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Similar ends, but different means. Vagrant would launch a full-blown VM (likely on the order of several minutes), whereas fig'ing will start a container (on th
by gdw2 12y ago
Similar ends, but different means. Vagrant would launch a full-blown VM (likely on the order of several minutes), whereas fig'ing will start a container (on the order of a few seconds).
- nailer 12y agoFig still requires boot2docker, which uses VirtualBox. See linked page at https://docs.docker.com/installation/mac/ https://docs.docker.com/installation/mac/ Note VirtualBox is one of the only modules blacklisted by the Linux kernel not for being proprietary (it's Open Source) but because it's terrible. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk5Mw http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk5Mw
- zenlikethat 12y agoFig only requires boot2docker if you are not working directly on Linux, this is true for docker itself as well. We agree that VBox is not ideal but it is free and we would like to have other options (Fusion, HyperV) available in the future as well.
- samuel1604 12y agoI use fig with volume from my mac under vmware without any problem
- cpuguy83 12y agoboot2docker is a tiny Linux distro and does not require any specific virtualization tool, or even virtualization at all. For the sake of simplicity and distribution the OSX and Windows installers package boot2docker with Virtualbox.