Automated builds of Vagrant boxes

[Jason Hsu]

I used to use Vagrant but switched to Docker.  Now I'm interested in revisiting Vagrant for working on Ruby on Rails apps that I haven't been able to get working in a Docker environment.  One of them is the rubygems.org site (https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org), where I've been unable to get ElasticSearch to work properly.  (The official way is to run ElasticSearch through a Docker container.  This requires running Rails in the host OS, because I am unable to run a Docker container within a Docker container.)  Another project I need Vagrant for is HoundCI (https://github.com/houndci/hound), where browser tests fail, and everyone on the project relies on Ruby on Rails in the host OS.

I've been so spoiled in the Docker world.  One of my favorite features is the automated builds of Docker Cloud (previously known as Docker Hub).  I connect a Docker image to a GitHub or BitBucket repository, and Docker Cloud's automated build feature creates my Docker image for me.  This frees up my local machine AND bypasses the need to upload the Docker image.

Does the Vagrant world have anything like this?  When I was relying on Vagrant in the past, I used Packer to build my Vagrant boxes locally, and then I had to upload the image.  This was a long process.

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

hello this hasn't changed much.

you can use packer to build boxes.

Something new is that packer now can build from an existing vagrant box, so saves time as will be using a local base box.

https://packer.io/docs/builders/vagrant.html

There is an example too.

Alvaro.

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