StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by keven » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 6:30 PM UTC

StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments
stackrocket.com

Re: StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by keven » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 6:47 PM UTC

Howdy HN users, right now we have Rails, Django and PHP stacks available. We'll be adding more stacks in coming weeks.

Re: StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by tsmith » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:05 PM UTC

Looks awesome, guys! Congratulations on the launch!

Re: StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by goo » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:14 PM UTC

I don't see any information about how to run these stacks locally -- are they something I can run using virtualbox?

Re: StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by keven » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

goo wrote: post #4

I don't see any information about how to run these stacks locally -- are they something I can run using virtualbox?

Yes, once you installed virtualbox and our command line tool, stkr, a virtual machine will be downloaded automatically and a stack of your choice will be set up locally.

Visit getting started page https://www.stackrocket.com/docs/getting_started or ping me if you have more questions.

Re: StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by goo » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:20 PM UTC

keven wrote: post #5

goo wrote: post #4

I don't see any information about how to run these stacks locally -- are they something I can run using virtualbox?

Yes, once you installed virtualbox and our command line tool, stkr, a virtual machine will be downloaded automatically and a stack of your choice will be set up locally. Visit getting started page https://www.stackrocket.com/docs/getting_started or ping me if you have more questions.

Ahh, thanks you!

Re: StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by michaelbuckbee » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:20 PM UTC

keven wrote: post #2

Howdy HN users, right now we have Rails, Django and PHP stacks available. We'll be adding more stacks in coming weeks.

It wasn't clear to me from the video, are those stacks preset or can I specify Rails 2.8, MySQL 5.2, and so on?

Re: StackRocket launches beta to help developers build virtualized dev environments

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Post by dantheman » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:21 PM UTC

keven wrote: post #2

Howdy HN users, right now we have Rails, Django and PHP stacks available. We'll be adding more stacks in coming weeks.

I'd love to see a Scala/Akka/Play 2.0 stack.

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Post by pilom » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:24 PM UTC

Any particular reason for Ubuntu 10.04 vs any other os?

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Post by throwaway123213 » Thu, Dec 15, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

How is it different from http://vagrantup.com/ -- Seems to have more features/support for chef/puppet?