[Devtools] Recommended Vagrant & Virtualbox versions

[David Kutalek]

Yes, that look ok to me.

David

----- Original Message -----
> Thank you!
> 
> This topic was moved from the cdk internal list where we now have a
> parallel discussion.
> Let me try to summarize both discussions here.
> 
> 1. Vagrant 1.7.4 is recommended because 1.8.0 and 1.8.1 has some issues.
> 2. Virtualbox 5.0.* were used during Beta testing and seemed to work
> perfectly. So, the latest 5.0.* version can be recommended.
> 
> If that is correct then IMO we should:
> 
> 1. If user has nothing installed on his/her machine then our CDK + JBDS
> windows installer should download & install vagrant 1.7.4 & virtualbox
> 5.0.16 (the latest currently available version).
> 2. If user has vagrant 1.8.* installed then warm him/her that
> 1.8.0/1.8.1 has critical issues and 1.7.4 is strongly recommended.
> 3. If user has vagrant <= 1.7.3 then warn that version was not tested
> and 1.7.4 is recommended.
> 4. If user has virtualbox 5.0.* then no warnings. Just re-use it by default.
> 5. If user has virtualbox < 5.0 or 5.1 or higher then warn that version
> was not tested and the "bundled" 5.0.16 is recommended.
> 
> Does it look reasonable to you?
> 
> On 04/04/2016 06:26 AM, David Kutalek wrote:
> > Hi Alexey,
> >
> > vagrant-1.7.4 and virtualbox-5.0.8 are versions recommended by developers
> > for Windows environment. We tested also with newer versions of virtualbox
> > without problems. Some versions of vagrant 1.8.x are buggy so not
> > recommended
> > in installation guide:
> >
> > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-enterprise-linux-atomic-host/version-7/getting-started-with-container-development-kit
> >
> > David Kutalek
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> Anyone?
> >>
> >> On 04/01/2016 06:04 AM, Pete Muir wrote:
> >>> Moving to devtools.
> >>>
> >>> On 31 March 2016 at 22:51, Alexey Kazakov <alkazako at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> What are recommended versions of Vagrant & Virtualbox for CDK?
> >>>> In our windows installer (CDK+JBDS+Vagrant+Virtualbox) we download
> >>>> vagrant-1.7.4 and virtualbox-5.0.8.
> >>>> I saw somewhere in the CDK getting started guide that vagrant 1.8.0 and
> >>>> 1.8.1 are not recommended because of some issues, so we will stick with
> >>>> vagrant-1.7.4 for now.
> >>>> I don't see any restrictions/recommendations regarding vagrant and
> >>>> virtualbox versions in the Getting Started guide [1] any more though.
> >>>> And what about virtualbox? The latest available version is 5.0.16. Any
> >>>> recommendations here?
> >>>>
> >>>> [1]
> >>>> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-enterprise-linux-atomic-host/version-7/getting-started-with-container-development-kit
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
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> 
> 

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David Kutalek, 
Senior Quality Engineer, Red Hat, Inc. 
CDK QE / BaseOS QE Apps