diff --git a/website/www/source/blog/2014-03-10-vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html.md b/website/www/source/blog/2014-03-10-vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8ad0a76bc --- /dev/null +++ b/website/www/source/blog/2014-03-10-vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html.md @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +--- +page_title: "Vagrant 1.5 and Vagrant Cloud" +title: "Vagrant 1.5 and Vagrant Cloud" +author: "Mitchell Hashimoto" +author_url: https://github.com/mitchellh +--- + +Vagrant 1.5 is now available! This is a new major release that +adds some incredible new features to Vagrant. We've also obsessed over +[stability](/blog/stability-and-upgrades.html), so we expect this to be the +most stable release, as well. + +We're also announcing [Vagrant Cloud](https://vagrantcloud.com), a place +for sharing, discovering, and creating Vagrant environments. Vagrant Cloud +today is a place for managing boxes and +[Vagrant Share](/blog/feature-preview-vagrant-1-5-share.html). In the future, +it'll continue to grow into a much broader vision we have. + +Vagrant 1.5 introduces no breaking backwards compatibilities. There are some +configuration options that have changed but they still work and will now just +output deprecation warnings. They'll be removed in a future release. + +There are a huge number of features in Vagrant 1.5, more than any other +release Vagrant has ever had. And there are also a huge number of bug fixes +in Vagrant 1.5. The feature highlights: + + * [Vagrant Share](/blog/vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html#features) + * [Boxes 2.0](/blog/vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html#features) + * [Rsync Synced Folders](/blog/vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html#features) + * [Hyper-V](/blog/vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html#features) + * [SMB Synced Folders](/blog/vagrant-1-5-and-vagrant-cloud.html#features) + +You can [download Vagrant now](/downloads.html) or read the +[complete CHANGELOG](https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/blob/v1.5.0/CHANGELOG.md). +You can also [sign up for Vagrant Cloud](https://vagrantcloud.com) now. +Otherwise, continue reading for more details about Vagrant 1.5 and +Vagrant Cloud. + +READMORE + + +### New Features + +Vagrant 1.5 is full of many new features. We spent almost a month leading +up to the release of Vagrant 1.5 previewing each of these features. To learn +more about the new features in Vagrant 1.5, please read the preview post +for each: + + * [Vagrant Share](/blog/feature-preview-vagrant-1-5-share.html) - Share + access to your Vagrant environment to anyone in the world with a simple + command. Collaboration with Vagrant environments has never been easier. + + * [Boxes 2.0](/blog/feature-preview-vagrant-1-5-boxes-2-0.html) - Versioned + boxes make it easier to track changes, and box names are now as simple + as `hashicorp/precise64`. In short: boxes are much more pleasent to use. + + * [Rsync Synced Folders](/blog/feature-preview-vagrant-1-5-rsync.html) - + Use `rsync` to sync folders between the host and the guest. This creates + very high performance file writes/reads in exchange for slightly higher + syncing times. In addition, rsync synced folders allow filesystem + notification systems (such as inotify) to work properly. + + * [SMB Synced Folders](/blog/feature-preview-vagrant-1-5-hyperv.html) - + A high-performance synced folder option for Windows users. These synced + folders use SMB to sync data to and from the guest. + + * [Hyper-V](/blog/feature-preview-vagrant-1-5-hyperv.html) - The first + provider other than VirtualBox to ship with Vagrant itself. Vagrant can + now create and manage Vagrant environments backed by Hyper-V. This is + the first of many providers coming into Vagrant core. + +In addition to the above features we highlighted, Vagrant 1.5 has many more that +we didn't have time to cover in dedicated blog posts: + + * **Password-based SSH authentication** - Boxes used with Vagrant no longer + need to have the "insecure Vagrant key" inside them. Vagrant can now connect + with password-based authentication and insert a key for you. This lets + you use almost any off-the-shelf virtual machine with Vagrant. + + * **Plugin management overhaul** - Vagrant now has better dependency + resolution for plugins, can constrain versions, can update all plugins + with a single `vagrant plugin update`, and more. The command-line usage + of the plugin system is the same, but we think that plugins will be much + more enjoyable to use and manage now. + + * **New guest support: Funtoo, NetBSD, and TinyCore Linux** - Vagrant can + now manage networks, hostnames, etc. on these operating systems as + guests. + +The documentation for Vagrant has been updated to cover all of these new +features, so you can learn details about each feature in the +[Vagrant documentation](http://docs.vagrantup.com). + +In addition to these features, dozens of improvements and bug fixes were +made to Vagrant. You can see these by reading the complete +[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/blob/v1.5.0/CHANGELOG.md). + +### Vagrant Cloud + +Alongside Vagrant 1.5, we're announcing the availability of +[Vagrant Cloud](https://vagrantcloud.com). Vagrant Cloud is a hosted +service for finding boxes, sharing boxes, managing Vagrant Share, and +much more to come. + +With the Vagrant Cloud launch, we're +[featuring Chef's pre-built boxes](https://vagrantcloud.com/discover/featured) +for various operating systems. These boxes do not have any provisioners +pre-installed and are a great starting point for any development environments. +They also show how easy it is to find boxes on Vagrant Cloud: +[https://vagrantcloud.com/discover/featured](https://vagrantcloud.com/discover/featured). + +Coming very soon to Vagrant Cloud: support for organizations, API access, audit logs +and statistics for box usage, ACLs on Vagrant Shares, custom domains, +and more. + +Vagrant Cloud is completely free for now. While we'll eventually charge +for some access to it, most personal usage will likely remain free. Our current +plans for pricing revolve around commercial use and advanced features. + +### The Future + +Vagrant 1.5 addresses and resolves many major feature requests for core +Vagrant functionality. We've already begun work on Vagrant 1.6, which will +add a few new exciting core features, as well as bring in more providers +into the core of Vagrant. + +In 1.6, you'll finally be able to see the status of all created Vagrant +environments from anywhere on your system. No more forgetting you have a +handful of virtual machines running! Vagrant will also have full support +for Windows-based guest machines, finally. And we're planning on adding at +least two providers to core, if not more. + +Of course, we have more plans than just this, but this should show you +that we still have much to do, but we're getting there.