Creating a Basic Vagrantfile

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Creating a Basic Vagrantfile

Vagrant lets us define our desired development environment. It also leverages existing platforms such as VirtualBox and Docker to provision these environments based on how we define them. In this hands-on lab, we use Vagrant alongside LXC to create a simple Vagrantfile that provisions a single Debian host to our specifications.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Apr 30, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Generate the Vagrantfile
1. Create the wanderer-app directory:
```
mkdir wanderer-app
```
1. Move into that directory:
```
cd wanderer-app/
```
1. Generate a Vagrantfile:
```
vagrant init
```

Challenge

Write the Vagrantfile

Write a simple Vagrantfile based on the instructions:

  # -*- mode: ruby -*-
  # vi: set ft=ruby :
  Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
    config.vm.box = "fgrehm/wheezy64-lxc"
    config.vm.box_version = "1.2.0"
    config.vm.hostname = "wanderer"
    config.vm.provider "lxc"
  end

Challenge

Test the Vagrantfile
1. To test the Vagrantfile, run:
```
vagrant up
```

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