diff --git a/_layouts/getting_started.html b/_layouts/getting_started.html index 9c4193cd0..79cb1efe1 100644 --- a/_layouts/getting_started.html +++ b/_layouts/getting_started.html @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ {% include header.html %}
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/index.md b/docs/getting-started/index.md index 24b09186c..1f72005ea 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started/index.md +++ b/docs/getting-started/index.md @@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ title: Getting Started --- # Getting Started with Vagrant -Web developers use virtual environments every day with their web applications. From EC2 and Rackspace Cloud to specialized -solutions such as EngineYard and Heroku, virtualization is the tool of choice for easy deployment and infrastructure management. -Vagrant aims to take those very same principals and put them to work in the heart of the application lifecycle. -By providing easy to configure, lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual machines targeted at -development environments, Vagrant helps maximize your productivity and flexibility. +Vagrant uses [Sun's VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org) +to build configurable, lightweight, and portable virtual machines dynamically. +The first couple pages serve to introduce you to Vagrant and what it has +to offer while the rest of the guide is a technical walkthrough for building a +fully functional Ruby on Rails development environment. The getting started +guide concludes by explaining how to package the newly created vagrant environment +so other developers can get up and running in just a couple commands. ## Install Vagrant diff --git a/docs/getting-started/why.md b/docs/getting-started/why.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0e938d206 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/getting-started/why.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +layout: getting_started +title: Getting Started - Why Vagrant? +--- +# Why Vagrant? + +Web developers use virtual environments every day with their web applications. From EC2 and Rackspace Cloud to specialized +solutions such as EngineYard and Heroku, virtualization is the tool of choice for easy deployment and infrastructure management. +Vagrant aims to take those very same principals and put them to work in the heart of the application lifecycle. +By providing easy to configure, lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual machines targeted at +development environments, Vagrant helps maximize your productivity and flexibility. + +Vagrant is a development tool which stands on the shoulders of giants, using tried and +proven technologies to achieve its magic. Vagrant uses [Sun's VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org) +to create its virtual machines and then uses [Chef](http://www.opscode.org/chef) to provision them. + +## Benefits of Vagrant + +### For Solo Developers + +### For Teams + +### For Companies \ No newline at end of file