alexandrethiel/boot2docker-vagrant-box

Packer scripts to build a Vagrant-compatible boot2docker box.

What will you find here ?

My goal is to run boot2docker as a dev environment into vagrant with these constraints :

• Vagrant is running on Windows 7/8 x64 with virtualbox provider
• We want to share things already existing in the original host FS.
• We can run into a corporate env, with an HTTP proxy
• This repository is used to generate the basebox on vagrant cloud : https://vagrantcloud.com/dduportal/boot2docker.

See the CHANGELOG.md for history.

Building the basebox

Quick build :

(simple, is'nt it ?)

On *nix :

bash make.sh

On *nix :

make.bat

Detailled build :

• First, we'll build the boot2docker iso thru docker and a Dockerfile, taking advantages of trusted builds and extensive build provided by boot2docker guys (https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/blob/master/doc/BUILD.md). We're using docker with the brand new Vagrant Docker provider.

• Second, we'll use this custom ISO to build a vagrant basebox, using packer.

• Third, we'll run a set of tests for validating the content of the basebox : guarantee stability over updates.

Done :

• Using virtual box shared folder (using boot2docker/boot2docker#282) for working by default with vagrant
• Custom profile : if you have a file "custom_profile.sh" at the root, it will be injected on your b2d box (example : configuring corporate HTTP proxy on interactive shell AND docker)
• A full Windows bat script chain for quickly build and launching the VM
• Bats tests suites for docker and vagrant, inside the VM (Windows only)
• Build chain for linux
• Running bats tests on linux
• Use Boot2docker official build