Re: [vagrant-up] Should I use a box or build a common Vagrantfile?

2016-11-19 Thread Torben Knerr
Hi Chris, here is a slightly different approach: instread of using packer to create a new vagrant basebox, you could simply export the virtualbox .ova file after vagrant up. Example here: https://github.com/tknerr/linus-kitchen#packaging I use this method to build a full .ova image for each majo

Re: [vagrant-up] Should I use a box or build a common Vagrantfile?

2016-11-08 Thread Alvaro Miranda Aguilera
packer.io can help to build base boxes. My own personal cycle goes like this. start with a basic Vagrant file. add a provision script. (ensure its idempotent, so you can run it twice with no negative issues) Split in to 2 the script one for pre-requirement and other for run time. Once the pre-req

[vagrant-up] Should I use a box or build a common Vagrantfile?

2016-11-07 Thread Chris Saunders
Hello all, I have my own opinions but I'd like to know what the recommended way is when working with Vagrant on a team of developers. There appear to be two ways: 1. Every developer builds from a common Vagrantfile (typically embedded in source control). Changes to the vagrant instance are rel