Install Vagrant on openSUSE/Debian/CentOS; Initialize an Ubuntu or CentOS Box

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[see ghost blog post: http://kernelmastery.com/install-setup-vagrant/]

Vagrant, by HashiCorp (https://www.vagrantup.com), is a command-line interface to VirtualBox and numerous other virtual machine managers. There are plugins for talking to AWS, Azure, OpenStack, and many other services.

Vagrant is great for getting a predictable virtual machine set up with a few simple commands in a consistent and quick manner.

If you have VirtualBox installed, setup is easy. Just follow the steps below to try out an Ubuntu 16.04 or CentOS 7 virtual machine.

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Install Vagrant on openSUSE:

1. Download: `sudo wget --no-check-certificate https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.8.5/vagrant_1.8.5_x86_64.rpm -O vagrant.rpm`
2. Install: `sudo zypper in vagrant.rpm`

Install Vagrant on Debian/Ubuntu:

1. Download: `sudo wget --no-check-certificate https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.8.5/vagrant_1.8.5_x86_64.deb -O vagrant.deb`
2. Install: `sudo dpkg -i vagrant.deb`

Install Vagrant on CentOS:

1. Download: `sudo wget --no-check-certificate https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.8.5/vagrant_1.8.5_x86_64.rpm -O vagrant.rpm`
2. Install: `sudo rpm -Uvh vagrant.rpm`

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Download and start an Ubuntu 16.04 Vagrant box using VirtualBox:

1. `vagrant init ubuntu/trusty64`
2. `vagrant up --provider virtualbox`

Download and start a CentOS 7 Vagrant box using VirtualBox:

1. `vagrant init centos/7`
2. `vagrant up --provider virtualbox`

Find more boxes to download:

https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search?order=desc&page=1&sort=downloads

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Logging in:

Do `vagrant ssh` to log in to a running VM.

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Cleaning up:

When you are done you can delete the VM with `vagrant destroy`.

Remove the config file with `rm Vagrantfile` before initializing a new box.