Vagrant Connection timeout error - vagrant

Question

I'm trying to follow instructions in a book which involve bringing up a vagrant instance based on a Vagrantfile that I downloaded from git clone https://github.com/jorhett/learning-puppet4. For convenience, here are the contents of the Vagrantfile:
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :
# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
Vagrant.require_version ">= 1.5.2"
# Copy files into place
$setupscript = <<END
# Hardlock domain name
echo 'supercede domain-name "example.com";' > /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
# Install etc/hosts for convenience
cp /vagrant/etc-puppet/hosts /etc/hosts
# Install puppet.conf in user directory to quiet deprecation warnings
#mkdir -p /home/vagrant/.puppetlabs/etc/puppet
#cp /vagrant/etc-puppet/puppet.conf /home/vagrant/.puppetlabs/etc/puppet
#chown -R vagrant:vagrant /home/vagrant/.puppetlabs
# Install example hiera settings in global directory
mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/puppet
cp -r /vagrant/etc-puppet/* /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/
mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/code
chown -R vagrant:vagrant /etc/puppetlabs
# Provide the URL to the Puppet Labs yum repo on login
echo "
You should start by enabling the Puppet Labs Puppet Collection 1 release repo
sudo yum install http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-pc1-el-7.noarch.rpm
Then install Puppet 4 and its companion packages
sudo yum install -y puppet-agent
" > /etc/motd
# Enable MotD
sed -i -e 's/^PrintMotd no/PrintMotd yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
systemctl reload sshd
END
Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
config.vm.box = "puppetlabs/centos-7.0-64-nocm"
config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--natdnsproxy1", "off"]
vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--natdnshostresolver1", "off"]
end
# Default client
config.vm.define "client", primary: true do |client|
client.vm.hostname = "client.example.com"
client.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.250.10"
client.vm.provision "shell", inline: $setupscript
end
# A puppetmaster
config.vm.define "puppetmaster", autostart: false do |puppetmaster|
puppetmaster.vm.hostname = "puppetmaster.example.com"
puppetmaster.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.250.5"
puppetmaster.vm.provision "shell", inline: $setupscript
end
# Puppet Server
config.vm.define "puppetserver", autostart: false do |puppetserver|
puppetserver.vm.hostname = "puppet-server.example.com"
puppetserver.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.250.6"
puppetserver.vm.provision "shell", inline: $setupscript
puppetserver.vm.provider :virtualbox do |ps|
ps.memory = 1024
end
end
end
When running vagrant up client I get the following output that ends with an error:
Bringing machine 'client' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> client: Importing base box 'puppetlabs/centos-7.0-64-nocm'...
==> client: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> client: Checking if box 'puppetlabs/centos-7.0-64-nocm' is up to date...
==> client: Setting the name of the VM: learning-puppet4_client_1439117612834_66
905
==> client: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> client: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
client: Adapter 1: nat
client: Adapter 2: hostonly
==> client: Forwarding ports...
client: 22 => 2222 (adapter 1)
==> client: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations...
==> client: Booting VM...
==> client: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
client: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
client: SSH username: vagrant
client: SSH auth method: private key
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
client: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
Timed out while waiting for the machine to boot. This means that
Vagrant was unable to communicate with the guest machine within
the configured ("config.vm.boot_timeout" value) time period.
If you look above, you should be able to see the error(s) that
Vagrant had when attempting to connect to the machine. These errors
are usually good hints as to what may be wrong.
If you're using a custom box, make sure that networking is properly
working and you're able to connect to the machine. It is a common
problem that networking isn't setup properly in these boxes.
Verify that authentication configurations are also setup properly,
as well.
If the box appears to be booting properly, you may want to increase
the timeout ("config.vm.boot_timeout") value.
How to troubleshoot and fix this error?

Answer 1

This is happening at a really low level -- the Vagrant instance isn't booted far enough for provisioning to happen, so nothing you quoted from the Vagrantfile is relevant.
Look for an issue with the Vagrant setup on your machine, and check your machine's logfiles. In particular, check for out of memory conditions.
You can try reducing the Vagrantfile to something really simple, without any of the provisioning stuff and work with that until the virtual machine boots up.
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
Vagrant.require_version ">= 1.5.2"
Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
config.vm.box = "puppetlabs/centos-7.0-64-nocm"
# Default client
config.vm.define "client", primary: true do |client|
client.vm.hostname = "client.example.com"
client.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.250.10"
end
end