Setting up a Ruby runtime environment

Getting started to write Vagrant plugins is identical to setting up a Ruby development environment.

Getting ready

It's typically good practice to develop using the target runtime. Vagrant embeds a Ruby runtime in the installed operating system package that can be used to find the proper version of Ruby to use as a development target. You can set up a Ruby environment by performing the following steps:

1. Find the location of the Vagrant installation. On OS X for example, Vagrant is typically installed in /Applications/Vagrant/. The Vagrant installation contains a folder named embedded/ that contains the Ruby runtime used by Vagrant.
2. In a terminal window, execute a version command on the embedded Ruby. To do this, change directories to /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/bin and execute:

   ./ruby –version
   

   This will return a value of the Ruby runtime. In this case, OS X package, Vagrant 1.6.5) of:

   
3. Set up a development version of Ruby. The simplest method...