I am on a Mac OS X Mavericks trying to run a Vagrant Windows 7 box (http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie11).
Also I have installed the vagrant-windows plugin and have configured the Vagrantfile with the following properties:
PS: Don't consider the syntax below. It's just to represent what is configured in my file.
gui = true
memory = 2048
cpu = 2
So when I run the 'vagrant up' command I get this output:
gyo-macbook:Win7 gyo$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'win7'...
it takes forever and I don't see any progress nor any changes in the VirtualBox related vm folder.
Is there any steps I have forgotten?
Thank you,
Gyo
Vagrant downloads the box the first time you vagrant up. After downloading it unpacks the box and imports it into VirtualBox. Windows boxes are fairly large 5+ GB, so expect the first vagrant up to take time to complete.
If you open the VirtualBox GUI while vagrant is doing it's thing, you will see when the box gets added to VirtualBox. You can also see if the box is booting up in the little preview window in VirtualBox.
Related
I was using Vagrant under Windows 10 Pro first with Virtualbox provider and created a few boxes. Then because I wanted to test Docker for Win, I had to switch to Hyper V and uninstall Virtualbox. After some time I manually deleted some Virtualbox machines or re-purposed the folders so they don't have Vagrantfile anymore in them.
When I try to run either
vagrant global-status --prune
or
vagrant destroy -f XXXYYYZZZ
I get this error:
The provider 'virtualbox' that was requested to back the machine 'default' is reporting that it isn't usable on this system. The reason is shown below:
Vagrant could not detect VirtualBox! Make sure VirtualBox is properly installed. Vagrant uses the VBoxManage binary that ships with VirtualBox, and requires this to be available on the PATH. If VirtualBox is installed, please find the VBoxManage binary and add it to the PATH environmental variable.
I understand what Vagrant is trying to say: Install virtualbox binary so it can manage the boxes. But actually there are no VMs to begin with so it should be enough to delete it from registry and for that no Virtualbox is necessary. Is there a way how to remove cached boxes from registry in my case?
vagrant is keeping the list of machines it manages under the following location (that is for Mac, you would need to find for windows as I am not fully sure about the path)
~/.vagrant.d/data/machine-index
and under this folder, you'll find a index file that will list all machines it has in cache. its a JSon file and the provider for the machine is listed so you can remove anything that is not VirtualBox
I got the similar situation when I try to install Docker on my Windows 10 machine with vagrant + virtual box.
I have uninstalled virtual box, but the same error continues every time I try to run "vagrant up"
The provider 'virtualbox' that was requested to back the machine
'default' is reporting that it isn't usable on this system. The reason
is shown below:
Vagrant could not detect VirtualBox! Make sure VirtualBox is properly
installed. Vagrant uses the VBoxManage binary that ships with
VirtualBox, and requires this to be available on the PATH. If
VirtualBox is installed, please find the VBoxManage binary and add
it to the PATH environmental variable.
So below process saved me from it.
step 1: Add below line in vagrantfile below line "config.vm.box"
config.vm.define "hyperv"
Step 2: start your vagrant box calling like below from powershell or cmd
vagrant up --provider=hyperv
It should work. I got the vagrant running after these steps.
It must be the provider which is saved as virtual box somewhere in cache or registry.enter code here
source: https://willmurphyscode.net/2017/01/16/a-very-simple-vagrant-deployment/
My os is windows 7;
vagrant box add firstBox ./virtualbox.box
==> box: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> box: Adding box 'firstBox' (v0) for provider:
box: Unpacking necessary files from: file://C:/Users/liumeng/vagrant_get
ting_started/virtualbox.box
box: Progress: 100% (Rate: 687M/s, Estimated time remaining: --:--:--)
==> box: Successfully added box 'firstBox' (v0) for 'virtualbox'!
vagrant init fistBox
A `Vagrantfile` has been placed in this directory. You are now
ready to `vagrant up` your first virtual environment! Please read
the comments in the Vagrantfile as well as documentation on
`vagrantup.com` for more information on using Vagrant.
vagrant box list
$ vagrant box list
firstBox (virtualbox, 0)
vagrant up
// There is no response,no error message
I download check virtual cpu tools in windows; ande It's OK;「havdetectiontool」
This computer is configured with hardware-assisted virtualization
The virtualBox can run normally, Could you give me some idea?
I had the same problem the other day.
