Does cfdev download anything, on every start?

[akoranne]

I downloaded cfdev. First time, as expected, it took a long time.

But on subsequent restarts (after stopping) of cf dev, it is taking 20+ minutes to start. It already has the iso in ~/.cfdev/cache folder. Does it download any bits on every restart?

[akoranne]

 2018-03-01 07:56:06 ⌚in ~/Workspaces
○ → cf dev start
Downloading Resources...
Starting VPNKit ...
Starting the VM...
Deploying the BOSH Director...
Deploying CF...

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             is now running!

To begin using CF Dev, please run:
    cf login -a https://api.v3.pcfdev.io --skip-ssl-validation

Admin user => Email: admin / Password: admin
Regular user => Email: user / Password: pass

 2018-03-01 08:16:11 ⌚in ~/Workspaces

[ekcasey]

Hi @akoranne

CF Dev will not re-download the resources. On each start, it will redeploy a bosh director to the garden instance running in the vm and then use that bosh director to deploy CloudFoundry. It uses pre-compiled bosh releases from the iso in the cache folder, but it can still take some time to deploy.

[akoranne]

Thank you @ekcasey