![]() What we are covering in this post is using Vagrant and Ansible in Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux in it’s second version ( WSL2). Vagrant comes with native support of VirtualBox, Hyper-V, and Docker virtualization, while VMware and AWS are supported via plugins. Providers are the services that Vagrant uses to set up and create virtual environments. Examples of the most used Provisioners used in Vagrant are Puppet and Ansible, being the latter the one we are covering in this post later on. Provisioners are tools that allow users to customize the configuration of virtual environments. So how does Vagrant work? Vagrant uses “ Provisioners” and “ Providers” as building blocks to manage the development environments. That is Vagrant, a software that allows creation and management of portable virtual machines. ![]() Once you have one Virtual Machine up and working most of these software programs allo you to replicate the configuration so that you can create multiple other machines in a matter of seconds.īut what if you could have a Virtual Machine up and running with all the configurations needed already done in just a matter of seconds? And not only that, but allows you to move that virtual machine to another computer by just sending a text file. You may use any of the most popular virtualization software out there like VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, AWS, Docker, etc… but creating Virtual Machines the manual way can be a hustle and bustle as it usually requires to download an ISO File for the target OS that you are going to install into and then wait for the installation process which can take a while to complete. So, wether you are setting your homelab up for learning purposes, or your homeserver if you have the more advanced knowledge, or even on production in a company, you may want to automatize the process of creating, configuring and deleting Virtual Machines ( VM’s) for multiple purposes. ![]() Running Vagrant and Ansible in Windows 10 through WSL2
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