When it comes to source code control I’m a purist: I avoid storing any derived files (ex. generated CSS) or third-party code. So when I started using PuPHPet to generate Vagrant and Puppet configurations, I was dismayed by the gigantic /puphpet/puppet/modules directory. 3,000 files totaling 5 MB?! There must be a better way.
I previously shared my experience using PuPHPet to host a Linux VM on my Windows computer for MEAN stack development. Since then I’ve made some improvements to the startup script I use to overcome Windows’s 260 character path limit, which npm and bower easily exceed.
Lately I’ve been playing with Vagrant and Puppet to create virtual machines for local MEAN stack development. I quickly learned that hosting a Linux VM on a Windows host is tricky. Let’s look at the challenges and workarounds for them.
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