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Vagrant Up! Comprehensive development system automation

Name: Vagrant Up! Comprehensive development system automation
Rating: 4.7 (932 reviews)

Go from zero to hero by solving the development system dilemma with automation and versioned configuration with Vagrant

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Created byJason Taylor, John Myers

Last updated 3/2019

English

What you'll learn

Create automatic, reliable, repeatable, easy to use, and versioned development environments
Write provisioning scripts to automatically setup Vagrant managed environments
Solve the development box setup problem

Course content

11 sections • 46 lectures • 4h 26m total length

Course Introduction and Overview3:21
Introduction to Vagrant UP

This lecture goes over the course goals, course overview and assumptions/requirements for the course.
Core Concepts9:45
Core Concepts

Goes over the main concepts for solving the developer box issue and focuses on critical Vagrant terms.
Course Materials0:50
Course Materials

Links to the two GitHub repositories used throughout the course. Also provides links to other resources, like the course website.
Core Concepts Quiz

Installation Overview1:00
Installation Overview

Overview of the installation process for Vagrant and related tools.
Windows Installation10:05
Windows Installation

Step-by-step walk-through of installating Vagrant, VirtualBox, and related tools on the Windows platform.
Mac OS X Installation9:01
Mac OS X Installation

Step-by-step walk-through of installating Vagrant, VirtualBox, and related tools on the Mac OS X platform.

Provisioning Introduction2:17
Provisioning Introduction

Section introduction to provisioning in Vagrant. Covers core concepts used throughout the section.
Manual "baked" Provisioning17:49
Manual Provisioning in Vagrant

Create a LAMP stack VM by manually provisioning on top of a base CentOS image, then create a customized new baseline after the manual provision process.
File Provisioner10:30
File Provisioner

How to use the File provisioner in Vagrant. This lecture covers some setup that is used in other lectures as well.
Shell Provisioner11:13
Shell Provisioner

Covers how to write a shell provisioner in Vagrant in three ways -- inline, heredoc, and external.
LAMP Stack Provisioning Example, Part 114:08
LAMP Stack Example, Part 1

Complete walk-through of setting up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack using the File and Shell provisioners. This example has been divided into two parts, this is the first part.
LAMP Stack Provisioning Example, Part 27:13
LAMP Stack Example, Part 2

Complete walk-through of setting up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack using the File and Shell provisioners. This example has been divided into two parts, this is the second part.
Provisioning Quiz
Provisioning Command Listing3:00

Provisioning and Working with Multiple Virtual Machines15:48
Multiple Virtual Machines in Vagrant

Up to now, this course has focused on just one virtual machine definition per Vagrant configuration. However, Vagrant support multiple virtual machine definitions at once. This lecture covers how to provision and use a multi-VM setup in Vagrant.
Multiple Virtual Machines Quiz
Multiple VMs Command Listing1:00

Introduction to Chef6:08
Chef Supermarket and Selecting a Cookbook7:26
Using the Cookbook with Vagrant10:55
Evaluation of the Supermarket Cookbook6:21
Creating a Custom Cookbook - Setup and Metadata4:54
Cookbook Attributes4:27
Creating the Default (main) Recipe4:22
Writing the Cookbook Template Files3:11
Testing and Debugging the Custom Cookbook3:27
Executing the Custom Cookbook3:44
Final Testing of the Custom Cookbook3:15
Using Chef Roles instead of Listing Recipes5:58
Chef Solo with Vagrant Conclusion and Additional Resources1:42

Requirements

An interest in learning about virtualizing development systems
Basic computer skills, intermediate experience recommended
Ability to install software (admin rights)
Modern Mac / Windows computer (within last 5 years), 64-bit operating system recommended
Recommended: Virtualization chipset support (VT-x, etc)
Recommended: Some exposure to computer programming
Recommended: Experience using the command line or shell terminal
Recommended: Exposure Linux and/or Bash shell environment
Recommended: Exposure to desktop virtualization (VirtualBox, VMWare Player/Workstation, Parallels, etc)

Description

Vagrant UP

This is a comprehensive course designed to show how to setup local development environments using Vagrant and related tools.

Just Updated: May 25, 2015! New bonus section added (Chef Solo).

Course Outline

Introduction provides an overview for the course, cover the core concepts for Vagrant, how to get the course materials.

Installation provides step-by-step instructions on how to setup Vagrant, VirtualBox, and other tools needed for the rest of the course on both Windows and Mac platforms.

Getting Started walks through the basics of using Vagrant and how to version control (using Git) a project using Vagrant.

Boxes covers how to find, manage and use Vagrant boxes.

Plugins walks through finding, using and managing plugins in Vagrant in order to extend Vagrant's functionality.

Provisioning covers how to write file and shell provisioners to automatically install software when Vagrant first runs or on demand. After learning the basics of provisioning, this section ends with a full-fledged LAMP-stack provisioned.

Multiple Virtual Machines walks through using Vagrant with a multiple VM configuration, when we dissect the LAMP stack in the previous section and create two virtual machine definitions within one configuration file.

Conclusion has some final thoughts on Vagrant and provides links to resources for additional learning.

Bonus! sections feature advanced topics like creating custom Vagrant boxes and using the Chef Solo provisioner.

Course Features

Presentations provide audio/video training of conceptual ideas in each major area or introduction of new concepts.

Screencasts provide a video of the instructor's computer system with any actions, commands, or screens displayed and narrated. There are several hours of screencat video content -- it makes up the vast majority of the course. Any command line based screencast will include a command listing in the lecture downloads.

Several attachments throughout the course provide supplemental information, illustrations, or other reference material.

Who this course is for:

Software Engineers, developers, and programmers
DevOps, IT Operations, Development Support
Freelancers
IT Managers
Anyone who hates "It works on my machine!"

Vagrant Up! Comprehensive development system automation

What you'll learn

Course content

Introduction to Vagrant UP

Core Concepts

Course Materials

Installation Overview

Windows Installation

Mac OS X Installation

Vagrant Quick Start

Version Control with Vagrant Projects

Managing Vagrant Boxes

Finding More Vagrant Boxes

Extending Vagrant with Plugins

Provisioning Introduction

Manual Provisioning in Vagrant

File Provisioner

Shell Provisioner

LAMP Stack Example, Part 1

LAMP Stack Example, Part 2

Multiple Virtual Machines in Vagrant

Course Conclusion

Resources

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Introduction3 lectures • 14min

Introduction to Vagrant UP

Core Concepts

Course Materials

Installation3 lectures • 20min

Getting Started3 lectures • 17min

Boxes3 lectures • 15min

Plugins2 lectures • 7min

Provisioning7 lectures • 1hr 6min

Multiple Virtual Machines2 lectures • 17min

Conclusion2 lectures • 2min

Bonus! Creating Custom Boxes for Vagrant7 lectures • 47min

Bonus! Using the Chef Solo Provisioner13 lectures • 1hr 6min

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