Is it possible to configure the Vagrantfile, so vagrant box update run automatically when the box is starting via vagrant up?
No, it's not possible, as you can see in the Vagrant docs:
Using the Vagrantfile, you can also configure Vagrant to automatically check for updates during any vagrant up. This is enabled by default, but can easily be disabled with config.vm.box_check_update = false in your Vagrantfile.
When this is enabled, Vagrant will check for updates on every vagrant up, not just when the machine is being created from scratch, but also when it is resuming, starting after being halted, etc.
If an update is found, Vagrant will output a warning to the user letting them know an update is available. That user can choose to ignore the warning for now, or can update the box by running vagrant box update.
Vagrant can not and does not automatically download the updated box and update the machine because boxes can be relatively large and updating the machine requires destroying it and recreating it, which can cause important data to be lost. Therefore, this process is manual to the extent that the user has to manually enter a command to do it.
You can check more of the docs in this link
Related
I want to package a box file to a location as my disk is nearly full, does anyone know how to accomplish this.
I am running the vagrant package command
If you want to save space on your disk and you do not need to delete/recreate the VM, you can simply delete the box.
Indeed when running vagrant up, vagrant clones the current box file as the VM and do not need it afterwards. even if you delete the base box, vagrant will continue working as normal. Only in case you need to delete your VM and recreate and provision as a new VM, you will need the base box again.
I am pretty new to vagrant. I have installed an ubuntu 14.04 trusty box on my vagrant and will use it for my web development environment. I want to know which is the best way to disable/close/shutdown a vagrant box so that data in it remain safe in the next session? I mean when I want to shutdown my laptop (in windows 10, my host machine os is win10) there is a message telling me that virtualbox interface is open. so if I close the process then I cant access vagrant box anymore. I want a good way to close vagrant and run it in my next working session.
I read about vagrant halt before host shutdown and using vagrant up in next session but it takes too long to run a vagrant up.
**summary : I WANT A WAY TO DO THIS:
1- close a vagrant box without a data loss in it;
2- shutdown my laptop without seeing the message that tells virtualbox interface is open.
3- run vagrant box and access it with putty as fast as possible when I start working again.
is there a way to do this?**
thanks.
I want to know which is the best way to disable/close/shutdown a vagrant box so that data in it remain safe in the next session
I would not necessarily to recommend vagrant halt which will completely stop your VM and will need to start up after you restart your host.
You can run vagrant suspend which will hold your data and you will retrieve your instance in the same state as it was before on your next startup
You can read more about the differences between halt and suspend
I have some projects in Laravel, and when I have to give some maintenance to them, sometimes when I run vagrant up, it warns me up that I have a newer version of the laravel box, homestead, like the message below:
A newer version of the box 'laravel/homestead' is available! You currently
have version '1.1.0'. The latest is version '2.0.0'. Run
`vagrant box update` to update.
My question is, always when I run vagrant box update, it tooks like a decade to download the newer version of the box, because it seems like the hashicorp's servers are not too good enough to handle...
Having that in mind, can I give maintenance to my project while putting the machine up, and in parallel, also update the box? I really don't understand if that's really possible, or how could this impact the things.
Thank you very much, I hope to ask a question other users also have.
Having that in mind, can I give maintenance to my project while putting the machine up, and in parallel, also update the box?
Yes - you can start your current VM running vagrant up and in parallel update the existing box vagrant box update (You can even do that from any folder, in this case point to the box to be updated vagrant box update --box laravel/homestead)
Note that the box is used to create the VM when you first spin up (vagrant is basically cloning the box to create a new VM) so if you update the box, it will not affect your current VM
As mentioned by others, if you want your VM to reflect the update of the box (3rd party software for example), then yes you need to destroy the VM and recreate the VM (running vagrant up)
No, you can't update running machines.. Simply update command downloads the new image .. So if you really have to update a machine ( running or not ) you have to destroy it.
Check vagrant versioning documentation for more details
I'm new to vagrant, I'm using scotchbox.
I've configured a couple of vhosts in apache.
I guess the right way to do this would have been to change the provisionning of my box (as it's the aim of vaghrant right?) but i did the old school way by simpply editing my config files and so on...
Now my question is :
if i run vagrant destroy, do i loose all my configs?
is there any other command (vagrant halt, vagrant suspend?) that would allow me to reboot my host machine without loosing my config?
vagrant destroy will remove entire VM so any changes that were made manually will be lost. Vagrant halt only turns of the power so to speak so nothing is lost. If you run your machine again or reboot it all your data is save, just don't use --provision option that will recreate all initial configuration.
I'm problem with my Vagrant boxes. I had a number of boxes in operation, opened my Vagrantfile to add a new box config. Then when I ran vagrant up new_box, I was told that it could not boot and was subsequently placed in poweroff state. Now ALL my boxes are in poweroff state when I check vagrant status. The apps running on these boxes are still running though, but I can't ssh into them. I also cannot run vagrant halt, nothing seems to happen. When I run vagrant up port collisions occur.
In short, my Vagrant boxes are running (sort of), but they aren't really?
EDIT
I have tried destroying a box (rather than just halting) and then running vagrant up again, but the port is still occupied when I try to bring the box back up again... However, when I check netstat the host ports are not listed as in use by any application.
The problem was caused by an update of VirtualBox performed by the server admin (without me knowing). Also, a kernel update was being performed.