I tried vagrant_1.9.7_x86_64.msi on my Windows 7 box(CPU=AMD PhenomII).
'vagrant up' went totally silent with no sign of progress and without error messages of any kind.
So I tried older version vagrant_1.9.5.msi and this one just worked fine.
# I don't know whether vagrant_1.9.7_i686.msi works okey or not.
After learning for a couple of days I am happy to have successfully set-up my VM and run the Laravel start page. Very happy there :)
Can someone clarify "when" to use the vagrant functions. My questions:
If I'm planning to turn off my computer should you use halt or suspend? (I am guessing halt) What if I forgot to do any of these two, would it be a problem?
Right after I just turn on my computer should I use up or resume?
What if I am putting my computer to sleep mode by shutting the lid down, is it necessary to vagrant suspend?
In short
1. Shutting down
The "shutdown" methods differ in speed when you turn off/on the VM and in the amount of disk space the VM will take. From faster/more disk consumption to slower/less disk consumption, the comands are: vagrant suspend, vagrant halt and vagrant destroy.
2. Turning on
Just use vagrant up. The difference between the "startup" methods is that vagrant resume will just "wake up" the VM while vagrant up will make some config checks before this. For example, it will check if your vagrant box has a newer version and will notify you that you can update, by running vagrant box update.
Also you can use vagrant resume only on a VM that was previously suspended. Timewise, there is no noticeable difference between the two when used on a suspended machine.
For more details see the documentation references below.
3. Sleep/hibernation
Putting your computer to sleep or even hibernating it should cause no harm. The former is just a low power state while the latter saves the RAM to the storage drives and then restores it when you start your computer. This is OS level stuff, unless sleep failure or other problems occur it shouldn't influence anything.
Referencing the documentation
The Vagrant documentation has a section for what the different commands do:
Suspending the virtual machine by calling vagrant suspend will save the current running state of the machine and stop it. When you're ready to begin working again, just run vagrant up, and it will be resumed from where you left off. The main benefit of this method is that it is super fast, usually taking only 5 to 10 seconds to stop and start your work. The downside is that the virtual machine still eats up your disk space, and requires even more disk space to store all the state of the virtual machine RAM on disk.
Halting the virtual machine by calling vagrant halt will gracefully shut down the guest operating system and power down the guest machine. You can use vagrant up when you're ready to boot it again. The benefit of this method is that it will cleanly shut down your machine, preserving the contents of disk, and allowing it to be cleanly started again. The downside is that it'll take some extra time to start from a cold boot, and the guest machine still consumes disk space.
Destroying the virtual machine by calling vagrant destroy will remove all traces of the guest machine from your system. It'll stop the guest machine, power it down, and remove all of the guest hard disks. Again, when you're ready to work again, just issue a vagrant up. The benefit of this is that no cruft is left on your machine. The disk space and RAM consumed by the guest machine is reclaimed and your host machine is left clean. The downside is that vagrant up to get working again will take some extra time since it has to reimport the
Also regarding vagrant up and vagrant resume:
Command: vagrant up
This command creates and configures guest machines according to your Vagrantfile.
This is the single most important command in Vagrant, since it is how any Vagrant machine is created. Anyone using Vagrant must use this command on a day-to-day basis
Command: vagrant resume
This resumes a Vagrant managed machine that was previously suspended, perhaps with the suspend command.
Or just look at how the output of the two command differ in your terminal:
$ vagrant resume
==> default: Resuming suspended VM...
==> default: Booting VM...
...
$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Checking if box 'laravel/homestead' is up to date...
==> default: Resuming suspended VM...
==> default: Booting VM...
...
During vagrant up you can see the the check in acton. If for example there is a newer version of your box, you will get a notification:
$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Checking if box 'laravel/homestead' is up to date...
==> default: A newer version of the box 'laravel/homestead' is available! You currently
==> default: have version '0.3.3'. The latest is version '0.5.0'. Run
==> default: `vagrant box update` to update.
==> default: Resuming suspended VM...
==> default: Booting VM...
I usually use halt when I shut down my computer. When you suspend, I believe it stores the current stage image on disk. If you don't care about storage problem then you could use suspend.
