Vagrant Documentation

Fundamentals

• Boxes

  The package format for Vagrant environments - create your own or use one from the public catalog.
• Vagrantfile

  Describe your virtual machine's configuration and how to provision it.
• Provisioning

  Provisioners allow you to automatically install software, alter configurations, and more.
• The 'up' command

  Create and configure your virtual machine with the single most important Vagrant CLI command.
• Synced Folders

  Sync files from your host machine to the guest machine.
• Networking

  Access your virtual machines through the high-level networking set up by Vagrant.

Vagrant Cloud

Vagrant Cloud serves a public, searchable index of Vagrant boxes.

• Catalog

  Use the public catalog to find boxes that contain the technologies you need for your Vagrant environment.
• Creation

  Create your boxes with Packer, the Vagrant Cloud web interface, or the API.
• Lifecycle

  Version and track the lifecycle of your boxes to make updates and fixes more efficiently.