I made changes to my Vagrantfile (added config.vm.share_folder, config.vm.customize lines) and now I want them to show up on the box. Do I need to run
vagrant destroy && vagrant up
Or is it sufficient to run
vagrant reload
? I am unclear about whether vagrant reload will read anything from the Vagrantfile, since it seems to shutdown the VM and run the provisioner.
I don't think you need to destroy your VM. You can make changes to VM configuration when the VM is not running and powered down.
Try using vagrant halt and then vagrant up.
It should make the modifications to the VM as specified in Vagrantfile.
and you could also do vagrant up --no-provision to avoid re-provisioning as you bring up the VM.
and vagrant reload [vm-name] --no-provision should do the same trick.
vagrant reload is same as running vagrant halt followed by vagrant up please refer the doc for reload. Here is an excerpt from the doc
"This command is usually required for changes made in the Vagrantfile to take effect. After making any modifications to the Vagrantfile, a reload should be called." So in your case, I would suggest you to only use,
vagrant reload
Use:
vagrant reload --provision
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I edited the shared folder mapping rules in my Homestead.yaml file (C:\Users\username\.homestead). Then, I entered "vagrant halt" command to shut down vagrant. Then, I entered "vagrant up".
However, the edits that I made to the folder mapping are not reflected in the virtual environment. It's as if my changes were not made at all in the Homestead.yaml file.
How do I make the vagrant virtual environment reflect the changes that I made to the Homestead.yaml file?
You should reload using
vagrant reload --provision
Please do not vagrant destroy, there are many things involved. If your vagrant is still running do vagrant provision, if it is not do vagrant up --provision. If things don't work as expected, check your file mappings for mistakes.
I should have used vagrant destroy instead of vagrant halt after updating my homestead.yaml file.
I'm pretty new to Vagrant and I've found out that the provision *.sh scripts (linked in my Vagrant file) needs to be updated. What is the best practice? Should I remove the box and re-create it? or rather "vagrant halt" and execute "vagrant provision" again?
Thanks
Depending on how your scipts work probably this would be enough:
vagrant provision
If your scripts require a vanilla machine to run, you need to destroy the already provisioned machine first:
vagrant destroy && vagrant up
I know this is a stupid question, I'm still struggling to grok vagrant.
I run vagrant on a windows host, and I'm building Linux guest VMs using VirtualBox. My guest VM is running, and now I want to package it.
The Vagrant documentation says "A common misconception is that the --vagrantfile option will package a Vagrantfile that is used when vagrant init is used with this box. This is not the case. Instead, a Vagrantfile is loaded and read as part of the Vagrant load process when the box is used. For more information, read about the Vagrantfile load order."
Got it. But that's what I want to do! When I run "vagrant package --output myboxname.box", my carefully-crafted Vagrant file does not appear to be in the package. I test the box as follows (in Windows, after copying the new box):
cd \some_new_dir
vagrant box add myboxname.box --name boxname
vagrant init boxname
The new Vagrantfile is the generic vagrant version, with none of my changes.
When I
vagrant up
The vm comes up fine, but (not surprisingly) none of Vagrantfile directives have happened.
I know I'm missing something basic -- can someone please help me out?
Try copying the Vagrantfile from the directory you ran vagrant package in to the \some_new_dir directory. Then, without running vagrant init (because this will overwrite the Vagrantfile with an empty file), run vagrant up to use the Vagrantfile.
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
Using Vagrant, is it possible to run my provisioning Ansible script just when vagrant up creates the virtual machine? I wan to provision just when the import sequence is run. I have a very slow step that imports the database. It isn't idempotent and I'd like it to run just the first time.
I can make a script using vagrant status and vagrant up --no-provision, but I believe there should be a more straightforward way.
I also can just run Ansible after the first vagrant up, but then I won't be able to brag to my friends that I create my server from scratch running just one command :-)
I think you are using a version older than 1.3.0;-)
Since Vagrant 1.3.0, vagrant up only run provisioning by default the first time it runs (after the import). Subsequent reload or up will need to explicitly specify the --provision flag, for example vagrant up --provision or just vagrant provision.
See the full changelog
The change => vagrant up will now only run provisioning by default the first time it is run. Subsequent reload or up will need to explicitly specify the --provision flag to provision. [GH-1776]