If you suspended your VM then you should use resume so that last state is restored. If you just starting the VM, use "up"
I don't think it's necessary to suspend VM whenever when you hibernate your computer.
in short, if you use
$ vagrant suspend
then use
$ vagrant resume
but if you use
$ vagrant halt
then use
$ vagrant up
I am trying to add vagrant box using vagrant 1.4.3 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS:
Vagrant 1.4.3 user#machine:~$ vagrant box add
ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64
and I get:
This command was not invoked properly. The help for this command is
available below.
Obviously the format of command is wrong but how can I get box:
https://vagrantcloud.com/ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64
from vagrant cloud?
vagrant box add "ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64"
is your answer.
edit:
My previous answer was based on the latest Vagrant version.
In 1.4.3 you cannot add boxes in this way because it's not working with Vagrantcloud.
Instead you need to manually specify the box url like this:
$ vagrant box add "ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64" https://vagrantcloud.com/ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64/version/7/provider/virtualbox.box --provider virtualbox
You should get the following:
Downloading box from URL: https://vagrantcloud.com/ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64/version/7/provider/virtualbox.box
Extracting box...te: 1591k/s, Estimated time remaining: 0:00:02)
Successfully added box 'ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64' with provider 'virtualbox'!
You need to manually look up the URL of the box you want to add, and use that instead.
So, for example, say you want to add the box puppetlabs/ubuntu-14.04-32-puppet from Vagrantcloud, you need to:
Go to https://vagrantcloud.com/puppetlabs/boxes/ubuntu-14.04-32-puppet
Click on a version from the versions dropdown on the right hand side (eg, 1.0.0) to get to: https://vagrantcloud.com/puppetlabs/boxes/ubuntu-14.04-32-puppet/versions/1
Copy and paste the URL of the box for the provider you want to use. For Virtualbox in this case, it is: https://vagrantcloud.com/puppetlabs/boxes/ubuntu-14.04-32-puppet/versions/1/providers/virtualbox.box
Use the URL to add the box like this:
vagrant box add "puppetlabs/ubuntu-14.04-32-puppet" https://vagrantcloud.com/puppetlabs/boxes/ubuntu-14.04-32-puppet/versions/1/providers/virtualbox.box --provider virtualbox
I struggled with this for a while. The key was getting the most recent version of vagrant -- 1.7.4 at the time that I am writing this. The download link that I used was: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html
I am running Mac OS X 10.7.5 on a MacBook Pro. To download ubuntu/trusty64 I went to the site https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search?utm_source=vagrantcloud.com&vagrantcloud=1 which listed the currently available boxes. You can search for a box by description. For example, entering 'debian' as a search term returns a list.
I selected a box and followed the instructions on its page (in my case the page was https://atlas.hashicorp.com/ubuntu/boxes/trusty64). Here is a log of what I did next:
$ vagrant init ubuntu/trusty64
A `Vagrantfile` has been placed in this directory. You are now
ready to `vagrant up` your first virtual environment! Please read
the comments in the Vagrantfile as well as documentation on
`vagrantup.com` for more information on using Vagrant.
$ vagrant up --provider virtualbox
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Box 'ubuntu/trusty64' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
default: Box Provider: virtualbox
default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Loading metadata for box 'ubuntu/trusty64'
default: URL: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/ubuntu/trusty64
==> default: Adding box 'ubuntu/trusty64' (v20150923.0.0) for provider: virtualbox
default: Downloading: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/ubuntu/boxes/trusty64/versions/20150923.0.0/providers/virtualbox.box
default: Progress: 56% (Rate: 111k/s, Estimated time remaining: 0:28:59)
This is not exactly answer to your question, but I used:
vagrant box add precise32 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise32.box
and then just change ffuenf/debian-6.0.9-amd64 name to precise32 in config file (Vagrantfile). And it looks like it is running properly. Probably there is somewhere a box file for ffuenf, but I don't know that.
If I change the provision scripts or worse yet, the base OS, is there a way to force vagrant to either re-provision or re-download the base box? I tried to change the config.vm.box and config.vm.box_url, but vagrant up still happily booted up to old box.
I know I could use vagrant destroy and then vagrant up or vagrant provision for just re-provisioning on my own machine, but I'm talking about a way that automatically force my team to re-provision / reinitialize the box (e.g. after they do a git pull and then a vagrant up have it either re-provision or reinitialize appropriately.)
vagrant box --help gives you some options.
Specifically, you can vagrant box remove <name> <provider> to remove a box, and force a re-provisioning.
For example, to remove the Vagrant sample box:
vagrant box remove precise32 virtualbox