Using Vagrant to manage development and production environments?

Question

How are people handling simple automation (with puppet) for dev / prod environments with vagrant (ideally from the same vagrantfile)?

Use case I\'m trying to sol

Answer 1

As for workaround, you should define config.vm.define (as suggested here), in order to support multiple providers.

Please find the following configuration posted by @kzap as example:

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|

  # Store the current version of Vagrant for use in conditionals when dealing
  # with possible backward compatible issues.
  vagrant_version = Vagrant::VERSION.sub(/^v/, '')

  # Configuration options for the VirtualBox provider.
  def configure_vbox_provider(config, name, ip, memory = 2048, cpus = 1)
    config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |v, override| 
      # override box url
      override.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
      # configure host-only network
      override.vm.hostname = "#{name}.dev"
      override.vm.network :private_network, id: "vvv_primary", ip: ip

      v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, 
        "--memory", memory,
        "--cpus", cpus,
        "--name", name,
        "--natdnshostresolver1", "on",
        "--natdnsproxy1", "on"
      ]
    end
  end

  default_provider = "virtualbox"
  supported_providers = %w(virtualbox rackspace aws managed)
  active_provider = ENV['VAGRANT_ACTIVE_PROVIDER'] # it'd be better to get this from the CLI --provider option
  supported_providers.each do |provider|
  next unless (active_provider.nil? && provider == default_provider) || active_provider == provider

    #
    # VM per provider
    #
    config.vm.define :"sample-#{provider}" do | sample_web_config |

      case provider
      when "virtualbox"
        configure_vbox_provider(sample_web_config, "examine-web", "192.168.50.1")

      when "aws"
        configure_aws_provider(sample_web_config)

      when "managed"
        configure_managed_provider(sample_web_config, "1.2.3.4")

      when "rackspace"
        configure_rackspace_provider(sample_web_config)  

      end
  end

end

Or the following example posted at gist by @maxlinc:

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "dummy"

  config.vm.provider :rackspace do |rs|
    rs.username = ENV['RAX_USERNAME']
    rs.api_key  = ENV['RAX_API_KEY']
    rs.rackspace_region   = :ord
  end

  supported_providers = %w(virtualbox rackspace)
  active_provider = ENV['VAGRANT_ACTIVE_PROVIDER'] # it'd be better to get this from the CLI --provider option
  supported_providers.each do |provider|
    next unless active_provider.nil? || active_provider == provider

    config.vm.define "exact_name_#{provider}" do |box|
      box.vm.provider :rackspace do |rs|
        rs.flavor = '1 GB Performance'
        rs.image  = 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)'
      end
    end

    config.vm.define "regex_#{provider}" do |box|
      box.vm.provider :rackspace do |rs|
        rs.flavor = /1\s+GB\s+Performance/
        rs.image  = /Ubuntu.*Trusty Tahr.*(PVHVM)/
      end
    end

    config.vm.define "id_#{provider}" do |box|
      box.vm.provider :rackspace do |rs|
        rs.flavor = 'performance1-1'
        rs.image  = 'bb02b1a3-bc77-4d17-ab5b-421d89850fca'
      end
    end

    config.vm.define "unlisted_#{provider}" do |box|
      box.vm.provider :rackspace do |rs|
        rs.flavor = 'performance1-1'
        rs.image = '547a46bd-d913-4bf7-ac35-2f24f25f1b7a'
      end
    end
  end
end