Vagrant vs boot2docker
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Vagrant provides the framework and configuration format to create and manage complete portable development environments. These development environments can live on your computer or in the cloud, and are portable between Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. | boot2docker is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Tiny Core Linux made specifically to run Docker containers. It runs completely from RAM, weighs ~27MB and boots in ~5s (YMMV). |
Boxes;Up And SSH;Synced Folders;Provisioning;Networking;Share;Teardown;Rebuild;Providers | Kernel 3.14.1 with AUFS, Docker 0.10.1, LXC 0.8.0;Container persistence via disk automount on /var/lib/docker;SSH keys persistence via disk automount |
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GitHub Stars - | GitHub Stars 8.3K |
GitHub Forks - | GitHub Forks 1.3K |
Stacks 11.9K | Stacks 263 |
Followers 7.8K | Followers 211 |
Votes 1.5K | Votes 95 |
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What are some alternatives to Vagrant, boot2docker?
Otto
Otto automatically builds development environments without any configuration; it can detect your project type and has built-in knowledge of industry-standard tools to setup a development environment that is ready to go. When you're ready to deploy, otto builds and manages an infrastructure, sets up servers, builds, and deploys the application.
libvirt
It is an open-source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform virtualization. It can be used to manage KVM, Xen, VMware ESXi, QEMU and other virtualization technologies.
Azk
azk lets developers easily and quickly install and configure development environments on their computers.
XenServer
It is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures. It is used in the world's largest clouds and enterprises.
VMware ESXi
It is a bare metal hypervisor that installs easily on to your server and partitions it into multiple virtual machines. It effectively partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.
Xen Orchestra
It provides a web based UI for the management of XenServer installations without requiring any agent or extra software on your hosts nor VMs.
PuPHPet
It is a web application that allows you to easily and quickly generate custom Vagrant and Puppet controlled virtual machines.
KubeVirt
It addresses the needs of development teams that have adopted or want to adopt Kubernetes but possess existing Virtual Machine-based workloads that cannot be easily containerized. More specifically, the technology provides a unified development platform where developers can build, modify, and deploy applications residing in both Application Containers as well as Virtual Machines in a common, shared environment.
Azure Arc
It offers simplified management, faster app development, and consistent Azure services. Easily organize, govern, and secure Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and Kubernetes clusters across data centers, the edge, and multi-cloud environments right from Azure. Architect, design, and build cloud-native apps anywhere without sacrificing central visibility and control. Get Azure innovation and cloud benefits by deploying consistent Azure data, application, and machine learning services on any infrastructure.
