Vagrant

Vagrant is a tool for managing virtual machine environments, allowing you to create, configure, and provision virtual machines of different configurations. It is also one of the best Docker alternatives that you need to know.

Vagrant is primarily used to manage and provision environments that contain applications running in virtual environments. Vaguely managed virtual machines often have more significant resource requirements because they run the entire operating system.

Vagrant provides strong isolation using separate virtual machines with independent operating systems. Vagrant is more suitable for creating full development environments with multiple VMs and doesn't have the isolation issue you might think with docker. It is often used for testing multi-tier applications with complex network setups.

Of course, when using Vagrant, you are allowed to create image files on virtual machines and share them widely with the community without any difficulty.

Features:

• Allowing you to create, configure, and provision virtual machines of different configurations.
• Use for testing multi-tier applications with complex network setups.

Pros:

• Vagrant allows you to compartmentalize separate virtual machines for easier management.
• Vagrant environments are easy to share with team members or deployed on different servers.

Cons:

• Managing opaque Windows-based virtual machines can be more difficult due to licensing and compatibility issues.

Founded: 2010

Headquarters: California, United States

Website: https://www.vagrantup.com/