Can I use Vagrant with VMware?

HashiCorp develops an official VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation provider for Vagrant. This provider allows Vagrant to power VMware based machines and take advantage of the improved stability and performance that VMware software offers. The Vagrant VMware plugin is now open sourced under the MPL.

How do I install Vagrant on VMware Workstation?

Installation of the Vagrant VMware provider requires two steps. First the Vagrant VMware Utility must be installed. This can be done by downloading and installing the correct system package from the Vagrant VMware Utility downloads page.

What is Vagrant VMware utility?

The Vagrant VMware Utility provides the Vagrant VMware provider plugin access to various VMware functionalities. The Vagrant VMware Utility is required by the Vagrant VMware Desktop provider plugin.

What is Vagrant provider?

Providers are the services that Vagrant uses to set up and create virtual environments. Support for VirtualBox, Hyper-V, and Docker virtualization ships with Vagrant, while VMware and AWS are supported via plugins.

Is Vagrant like Docker?

Vagrant is a level above Docker in terms of abstractions, so it isn’t a fair comparison in most cases. Vagrant launches things to run apps/services for the purpose of development. This can be on VirtualBox, VMware. It can be remote like AWS, OpenStack.

Does Vagrant require VirtualBox?

Vagrant comes with support out of the box for VirtualBox, a free, cross-platform consumer virtualization product. The VirtualBox provider is compatible with VirtualBox versions 4.0.

Is Docker better than Vagrant?

Docker is built on container technology that is simply faster and less resource intensive than virtual machines. While you can use Vagrant to run multiple instances of the same virtual machine to run multiple applications, doing with containers is going to have significantly better performance.

Is docker better than Vagrant?

How to install the vagrant VMware provider plugin?

What do you need to know about vagrant vSphere provider?

Vagrant vSphere Provider. This is a Vagrant 1.6.4+ plugin that adds a vSphere provider to Vagrant, allowing Vagrant to control and provision machines using VMware. New machines are created from virtual machines or templates which must be configured prior to using this provider.

Which is the latest version of vagrant utility?

These are the available downloads for the latest version of Vagrant VMware Utility (1.0.20). Please download the proper package for your operating system and architecture. Continue learning with step by step tutorials at HashiCorp Learn.

How to create a VM in Vagrant-machines?

To create the VM in a directory other than the one where the template was located, include the vm_base_path setting. For example: if the machines will be stored in a directory called vagrant-machines the vm_base_path would be: To set a static IP, add a private network to your vagrant file: