Thanks Alvaro, Can you also please, point me to similar resources in spanish?
2014-08-07 19:26 GMT-03:00 Alvaro Miranda Aguilera <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > on top of what Terrance said, this is a good video of a presentation done by > Mitchell > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWLoTsrFjo0 > > > plus I did wrote something here. > > packer: > http://kikitux.net/packer/2014/01/02/packer/ > > > vagrant: > http://kikitux.net/vagrant/2014/01/02/vagrant/ > http://kikitux.net/vagrant/2014/01/02/vagrant-part2/ > > since the time I did wrote that, and today, even when just less than a year, > the whole thing have expanded to way more options. > > And a simple explanation will be.. (As i see it, so don't take it as the > truth.. just as a simple explanation) > > Vagrant is a tool that can be seen as a automation tool or orchestration > tool for vms creation and setup > > Taking a base box, and using some providers (virtualbox, vmware, hyper-v, > aws, digital ocean, docker, openstack, lxc, libvirt, etc) and using some > provisioners (file, bash, puppet, chef, ansible, etc), will take the base > box, create a new box, configure it and execute instrucions on top of that > base box and will deliver to you a fresh clean machine from that base box. > > > Packer is a tool that be seen as builder, it buils vm. > > taking a iso (in virtualbox and vmware, not sure about hyperv), or taking a > base vm (on vmware, virtualbox and all the rest of the other hypervisors) is > going to do the install if coming from the iso, or just boot the base box, > and then execute the scripts, etc to build a guest that can be used as > template. > > packer with virtualbox, can give you an OVA/OVF or Vagrant box > packer with vmware, can give you a OVF or Vagrant box > etc > > > Packer can build vms that can be used with vagrant or not, so is not just a > vagrant builders. > > Vagrant up + HEAVY_LONG_SET_OF_TASKS is cool, but can be long, so having > different base boxes is important, so you can have a quicker vagrant up, and > here is when packer shines.. > > Hope this helps. > > Alvaro. > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Tennis Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm new to the Packer/Vagrant universe. Where is the best writeup >> comparing them and discussing what the best uses for each would be? >> TIA, >> -T >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Vagrant" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vagrant" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
