is it possible to customize the VM after it has been provisioned? I know you can execute things like:
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
v.customize "post-boot", ["controlvm", :id, "nic1", "hostonly", "vboxnet0"]
end
But that is executed before provisioning the machine. What I want to do is:
Create the VM. The VM is actually a virtual appliance.
Provision the VM.
Reconfigure eth0 to be of type host-net instead of NAT.
Is this possible?
Thanks
From the vagrant book
With VirtualBox, Vagrant requires the first network device attached to
the virtual machine to be a NAT device. The NAT device is used for
port forwarding, which is how Vagrant gets SSH access to the virtual
machine.
Therefore, any host-only or bridged networks will be added as
additional network devices and exposed to the virtual machine as
“eth1,” “eth2,” and so on. “eth0” or “en0” is generally always the NAT
device.
It isn’t currently possible to override this requirement, but it is
important to understand that it is in place.
If you need to change, you'll need to change in virtual box directly
Related
I have multiple networks specified in my vagrantfile and only one of them are accessible from outside. When the vagrant starts provisioning, sometimes it chooses the wrong network (IP) to connect to the VM and it fails. Is it possible to specify which network should vagrant choose when provisioning? If not, I would like to know how vagrant chooses which IP to use when provisioning.
I'm having an issue bringing a previously working vagrant box up.
When I run the up command with the line box.vm.network "private_network", ip: "10.0.0.10" in it, I get the error:
The specified host network collides with a non-hostonly network!
This will cause your specified IP to be inaccessible. Please change
the IP or name of your host only network so that it no longer matches that of
a bridged or non-hostonly network.
Bridged Network Address: '10.0.0.0'
Host-only Network 'en0: Wi-Fi (Wireless)': '10.0.0.0'
But when I change that same line to box.vm.network "private_network", ip: "10.0.1.10" it works fine (change number after 3rd period 1 from 0).
In my VirtualBox Host Network Manager, I've got
vboxnet1 with the IPv4 Address/Mask 10.0.0.1/24 and vboxnet2 with 10.0.1.1/24. Can anyone give me some help as to why I only seem to be able to use the second? I have no other virtual machines running right now.
Has your network configuration changed recently on the host? Maybe a wifi router, LAN adapter, bridge, VPN tunnel, etc is using 10.0.0.x address space. Typing ifconfig in a Terminal window will reveal all your network interfaces and their IP allocations.
I've run into an issue while using Vagrant.
I have to boxes and I've configured them to be part of different virtualbox internal networks (relevant config below):
Dataplane port
vsrx1.vm.network 'private_network', auto_config: false, nic_type: '82540EM', virtualbox__intnet: **"seg1"**
end
Dataplane port
vsrx3.vm.network 'private_network', auto_config: false, nic_type: '82540EM', virtualbox__intnet: **"seg2"**
end
However, the hosts are able to communicate with one another (they have IPs from the same subnet), although they belong to different private networks.
Does anyone know why?
Thanks,
Cristian
From the vagrant book
NAT Requirement As the First Network Interface
With VirtualBox,
Vagrant requires the first network device attached to the virtual
machine to be a NAT device. The NAT device is used for port
forwarding, which is how Vagrant gets SSH access to the virtual
machine.
Therefore, any host-only or bridged networks will be added as
additional network devices and exposed to the virtual machine as
“eth1,” “eth2,” and so on. “eth0” or “en0” is generally always the NAT
device.
It isn’t currently possible to override this requirement, but it is
important to understand that it is in place.
this first network interface is not set from Vagrantfile, if you ssh into the VM and check the network of the VM, you will see this first network interface used by the host to communicate with the VM (so you can ssh)
I am using Vagrant in multi-machine configuration with:
config.vm.network :private_network, ip: "..."
but I am not able to provision more than 6 machines, because:
There is no available slots on the VirtualBox VM for the configured
high-level network interfaces. "private_network" and "public_network"
network configurations consume a single network adapter slot on the
VirtualBox VM. VirtualBox limits the number of slots to 8, and it
appears that every slot is in use. Please lower the number of used
network adapters.
Tried both private_network and public_network, same results. On last provisioned machine, I see a lot of eth* interfaces, not sure if it is related. I do not need that machines can communicate between themselves, so maybe there is a config to achieve this?
Vagrant version is 1.4.3, VirtualBox is 4.3.34, host is Linux Mint 17.2
can you open Virtual Box and edit the configuration of your VM.
Go to the system setting and select ICH9 chipset in the motherboard tab.
from virtual box documentation
Using the ICH9 chipset it is also possible to configure up to 36
network cards (up to 8 network adapters with PIIX3). Note that the
ICH9 support is experimental and not recommended for guest operating
systems which do not require it
so it should pass the limitation of the 8 network adapters but do not guarantee everything would work as it is still experimental
For sake of automation I need to be able to manually set the IP address of my Virtualbox guest (which is an OS X) to a fixed IP.
Can this be done using VBoxManage? I need to avoid the GUI.
Thanks
in your virtual machine setting, you can find networking adapters. You have some choice :
Network Address Translation (NAT): Used to share the host's IP address
If all you want is to browse the Web, download files and view e-mail inside the guest, then this default mode should be sufficient for you, and you can safely skip the rest of this section.
Bridged networking
This is for more advanced networking needs such as network simulations and running servers in a guest. When enabled, VirtualBox connects to one of your installed network cards and exchanges network packets directly, circumventing your host operating system's network stack.
Host-only networking
This can be used to create a network containing the host and a set of virtual machines, without the need for the host's physical network interface. Instead, a virtual network interface (similar to a loopback interface) is created on the host, providing connectivity among virtual machines and the host.
if you want specific IP for your virtual machine you can set in your guest vm ( ifconfig in linux & ipconfig in windows) and choose NAT in network adapter setting .
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html