![]() ![]() # Install necessary libraries for guest additions and Vagrant NFS Share The root_setup.sh script sets up necessary packages and parameters for Vagrant: #!javascript In the scripts folder you can find a root_setup.sh and setup.sh scripts. The http folder contains a preseed.cfg file that is necessary to set up Ubuntu. It builds for virtualbox and then exports it into vagrant. "virtualbox_version_file": ".vbox_version", "execute_command": "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S sh '.iso", You can see the builder, provisioner and post-processor defined: #!javascript For example converting a Virtualbox image into a suitable image for vagrant is done in a post-processor. Post-processors can be run after the machine image is done. A provisioner can be used to run different scripts. A builder can for example be virtualbox or AWS. Packer uses builders, provisioners and post-processors as the main configuraition attributes. We've collected all the files necessary to build a Vagrant Machine with Packer in our Packer Example repository. Packer is even easier, just download the right zip for your system and unzip it into your PATH Building your Virtual Machine with Packer Virtualbox provides packages for different Operating systems. You need Virtualbox and Packer installed. Prerequisites for building Vagrant Machines In a follow up post we will focus on how we use Packer for building all of our Continuous Deployment & Integration Infrastructure. In this blog post we will show you how you can use Packer to build your vagrant machines. This makes it possible to use exactly the same system for development which you then create in production. You can use the same file and commands to build an image on AWS, Digital Ocean or for virtualbox and vagrant. Packer lets you build Virtual Machine Images for different providers from one json file. ![]() A couple of months ago Mitchell Hashimoto, the creator of Vagrant, launched Packer. As nice as Vagrant is, provisioning machines with it has always been a pain. Vagrant is a great tool that helps with this and manage the lifecycle of a virtual machine. It is really hard though to keep the same dependencies, database versions and other systems in sync between different machines. Sharing a common development environment with everyone on your team is important. "Building Vagrant Machines with Packer", by Good intro to how and why Packer is useful with Vagrant. UPDATE: We are delighted that Mitchell Hashimoto, the creator of Vagrant and Packer, shared our blog post and recommended reading it. ![]()
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