Virtual Machines

Question 1

What is a virtual machine?

Answer 1

An emulation of a particular computer system.

Question 2

why would we use a virtual machine?

Answer 2

we would use a virtual machine to allow for testing of web applications without impacting the local machine

Question 3

what are some examples of virtual machine software?

Answer 3

• operating systems
• virtualbox
• vagrant

Question 4

what is vagrant?

Answer 4

Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes the “works on my machine” excuse a relic of the past.

Question 5

what is virtualbox?

Answer 5

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.