Re:Nanobox: Local development done right
by tylerflint on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @09:27AM
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Yes, nanobox will try to auto-configure your environment for you. If you would rather define your environment or if nanobox can't auto-configure your environment, you can either:
1- Explicitly define your app's environment with the Boxfile (https://docs.nanobox.io/getting-started/boxfile/)
2- Write your own engine that will actually setup the environment (https://desktop.nanobox.io/engine-dev/).
Previously we used to write hundreds of lines of puppet/chef/whatever scripts just to set things up. Its all already boiled down to just a few lines of configuration files. With tools like this or otto, its getting further hidden into nothing, seeming to look almost like magic. I'd rather stick with the few lines that I can control.