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Install VirtualBox, Vagrant, Packer, and the RDP client xfreerdp.

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I will show here on how use Packer & Vagrant to create a Windows 10 VM.

While Vagrant can support supports Windows and Linux VMs,Ĭreating an OS image is vastly different between the two. Some examples include AMIs for an AWS EC2,VMDK/VMX files for VMware, OVF exports for VirtualBox, etc.

Machine image formats change for each platform.

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NOTE: A 'machine image' is a single static unit that contains a pre-configured operating systemĪnd installed software which is used to quickly create new running machines. This makes it possible to use exactly the same system for development which you then create in production. You can use the same file and commands to build an image on AWS, Digital Ocean VirtualBox and Vagrant. Packer lets you build Virtual Machine images for different providers from one JSON file. Packer is able to use configuration management tools to install software onto the image. Packer does not replace configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Packer runs on every major operating system, and creates machine images for multiple platforms in parallel. Packer is an open source tool for creating identical 'machine images'įor multiple virtualization tools from a single source configuration. Packer embraces modern configuration management automates the creation of any type of machine image. To overcome this, the creates of Vagrant, HasiCorp, offer a tool called Packer. Unfortunately, this doesn't fit the modern paradigm of infrastructure as code.

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This is often a manual process, using a GUI or CLI,Īnd is very different for all the virtualization tools on the market (e.g. The creation of a Vagrant box starts with the creation of VM using virtualization tool like VirtualBox. Shell scripts, Chef, or Puppet, can automatically installĪnd configure software on the virtual machine. Then, industry-standard provisioning tools such as Machines are provisioned on top of VirtualBox, VMware, AWS, or any other provider. Vagrant has an easy-to-use workflow, makes automation easy,Īnd lowers development environment setup time. You can build and manage virtual machine environments in a single workflow. Its great for standup new software solutions for testing without disrupting your working system. Virtualization platforms like VirtualBox, VMWare, etc. Vagrant is a tool that offers a simple and easy to useĬommand-line client for managing virtual environments created by the most popular It will install and run just as it would on a real, physical machine. You can boot an operating system installer disc (or live CD) inside the virtual machine,Īnd the operating system will be “tricked” into thinking it’s running on a real computer. The VM runs as a process in a window on your current operating system. Virtual machines (VM) behave like a separate computer system,

It creates a virtual machine (VM), aka an emulation of a computer system. (contrast this with hardware-assisted virtualization).

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VirtualBox is a full virtualization x86 / AMD64 / Intel64 hardware architecture Vagrant - 9 - Windows boxes with Vagrant and Packer Jeff Geerling's Vagrant Box Packer BuildsĬreate Vagrant boxes with Packer for rapid IT environment builds Install VirtualBox, Vagrant, Packer, RDP client xfreerdp,Ĭreating a Windows 10 Base Box for Vagrant with VirtualBoxĬreate Windows Machine Builds With Packer The basic prerequisites in creating your Windows 10 base box are: I purchased mine from Microsoft but you can use an Windows 10 evaluation version. Vagrant and a Windows 10 ISO file or disc. You'll need a hypervisor ( Virtualbox in my case), Which is a non-trivial process to perform,Īnd you can save a lot of time simply using a base box someone else has created. I suspect this is because box creation is really a task done with your virtual machine tool kit, Vagrant's documentation seems to discourse you from creating your own base boxes. Then on top of this base, build a Windows OS box with the Office Suite & Visio pre-installed. So I decided to create my own Windows 10 base box for Vagrant, Microsoft doesn't generally give you Vagrant boxes for its product. Vagrant boxes for all the variants of Linux are plentiful sinceīut a product like MS Windows is different.

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