Development-Workflow.md

Development Tips

A test Vagrantfile is provided to run the current provisioning without building the full packer box. cd into the dev/ directory, then try:

# Bring the box up for the first time
vagrant up

# After updating the Ansible playbook or roles
vagrant reload --provision

# After updating the spec files in drupalbox/tests/
vagrant reload --provision-with test

# Rebuild the box from scratch
vagrant destroy
vagrant up

There are a few things that are different between running the provisioning against a vagrant box and running the provisioning as part of the Packer workflow. The full Packer workflow can be run with Make:

make drupalbox

If this is successful, you can dd the resulting box to your local list of Vagrant boxes:

vagrant box add --name=test-drupalbox drupalbox_virtualbox.box

To spin up a Vagrant environment using this box:

1. cd to the directory where you want to use the box (either an existing project, or a new, empty directory)

2. If you've run Vagrant here before, destroy the existing environment:

   vagrant destroy
   

3. If there's an existing Vagrantfile, update these lines:

   box.vm.box = "test-drupalbox"
   box.vm.box_version = "*"
   

4. Otherwise, create a new Vagrantfile:

   vagrant init test-drupalbox
   

5. Spin up the box and ssh in:

   vagrant up
   vagrant ssh