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layout: "intro"
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page_title: "Introduction"
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description: |-
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Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an
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easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development
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environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes
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the "works on my machine" excuse a relic of the past.
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# Introduction to Vagrant
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Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a
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single workflow. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant
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lowers development environment setup time, increases production parity, and
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makes the "works on my machine" excuse a relic of the past.
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If you are already familiar with the basics of Vagrant, the
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[documentation](/docs/index.html) provides a better reference build for all
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available features and internals.
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## Why Vagrant?
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Vagrant provides easy to configure, reproducible, and portable work environments
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built on top of industry-standard technology and controlled by a single
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consistent workflow to help maximize the productivity and flexibility of you and
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your team.
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To achieve its magic, Vagrant stands on the shoulders of giants. Machines
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are provisioned on top of VirtualBox, VMware, AWS, or
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[any other provider](/docs/providers/). Then, industry-standard
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[provisioning tools](/docs/provisioning/)
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such as shell scripts, Chef, or Puppet, can automatically install
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and configure software on the virtual machine.
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### For Developers
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If you are a **developer**, Vagrant will isolate dependencies and their
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configuration within a single disposable, consistent environment, without
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sacrificing any of the tools you are used to working with (editors, browsers,
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debuggers, etc.). Once you or someone else creates a single
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[Vagrantfile](/docs/vagrantfile/), you just need to `vagrant up` and everything
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is installed and configured for you to work. Other members of your team create
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their development environments from the same configuration, so whether you are
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working on Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows, all your team members are running code
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in the same environment, against the same dependencies, all configured the same
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way. Say goodbye to "works on my machine" bugs.
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### For Operators
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If you are an **operations engineer** or **DevOps engineer**, Vagrant gives you a disposable
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environment and consistent workflow for developing and testing infrastructure
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management scripts. You can quickly test things like shell scripts, Chef
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cookbooks, Puppet modules, and more using local virtualization such as
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VirtualBox or VMware. Then, with the _same configuration_, you can test these
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scripts on remote clouds such as AWS or RackSpace with the _same workflow_.
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Ditch your custom scripts to recycle EC2 instances, stop juggling SSH prompts to
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various machines, and start using Vagrant to bring sanity to your life.
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### For Designers
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If you are a **designer**, Vagrant will automatically set everything up that is
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required for that web app in order for you to focus on doing what you do best:
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design. Once a developer configures Vagrant, you do not need to worry about how
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to get that app running ever again. No more bothering other developers to help
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you fix your environment so you can test designs. Just check out the code,
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`vagrant up`, and start designing.
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### For Everyone
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Vagrant is designed for everyone as the easiest and fastest way to create a
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virtualized environment!
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