Why should I use Vagrant?

Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a single workflow. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases production parity, and makes the “works on my machine” excuse a relic of the past.

Is Vagrant better than Docker?

The short answer is that if you want to manage machines, you should use Vagrant. And if you want to build and run applications environments, you should use Docker. Vagrant is a tool for managing virtual machines. Docker is a tool for building and deploying applications by packaging them into lightweight containers.

Does Vagrant work with VMware?

The Vagrant VMware Desktop plugin now supports both VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion.

Is Vagrant still relevant?

Vagrant still has a place in the world, but for many cases Docker is taking over. The prime reason that docker is what we’re using is that from dev instances of services to dropping a production container on your desktop it’s easy to test similar to what is shipping.

Does vagrant work with VMware?

Is vagrant dead?

Vagrant is far from dead, but it suffers from a couple of long-lasting issues, including the resource footprint of virtual machines created, the speed of sharing files between the host and virtual machine, and the speed of making configuration changes to virtual machines.

Can I use Vagrant on virtual machine?

To answer this, Vagrant is a tool to “Create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments.” It is a highly efficient tool for managing virtual machines via CLI. This increases your team’s productivity and flexibility.

How do I use VMware Workstation with Vagrant?

To use VMware Workstation Pro 16 with Vagrant, you must install the Vagrant VMware Utility. To download the latest version of Vagrant VMware Utility, navigate to the link VMware Utility Downloads | Vagrant by HashiCorp from your favorite web browser.