A VirtualBox machine with the name ‘homestead’ already exists

I solved by using vboxmanage to get the ID of the VM. $ vboxmanage list vms “my-vm” {c700b8b6-b766-4638-871b-736b44b7db18} Copy the ID of the desired VM (the c700…db18 string) into the contents of ~/.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/id. Save the file then run vagrant up to get the vm working without having to destroy it.

What are the differences between QEMU and VirtualBox? [closed]

Basically both have features which the other does not have, so this might ease the decision. QEMU/KVM is better integrated in Linux, has a smaller footprint and should therefore be faster. VirtualBox is a virtualization software limited to x86 and amd64 architecture. Xen uses QEMU for the hardware assisted virtualization, but can also paravirtualize guests … Read more

Vagrant Not Starting Up. User that created VM doesn’t match current user

I ran into the same problem today. I edited my UID by opening the file .vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/creator_uid and changing the 501 to a 0. After I saved the file, the command vagrant up worked like a champ. NB: the .vagrant folder is in the same directory as your Vagrantfile, where you ran vagrant up

Using vagrant to run virtual machines with desktop environment

I just got this working with basically three steps. The advice from askubuntu.com didn’t quite work for me, so try this simplified version: Get a basic Ubuntu image working. You should be able to boot it and vagrant ssh. Next, enable the VirtualBox display, which is off by default. Halt the VM and uncomment these … Read more

VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter [closed]

I had the same problem today. The reason was that I had another VM running in VirtualBox. Solution: Open VirtualBox and shut down every VM running Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy Then hit the “Allow” button to let Oracle (VirtualBox) load. Restart VirtualBox sudo “/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh” restart You should now be able … Read more

Hata!: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'divattrend_liink'@'localhost' (using password: YES)