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Automating configuration With Vagrant

Automating configuration With Vagrant

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Automating configuration With Vagrant

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- [Instructor] One of the many challenges facing developers and teams is the ability to get everyone on the same platform with the project ready to develop. Most developers have differences between their work stations, such as the make, model, operating system, and so forth. The ability to troubleshoot platform problems as they come up my vary between team members, as well. And that's completely fine. We all have different areas of expertise. The end result is that just getting a project to the point that it can run locally on everybody's computer can take hours, if not days. Obviously, this is inefficient. VirtualBox goes a long way towards solving that problem by providing a platform-agnostic solution. It can run a complete, up-to-date server that is purpose built. The result can even be exported and imported as a virtual appliance which makes it portable. That sounds time-saving. However, what if the next project had different server requirements? Like requiring (mumbling) instead…

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