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Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant

By : Alex Braunton
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Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant

By: Alex Braunton

Overview of this book

Hands-On DevOps with Vagrant teaches you how to use Vagrant as a powerful DevOps tool and gives an overview of how it fits into the DevOps landscape. You will learn how to install VirtualBox and Vagrant in Windows, macOS, and Linux. You will then move on to understanding Vagrant commands, discovering its boxes and Vagrant Cloud. After getting to grips with the basics, the next set of chapters helps you to understand how to configure Vagrant, along with networking. You will explore multimachine, followed by studying how to create multiple environments and the communication between them. In addition to this, you will cover concepts such as Vagrant plugins and file syncing. The last set of chapters provides insights into provisioning shell scripts, also guiding you in how to use Vagrant with configuration management tools such as Chef, Ansible, Docker, Puppet, and Salt. By the end of this book, you will have grasped Vagrant’s features and how to use them for your benefit with the help of tips and tricks.

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Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Title Page
Dedication
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Contributors
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction
Introduction
Getting started with Vagrant and DevOps
Vagrant for DevOps
Summary
2
Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant
Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant
Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant on Windows
Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant on Linux
Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant on macOS
Summary
3
Command Line-Interface - Vagrant Commands
Command Line-Interface - Vagrant Commands
Vagrant command overview
Vagrant commands in depth
Troubleshooting
Summary
4
Discovering Vagrant Boxes - Vagrant Cloud
Discovering Vagrant Boxes - Vagrant Cloud
Understanding Vagrant boxes
Vagrant Cloud
Uploading a Vagrant box to the Vagrant cloud
Enterprise solutions for Vagrant boxes
Summary
5
Configuring Vagrant Using a Vagrantfile
Configuring Vagrant Using a Vagrantfile
Understanding Vagrantfiles
Vagrantfile options
Troubleshooting a Vagrantfile
Summary
6
Networking in Vagrant
Networking in Vagrant
Port-forwarding
Private networking
Public networking
Summary
7
Multi-Machine
Multi-Machine
An introduction to Vagrant multi-machine
Summary
8
Exploring Vagrant Plugins and Syncing Files
Exploring Vagrant Plugins and Syncing Files
Understanding Vagrant plugins
Vagrant file-syncing
Summary
9
Shell Scripts - Provisioning
Shell Scripts - Provisioning
Introduction to Vagrant provisioning
Understanding configuration management
Basic usage of Vagrant provisioning
Vagrant provisioning with a file
Vagrant Shell provisioner
Summary
10
Ansible - Using Ansible to Provision a Vagrant Box
Ansible - Using Ansible to Provision a Vagrant Box
Understanding Ansible
Installing Ansible
Provisioning Vagrant using Ansible
Ansible Playbooks
Summary
11
Chef - Using Chef to Provision a Vagrant Box
Chef - Using Chef to Provision a Vagrant Box
Understanding Chef
Chef Cookbook
Chef Supermarket
Provisioning Vagrant with Chef
Summary
12
Docker - Using Docker with Vagrant
Docker - Using Docker with Vagrant
Understanding Docker
Using the Docker Hub to find Docker images
Basic usage – running a container
Using Docker to provision a Vagrant machine
Docker-specific configuration in Vagrant
Summary
13
Puppet - Using Puppet to Provision a Vagrant Box
Puppet - Using Puppet to Provision a Vagrant Box
Understanding Puppet
Puppet apply and Puppet agent
Puppet Manifest example and syntax
Provisioning with Puppet
Summary
14
Salt - Using Salt to Provision a Vagrant Box
Salt - Using Salt to Provision a Vagrant Box
Understanding Salt
Salt states
Provisioning Vagrant with Salt
Salt options available within Vagrant
Vagrant cheat sheet
Summary
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Index
Index

Chef Cookbook

Chef uses Cookbooks as a key element in its processes and they are used to describe the desired state of your node/server. 

A Chef Cookbook is an important part of configuring machines when using Chef. It describes the desired state of the machine. This is similar to using Playbooks in Ansible. The Chef Cookbook contains five key elements, which all have their own part to play:

  • Recipes
  • Templates
  • Attribute values
  • Extensions
  • File distributors

These elements are often pieces of metadata that work together to create an overview of the machine. Let's dive deeper into these five elements to learn more about them.

Note

When speaking about a node, we are referring to a machine – whether physical or virtual. The node could be a computer, server, network device, or another machine.

Recipes

A recipe is a key part of the Cookbook. It's used to detail what exactly should happen with a node. It's similar to a Vagrantfile when setting the state for a Vagrant virtual machine. 

The recipe is written in...

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