whats the problem on using docker for all your needs?


On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 3:58 PM Dennis Chang <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is part question and part request for comment.
>
> I've become more familiar with Docker and I'd like Vagrant to be patterned
> similarly.
>
> E.g.
>
> docker images
>
> produces a list of images.
>
> vagrant box list
>
> produces a list of boxes. This is good.
>
>
> However,
>
> docker ps -a
>
> produces a listing of containers,
>
> whereas
>
> vagrant global-status
>
> produces a list of "machines". This is fine.
>
>
> My question is:
>
> Why do I need to have an environment tied to a directory/folder?
> What I'd like to do is:  vagrant up --provision-from-box "some/box" --name
> "some-new-machine-name"
> Instead of having to rely on a Vagrantfile to define a "machine".
> Plus, when I do want to use a Vagrantfile, I'd like to do the following:
> vagrant up -f Vagrantfile.mymachine
>
> In other words, is it really necessary to have one Vagrantfile per
> directory? to define an environment for a machine?
>
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