maljub01 / vagrant-rvm-cache

A Vagrant plugin to share RVM's downloaded files between different guest VMs with the same architecture.

DEPRECATION NOTICE:¶ ↑

vagrant-rvm-cache is no longer maintained. For additional features and Vagrant 1.1+ compatibility, consider using vagrant-cachier.

Vagrant RVM Cache¶ ↑

Vagrant RVM cache allows you to save time and network bandwidth by avoiding unnecessarily re-downloading RVM packages by sharing RVM’s archives directory between different guest VMs that use the same Vagrant box. It should work equally well regardless of your RVM installation (single-user, multi-user, or mixed).

Usage¶ ↑

Adding it to your Vagrant environment¶ ↑

If you installed Vagrant using RubyGems¶ ↑

To add Vagrant RVM Cache to your Vagrant environment, all you need to do is add the following line to your Gemfile:

gem 'vagrant-rvm-cache', :git => 'git://github.com/maljub01/vagrant-rvm-cache.git'

Then run bundle install. The plugin will then be loaded automatically by Vagrant each time you run vagrant up or vagrant reload.

If you installed Vagrant using system packages or installers¶ ↑

To add Vagrant RVM Cache to your Vagrant environment, you will need to build and install it using Vagrant’s frontend to RubyGems.

This is done by running the following commands:

git clone git://github.com/maljub01/vagrant-rvm-cache.git
cd vagrant-rvm-cache
vagrant gem build vagrant-rvm-cache.gemspec
vagrant gem install vagrant-rvm-cache-VERSION.gem

The plugin will then be loaded automatically by Vagrant each time you run vagrant up or vagrant reload.

Additional Notes¶ ↑

/etc/rvmrc¶ ↑

• In order for Vagrant RVM Cache to be able to use the same archives directory for different single-user installations, it overrides RVM’s $rvm_archives_path setting from /etc/rvmrc. It will only do this if the file doesn’t exist (in order to avoid overwriting your stuff). If you want to have a custom /etc/rvmrc file, please make sure you add the following line to it, to ensure that Vagrant RVM Cache works properly for Multi-User installations:

  rvm_archives_path=/usr/local/rvm/archives

License¶ ↑

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.