

Once vagrant hits 1.0 it is planned that it will support vmware fusion and then you'll have a choice of vm platform.Īlso take a look at librarian-chef as related to vagrant. VirtualBox compares directly with VMWare. I mean, I would just use it for staging and dev solo or dev teams. Vagrant seems to stop short of capify but it's not tied to rails/ruby. VMware can do this too but not easily from a config file afaik. Still uncertain Compare the similarities and differences between VMware vs VirtualBox customers by industry, by geography and by buying patterns. Take a look at categories where VMware and VirtualBox compete, current customers, market share, category ranking. So you can use someone's base image and repack it. No problem Slintel comparison helps you make the best decision. Both platforms are fast, reliable, and include a wide array of interesting features. Oracle provides VirtualBox as a hypervisor for running virtual machines (VMs) while VMware provides multiple products for running VMs in different use cases. Vagrant can also repackage your vm after you have built it. Oracle provides VirtualBox as a hypervisor for running virtual machines (VMs) while VMware provides multiple products for running VMs in different use cases. Oracle and VMware are leaders in providing virtualization solutions in the modern IT industry. Use fusion for a permanent box or to run an X11 GUI. I'd want to move off fusion if your are sick of wiping your env clean or if you want a really pristine staging env. As the author says, he stands on the shoulders of giants. VirtualBox does the heavy lifting as well as the deployers (puppet, chef).

Vagrant is a fantastic tool in which to wrap up and define a VM as a config file. Yes your bolded last question is correct.
