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Vagrant automates VM provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.

Uses declarative Ruby-based Vagrantfiles to describe environments.

Supports multiple providers like VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V, and Docker.

Integrates with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Salt.

Facilitates consistent development environments across teams.

Vagrantfile - defines VM configuration

Providers - VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V, Docker, etc.

Boxes - base images for VMs

Synced Folders - share files between host and guest

Provisioners - automation via shell, Ansible, Puppet, etc.

Box - base image for VM

Vagrantfile - VM configuration script

Provisioner - automation scripts for setup

Synced Folders - host-to-guest file sharing

Network - configure forwarded ports or private networks

Vagrantfile - main configuration

.vagrant/ - internal state directory

Scripts/ - optional shell provisioning scripts

Configuration files for provisioners

Synced folders for shared project files

Initialize project with 'vagrant init'

Edit Vagrantfile for VM specs (CPU, RAM, disk)

Define synced folders and networking

Add provisioners for automation

Bring up VM using 'vagrant up' and test

Beginner: Single VM with default box

Intermediate: Multi-VM setup with network

Advanced: Custom box creation and provisioning

Expert: CI/CD integration with automated provisioning

Architect: Hybrid environment with cloud and local VMs

Vagrant vs Docker Compose: full VM vs containerized environments

Vagrant vs Packer: provisioning VMs vs building base images

Vagrant vs Minikube: VM-based dev vs local Kubernetes cluster

Vagrant vs Terraform: dev environment vs infrastructure provisioning

Vagrant vs Ansible: Vagrant provisions VMs, Ansible configures them

2010 - Vagrant 1.0 released by HashiCorp

2012 - Vagrant 1.2 introduced multi-provider support

2015 - Vagrant 1.7 added better networking and synced folder features

2018 - Vagrant 2.x with improved plugin system

2023+ - Ongoing enhancements for provider support and Ruby DSL improvements

Vagrantfile - configuration file for VM environment

Box - prebuilt VM image

Provider - virtualization backend

Provisioner - script or tool to configure VM

Synced Folder - shared folder between host and VM