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Creating a Basic Vagrantfile

Vagrant lets us define our desired development environment. It also leverages existing platforms such as VirtualBox and Docker to provision these environments based on how we define them. In this hands-on lab, we use Vagrant alongside LXC to create a simple Vagrantfile that provisions a single Debian host to our specifications.

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Level

Beginner

Duration

15m

Published

Oct 18, 2019

Challenge

Generate the Vagrantfile
1. Create the wanderer-app directory:
```
mkdir wanderer-app
```
1. Move into that directory:
```
cd wanderer-app/
```
1. Generate a Vagrantfile:
```
vagrant init
```

Challenge

Write the Vagrantfile

Write a simple Vagrantfile based on the instructions:

  # -*- mode: ruby -*-
  # vi: set ft=ruby :
  Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
    config.vm.box = "fgrehm/wheezy64-lxc"
    config.vm.box_version = "1.2.0"
    config.vm.hostname = "wanderer"
    config.vm.provider "lxc"
  end

Challenge

Test the Vagrantfile
1. To test the Vagrantfile, run:
```
vagrant up
```

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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