Vagrant - Not Supported the capability 'change_host_name' - vagrant

Question

The problem is about the capability 'change_host_name' isn't supported by the guest when I try to execute the following command line:
vagrant up
It gives me an error as the following:
Vagrant attempted to execute the capability 'change_host_name'
on the detect guest OS 'linux', but the guest doesn't
support that capability. This capability is required for your
configuration of Vagrant. Please either reconfigure Vagrant to
avoid this capability or fix the issue by creating the capability.
Note that my OS is:
OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
Guest Additions Version: 4.2.0 and VirtualBox Version: 5.0
I've tried many solutions of others who face this issue, but I couldn't fix it.

Answer 1

This is https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/7625. It will be fixed in the next release, until then if its blocking you, you can patch vagrant yourself
If you want to patch yourself
Method1 :
search for the plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb file in your vagrant installation
e.g. /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.5/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb on mac/linux default install
or /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/vagrant-1.8.5/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb
windows : C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\embedded\gems\gems\vagrant-1.8.5\plugin‌​s\guests\ubuntu\gues‌​t.rb
replace with
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/carlosefr/vagrant/1c631c18d1a654405f6954459a42ac19a1a2f096/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb (make sure to be with correct rights if you install as admin, you must be admin user to save the file)
alternatively edit the file and replace all contents by
module VagrantPlugins
module GuestUbuntu
class Guest < Vagrant.plugin("2", :guest)
def detect?(machine)
# This command detects if we are running on Ubuntu. /etc/os-release is
# available on modern Ubuntu versions, but does not exist on 14.04 and
# previous versions, so we fall back to lsb_release.
#
# GH-7524
# GH-7625
#
machine.communicate.test <<-EOH.gsub(/^ {10}/, "")
if test -r /etc/os-release; then
source /etc/os-release && test xubuntu = x$ID
elif test -x /usr/bin/lsb_release; then
/usr/bin/lsb_release -i 2>/dev/null | grep -q Ubuntu
else
exit 1
fi
EOH
end
end
end
end
Method2 : An Alternative method to patch the file using patch command :
save the following file under vagrant-guest.patch
commit 00fa49191dba2bb7c6322fa8df9327ca505c0b41
Author: Seth Vargo <sethvargo#gmail.com>
Date: Sat Jul 23 11:40:36 2016 -0400
guests/ubuntu: Revert detection
- Semi-reverts GH-7524
- Fixes GH-7625
diff --git a/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb b/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb
index 9aeb7aa..f60108e 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb
## -2,7 +2,22 ## module VagrantPlugins
module GuestUbuntu
class Guest < Vagrant.plugin("2", :guest)
def detect?(machine)
- machine.communicate.test("test -r /etc/os-release && . /etc/os-release && test xubuntu = x$ID")
+ # This command detects if we are running on Ubuntu. /etc/os-release is
+ # available on modern Ubuntu versions, but does not exist on 14.04 and
+ # previous versions, so we fall back to lsb_release.
+ #
+ # GH-7524
+ # GH-7625
+ #
+ machine.communicate.test <<-EOH.gsub(/^ {10}/, "")
+ if test -r /etc/os-release; then
+ source /etc/os-release && test xubuntu = x$ID
+ elif test -x /usr/bin/lsb_release; then
+ /usr/bin/lsb_release -i 2>/dev/null | grep -q Ubuntu
+ else
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ EOH
end
end
end
and run the following command to apply the patch
sudo patch -p1 --directory /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.5/ < vagrant-guest.patch
Just replace /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.5 (or /opt/vagrant/embedded/gems/vagrant-1.8.5/plugins/guests/ubuntu/guest.rb) with your vagrant folder installation