© Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink 2017

Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink, Pro Linux System Administration, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2008-5_3

3. Introducing VirtualBox, Git, and Vagrant

By Dennis Matotek

Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull2 and Peter Lieverdink3

(1)Footscray, Victoria, Australia

(2)Brooklyn, New York, USA

(3)North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

In Chapter 2 we showed you how to install Linux on a physical server from an ISO image. However, there are many other options to deploying a Linux server—including network provisioning, deploying virtualized machine images, or launching a Linux instance in the “cloud.” There is also a greater ability now to share virtualized machines with others locally or all over ...

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