Vagrant

What Vagrant is

Vagrant is a free command-line utility for managing virtual machines and creating consistent, disposable environments. Teams describe an environment and its dependencies in a Vagrantfile, then use that configuration to create matching setups. Provisioners can install software or change machine settings when `vagrant up` runs. Boxes package environments, with a public catalog of operating system bases and specialized configurations. Vagrant supports VirtualBox, Hyper-V, and Docker, while additional providers can manage other machine types. Plugins extend it through a documented API, and provisioning can use shell scripts, Chef, or Puppet. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows; the install page lists version 2.4.9. Vagrant Share uses end-to-end TLS for non-HTTP connections and encrypts SSH keys by default, but a running share is accessible to anyone who knows its share name. HashiCorp says it cannot support issues in third-party published boxes. As of October 1, 2026, new boxes cannot be created in HCP Vagrant; existing deployments are scheduled for decommissioning after December 31, 2026.