My vagrant setup for python flask apps

Makefile

SHELL = /bin/bash
WORKDIR = /vagrant

PSQL = sudo -u postgres psql
DBNAME = changeme
DBUSER = changeme_user
DBPASS = secret

db/console:
	$(PSQL) $(DBNAME)

db/create: db/create/user db/create/database db/seed

db/create/database:
	@echo "--> create DB"
	$(PSQL) -c "CREATE DATABASE $(DBNAME) OWNER $(DBUSER);"

db/create/user:
	@echo "--> create DB user"
	$(PSQL) -c "CREATE USER $(DBUSER) WITH PASSWORD '$(DBPASS)';"

db/seed:
	python seed.py

flask/server:
	python run.py

pip/freeze:
	@echo "--> saving python dependencies to requirements.txt"
	pip freeze > requirements.txt

pip/update:
	@echo "--> updating python dependencies from requirements.txt"
	pip install -r requirements.txt

venv/setup: venv/setup_virtualenv venv/setup_shell

venv/setup_shell:
	@echo "--> configuring python environment"
	(test -f ~/.bash_profile  && grep venv/bin/activate ~/.bash_profile) || \
		echo "cd $(WORKDIR) && source venv/bin/activate" >> ~/.bash_profile

venv/setup_virtualenv:
	@echo "--> creating python virtual environment"
	test -d venv || virtualenv venv

Vagrant file

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"

  # Flask
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 5000, host: 5000

  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
    vb.memory = "2048"
  end

  # Provision python development environment
  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
    export HOME=/home/vagrant

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install -yq \
      ntp \
      git \
      python-dev \
      python-virtualenv \
      postgresql \
      libpq-dev

    su vagrant -c 'cd /vagrant &&
                   make venv/setup &&
                   source venv/bin/activate &&
                   make pip/update &&
                   make db/create'
  SHELL
end