Vagrant Virtual Development Environment Cookbook

Running Docker containers with Vagrant

The first thing we'll investigate is how to run and develop simple Docker containers using Vagrant. In recent versions, Vagrant ships with a Docker provider that allows Vagrant users a simple environment to start and run containers.

Before we can start, however, we need to note that Docker builds on top of Linux containers. As such, a Docker container only runs on Linux operating systems. There are two main approaches to run Docker containers on development workstations:

• Developing Docker containers natively on a Linux platform: This is the approach used in a number of development books and guides, including The Docker Book by James Turnbull. Developing with Linux requires either a native Linux installation ...