Vagrant

Aim of this µ-course is to teach our students basic skills for running, updating and creating virtual machine environments using Vagrant and underlying VirtualBox virtualization platform. This µ-course will be mostly pointing to https://www.vagrantup.com/ tutorial and contain mainly tasks for students to complete.

Expected previous knowledge

• linux basics
  • ssh configuration
  • basic networking
  • bash scripting
• git

Expected chapters

• Introduction:
  • What is Vagrant
  • Why we use it
• Installation
  • How to install Vagrant on linux machine
• Tasks
  • Vagrant basics (up, ssh, halt, destroy)
  • Vagrantfile for single Vagrant box
    • provisioning scripts (bash)
    • example use of ansible and puppet provisioning
  • Vagrantfile for multiple Vagrant boxes
    • networking
  • Vagrant common plugins
    • vagrant-vbguest, vagrant-hosts, vagrant-timezone, vagrant-cahier