant provides easy to configure,
   reproducible, and portable work
   environments.
   • Built on top of industry-standard technology
   and controlled by a single consistent workflow.
   • Help maximize the productivity and flexibility
   of you and your team.
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4. What is Vagrant?
   • Management tool for development Virtual
   Machines (VirtualBox, VMWare, AWS).
   • Spins up a VM with a base OS installation.
   • Allow for automated pre-installation of your dev
   stack/tools in the box via a Shell Script, Puppet or
   Chef. (Provisioning)
   • Work on files in your host OS and have it synced
   automatically to the VM.
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5. Problems it Solve
   • Clean separation of your computer's OS and the Dev
   stack. Closer to the production environment.
   • Reproducible config that can be shared with your
   co-workers. No more inconsistent Dev setup.
   • Automated install - not manually running multiple
   shell commands and making a mess cos u run them
   in the wrong order.
   • Lets you focus on the important things - writing code.
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6. Demo
   Dev Stack on CentOS in VirtualBox
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7. Demo
   • Download Vagrant from http://vagrantup.com
   • Pick a base OS: http://www.vagrantbox.es
   • Terminal Commands
   • vagrant init
   • vagrant up
   • vagrant suspend
   • vagrant reload
   • vagrant destroy
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9. Projects
   • Dev stack for NodeJS (https://github.com/
   miccheng/vagrant-nodejs)
   • LAMP stack in CentOS (https://github.com/
   miccheng/vagrant-lamp-centos63)
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