Vagrant for Local Development: Building Consistent Development Environments

# macOS Intel (with Homebrew)# Ubuntu/Debian# Ubuntu/Debian# Ubuntu/Debian# Ubuntu/Debian# Ubuntu/Debian# Windows (with Chocolatey)# Windows (with Chocolatey)# Windows (with Chocolatey)# Windows (with Chocolatey)# Windows (with Chocolatey)# Windows (with Chocolatey)# Windows (with Chocolatey)# Verify installation# Verify installation# Verify installationllation
vagrant --version
VBoxManage --version

# Install Vagrant on Apple Silicon# Install QEMU and libvirt# Install QEMU and libvirt# Start the libvirt service# Start the libvirt service# Install the vagrant-libvirt plugin# Install the vagrant-libvirt plugin# Verify installation# Verify installation# Verify installationnstallation
vagrant --version
qemu-system-aarch64 --version
virsh --version

# Vagrantfile for Apple Silicon with libvirt
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # Use an ARM-compatible box
  config.vm.box = "generic/ubuntu2204"
  config.vm.hostname = "dev-server"
  
  # libvirt provider configuration
  config.vm.provider :libvirt do |libvirt|
    libvirt.driver = "qemu"
    libvirt.memory = 2048
    libvirt.cpus = 2
    
    # Required for Apple Silicon
    libvirt.machine_type = "virt"
    libvirt.cpu_mode = "host-passthrough"
  end
  
  config.vm.network "private_network", type: "dhcp"
  config.vm.synced_folder "./app", "/var/www/app", type: "rsync"
end

# VMware Fusion (commercial, Apple Silicon supported)# Parallels Desktop (commercial, excellent Apple Silicon support)# Parallels Desktop (commercial, excellent Apple Silicon support)# Usage with Parallels# Usage with Parallels# Usage with Parallels# Usage with Parallels# Usage with Parallels# Usage with VMware# Usage with VMwareUsage with VMware
vagrant up --provider=vmware_desktop

# Vagrantfile
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # Base box to use
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/jammy64"
  
  # VM hostname
  config.vm.hostname = "dev-server"
  
  # VirtualBox-specific settings
  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
    vb.name = "Development Server"
    vb.memory = "2048"
    vb.cpus = 2
  end
  
  # Network configuration
  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.56.10"
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3000, host: 3000
  
  # Synced folder
  config.vm.synced_folder "./app", "/var/www/app"
  
  # Shell provisioner
  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
    apt-get update
    apt-get install -y nginx nodejs npm
  SHELL
end

# Create a new directory and initialise# Start the VM# Start the VM# Start the VM# Start the VM# Start the VM# SSH into the VM# SSH into the VM# Stop the VM# Stop the VM# Destroy the VM completelyoy the VM completely
vagrant destroy

# Inline shell commands# External shell script# External shell script# External shell script# External shell script# External shell script# External shell script# Shell provisioner with arguments# Shell provisioner with arguments# Shell provisioner with argumentsents
config.vm.provision "shell" do |s|
  s.path = "scripts/configure.sh"
  s.args = ["--env", "development"]
end

# Using Ansible from the host machine# Using Ansible installed inside the VM# Using Ansible installed inside the VM# Using Ansible installed inside the VM# Using Ansible installed inside the VM# Using Ansible installed inside the VMe the VM
config.vm.provision "ansible_local" do |ansible|
  ansible.playbook = "ansible/playbook.yml"
  ansible.install_mode = "pip"
  ansible.pip_install_cmd = "sudo pip3 install"
end

# Pull and run Docker containers
config.vm.provision "docker" do |d|
  d.pull_images "postgres:15"
  d.pull_images "redis:7"
  
  d.run "postgres",
    image: "postgres:15",
    args: "-p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret"
  
  d.run "redis",
    image: "redis:7",
    args: "-p 6379:6379"
end

# Port forwarding - map guest port to host# Private network - host-only accessible# Private network - host-only accessible# Private network - host-only accessible# Private network - host-only accessible# Private network - host-only accessible# Private network with DHCP# Private network with DHCP# Private network with DHCP# Private network with DHCP# Public network - bridged to physical network# Public network - bridged to physical network# Public network with static IP# Public network with static IP# Public network with static IPtwork with static IP
config.vm.network "public_network", ip: "192.168.1.100"

# Default synced folder (project directory to /vagrant)# This is enabled by default# Custom synced folder# With specific permissions# With specific permissions# With specific permissions# Using NFS for better performance (macOS/Linux)# Using NFS for better performance (macOS/Linux)# Using NFS for better performance (macOS/Linux)# Using rsync for one-way sync# Using rsync for one-way sync# Using rsync for one-way sync# Using rsync for one-way sync# Using rsync for one-way sync# Disable default /vagrant folder# Disable default /vagrant folder# Disable default /vagrant folder# Disable default /vagrant foldere default /vagrant folder
config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # Common settings
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/jammy64"
  
  # Web server
  config.vm.define "web" do |web|
    web.vm.hostname = "web-server"
    web.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.56.10"
    web.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080
    
    web.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
      vb.memory = "1024"
      vb.cpus = 1
    end
    
    web.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
      apt-get update
      apt-get install -y nginx
    SHELL
  end
  
  # Database server
  config.vm.define "db" do |db|
    db.vm.hostname = "db-server"
    db.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.56.11"
    
    db.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
      vb.memory = "2048"
      vb.cpus = 2
    end
    
    db.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
      apt-get update
      apt-get install -y postgresql postgresql-contrib
    SHELL
  end
  
  # Cache server
  config.vm.define "cache" do |cache|
    cache.vm.hostname = "cache-server"
    cache.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.56.12"
    
    cache.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
      vb.memory = "512"
    end
    
    cache.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
      apt-get update
      apt-get install -y redis-server
    SHELL
  end
end

# Start all machines# Start specific machine# SSH into specific machine# SSH into specific machine# Provision specific machine# Provision specific machine# Destroy specific machine# Destroy specific machine# Status of all machines# Status of all machinestus of all machines
vagrant status