Vagrant vs Docker: Which Is Right for You? (Could Be Both)

DevOps teams are under increasing pressure to deliver greater functionality to customers quickly. Cloud providers offer a solution through scalable platforms with excellent CLI and API integrations. Unfortunately, the interfaces exposed by cloud providers can be incompatible. But some cloud-native tools help DevOps teams build custom solutions for any cloud provider.

Two such tools are Vagrant and Docker. Understanding what they do and how they work together is key to getting the most out of your cloud environment.

Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine (VM) environments in a single workflow. Whether you’re building local VMs to