Hi there, I’m exploring Pulumi and would like to ...
# pulumi-deployments
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Hi there, I’m exploring Pulumi and would like to run it locally using virtual machines. a. Is it possible to use Pulumi to provision and manage infrastructure locally on a VM running inside Oracle VirtualBox? b. If not, are there any alternative virtualization tools you would recommend (other than Oracle VirtualBox) that work well with Pulumi for local testing and development? I’m mainly looking for something lightweight and compatible with Pulumi’s workflows (especially for local cloud or dev/test scenarios). Any guidance would be appreciated!
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> Is it possible to use Pulumi to provision and manage infrastructure locally on a VM running inside Oracle VirtualBox? Do you mean "deploy software" locally on the VM? Infrastructure doesn't get deployed to a VM: VMs are the infrastructure that get deployed. Along with things like load balancers, firewalls, storage devices, etc. Pulumi isn't intended for deploying software onto VMs, though it can do that since Pulumi programs are also general programs. If you're looking for tools to manage software deployed to computers, try Ansible, Puppet, Chef and SaltStack.