utm, The grimoire of a modern Linux professional

As we saw in the Vagrant - installing and operating post, Vagrant provides a convenient way for automating the setup, configuration and management of virtual machines, enabling reproducible and consistent development environments.

In that post, we also had an overview of how to create a Vagrantbox from scratch for the Parallels provider. We then digged further the process of creating Vagrant boxes from scratch in the Create Oracle Linux 10 aarch64 Vagrantbox for UTM post, where we generated a full featured Vagrant box for ARM64 using the UTM provider.

The missing part to complete your Vagrant skill sets is the creation of Vagrant Boxes Repositories, grouping them into a Vagratn Box Catalog and publish them on an HTTP server, so to make them available to other users.

Vagrant Box Catalog And Vagrant Box Repository Tutorial explains how to pack mutliple Vagrant boxes into a box repositotory and publish it on an HTTP server.

On Apple Macs with Silicon processors, UTM is one of the best free virtualization options available, offering solid performance for ARM-based virtual machines.

As we saw in the Vagrant - installing and operationg post, Vagrant provides a convenient way for automating the setup, configuration, and management of virtual machines, enabling reproducible and consistent development environments.

Sadly, when dealing with Vagrant, there are only a few prebuilt Vagrant boxes supporting the UTM provider, which limits its out-of-the-box usability. Create ARM64 VagrantBox for Oracle Linux on UTM arch64 from Scratch shows how to create an aarch64 Oracle Linux 10 Vagrant box supporting the UTM ARM provider, making it easier to deploy and manage Linux VMs on Apple Silicon.