It looks like you may have created a Vagrant project with just vagrant init. That will create your Vagrantfile, but it won’t have a box defined. Instead, you could try $ vagrant init hashicorp/precise32 $ vagrant up which uses a standard Ubuntu image. The Vagrant website has a Getting Started which gives some good examples.
I found the multiple options confusing, so I decided to test all of them to see exactly what they do. I’m using VirtualBox 4.2.16-r86992 and Vagrant 1.3.3. I created a directory called nametest and ran vagrant init precise64 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box to generate a default Vagrantfile. Then I opened the VirtualBox GUI so I could see what … Read more
The plugin vagrant-vbguest solved my problem: $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest Output: $ vagrant reload ==> default: Attempting graceful shutdown of VM… … ==> default: Machine booted and ready! GuestAdditions 4.3.12 running — OK. ==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM… ==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces… ==> default: Exporting NFS shared folders… … Read more
As mentioned in the docs, boxes are stored at: Mac OS X and Linux: ~/.vagrant.d/boxes Windows: C:/Users/USERNAME/.vagrant.d/boxes
Since you ask for the easiest way, I suggest using vagrant-scp. It adds a scp command to vagrant, so you can copy files to your VM like you would normally do with scp. Install via: vagrant plugin install vagrant-scp Use it like so: vagrant scp <some_local_file_or_dir> [vm_name]:<somewhere_on_the_vm>
I solved this problem, and will answer in case anyone else has a similar issue. What I did was: I enabled the GUI of Virtual box to see that it was waiting for input on startup to select whether I wanted to boot directly to ubuntu or safemode etc. To turn on the GUI you … Read more
Disclaimer: I wrote Vagrant! But because I wrote Vagrant, I spend most of my time living in the DevOps world which includes software like Docker. I work with a lot of companies using Vagrant and many use Docker, and I see how the two interplay. Before I talk too much, a direct answer: in your … Read more