What is Provisioning?

Provisioning in Vagrant is the process of setting up and configuring a virtual machine automatically. It involves tasks like installing software, configuring settings, and preparing the VM to be in a desired state. This automation simplifies the setup of development environments, ensuring consistency and reducing manual effort.

Let's do some testing:

Add the below code to your vagrant file:

 config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
        yum install httpd wget unzip git -y
    mkdir /opt/devopsdir
    free -m
    uptime
  SHELL

This will install all the things necessary while booting up - And your vagrant file may look something like this:

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| 
    config.vm.box = "jacobw/fedora35-arm64" 
    config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.56.12"
    config.vm.provider "vmware_desktop" do |vmware|
      vmware.gui = true
      vmware.allowlist_verified = true
    end
     config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
        yum install httpd wget unzip git -y
    mkdir /opt/devopsdir
    free -m
    uptime
  SHELL
  end

And do vagrant up in your terminal where the vagrant file is present.

As you can see all the services have been downloaded and the output for free and uptime is also shown.

NOTE: Provisioning only happens once. If we do vagrant reload again it will not happen again.

You can do vagrant provision or use the --provision flag to do the provision again.

Conclusion:

In the world of Vagrant, provisioning emerges as the magician's wand. With a few lines of code, it brings software installations, configurations, and setups to life. As we bid farewell to this provisioning chapter, we embrace the power it holds in automating our environments, making development smoother and deployments more reliable. Let's keep provisioning our way to DevOps excellence! 🪄🚀