Derelict

Provides a Ruby API to control Vagrant where Vagrant is installed via the Installer package on Mac OS X.

Currently a work-in-progress.

Why?

Vagrant was historically available as a gem, naturally providing a Ruby API to control Vagrant in other Ruby libraries and applications. However, since version 1.1.0, Vagrant is distributed exclusively using an Installer package. Derelict is a Ruby library that wraps the Vagrant binary, shelling out and parsing the results of each command.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "derelict"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install derelict

Usage

Some examples of common operations using Derelict:

require "derelict"

# Determine if there's a "default" VM defined in /path/to/project
Derelict.instance.connect("/path/to/project").vm(:default).exists?

Advanced

require "derelict"

# Create an instance (represents a Vagrant installation)
instance = Derelict.instance("/path/to/vagrant")
instance = Derelict.instance # Defaults to /Applications/Vagrant

# Issue commands to the instance directly (not usually necessary)
result = instance.execute('--version') # Derelict::Executer object
print "success" if result.success?     # if Vagrant's exit status was 0
print result.stdout                    # "Vagrant 1.3.3\n"

# Connect to a Vagrant project (containing a Vagrantfile)
connection = instance.connect("/path/to/project")

# Issue commands to the connection directly (runs from the project dir)
result = connection.execute(:up) # runs "vagrant up" in project dir
result.success?                  # Derelict::Executer object again

# Retrieve a particular VM from a connection (multi-machine support)
vm = connection.vm(:web) # "vm" is a Derelict::VirtualMachine
vm.exists?               # does the connection define a "web" VM?
vm.state                 # current VM state (:running, :not_created...)
vm.running?              # whether the VM is currently running or not
vm.up!                   # runs "vagrant up" for this VM only
vm.halt!                 # runs "vagrant halt" for this VM only
vm.destroy!              # runs "vagrant destroy --force" for this VM
vm.reload!               # runs "vagrant reload" for this VM only
vm.suspend!              # runs "vagrant suspend" for this VM only
vm.resume!               # runs "vagrant resume" for this VM only

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am "Add some feature")
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request

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