local development using vagrant

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HarmO
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local development using vagrant

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Hi every one,

i recently had a new PC and was reluctant to install wamp styled software on my pc.

Espacialy when to day you have tools like virtual box. so i thought about installing a virtual webserver on my pc. as i was looking into that, i discovered vagrant.

Vagrant lets create and configure multiple lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments.

It's handy if you work in a team of mixed mac/pc users -> this way every one has the same dev environment.

Now, i'm not skilled enough to create a vagrant image for you, but i can tell that i currently use drupals vdd image and than change the names a bit so that i don't see the word drupal all the time. ;)
works like a charm! O0

Someone doing similar stuff? Because i can't find a thing out theire on the interwebs about CMSMS + vagrant
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HarmO
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Re: local development using vagrant

Post by velden »

Ik kan Vagrant verder niet maar ik denk dat je hier iets vergelijkbaars vindt voor CMSMS:

I don't know Vagrant but something similar perhaps:
https://bitnami.com/stack/cms-made-simple
Last edited by velden on Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: From Dutch to wannabee English :)
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Re: local development using vagrant

Post by HarmO »

I see the bitnami image works great.

but vagrant has some advantages.

it has multiple plugins one of which (for example) dumps you database(s) if you shut down your box.

or a plugin that adds your dev domains to your host file at start up and removes them when you shut your box down(not for windows) so you can type http://www.mysite.dev instead of an IP. or mess in your host file.

use the command vagrant up and you work on your website in a local dev environment.
vagrant halt and your back on your live website.
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