Checklist for preparing FreeBSD-8.4 vagrant boxes.

FreeBSD-8.4-amd64.ova

FreeBSD-8.4-i386.ova

FreeBSD-8.4-vagrant.md

Preparing FreeBSD-8.4-i386.box

• Download FreeBSD-8.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso
• Open FreeBSD-8.4-i386.ova in VirtualBox
  1. Select File/Import Appliance
• Boot into sysinstall using FreeBSD-8.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso
  1. Country selection
     • [235] United States
  2. Express install
  3. FDISK Partition Editor
     • [A] = Use Entire Disk
     • [Q] = Finish
  4. Install boot manager
     • [S] Standard
  5. FreeBSD Disklabel Editor
     • [A] = Auto Defaults
     • [Q] = Finish
  6. Choose Distribution
     • [7] Minimal
  7. Choose Installation Media
     • [1] CD/DVD Install from a FreeBSD CD/DVD
  8. User confirmation
     • [yes]
  9. Wait for install to complete
  10. Visit general configuration menu
      • [no]
  11. Exit install & reboot
      • removing CD is done automatically
• Login as root (no password)
  1. get an IP addr
     • dhclient em0
  2. run setup.sh
     • fetch -o /dev/stdout https://gist.github.com/MartinNowak/8077129/raw/setup.sh | sh
  3. from the VirtualBox Menu Machine/ACPI shutdown
• Package box
  • vagrant package --base FreeBSD-8.4-i386 --output FreeBSD-8.4-i386.box

Preparing FreeBSD-8.4-amd64.box

• Download FreeBSD-8.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
• Open FreeBSD-8.4-amd64.ova in VirtualBox
• Repeat above procedure but replace all occurences of i386 with amd64.

setup.sh

#!/bin/sh

set -e -v

# set root password to vagrant
echo vagrant | pw mod user root -h 0

# create vagrant user (password vagrant)
echo vagrant | pw useradd -n vagrant -s /bin/csh -m -h 0

# Install sudo and bash
pkg_add -r sudo bash

# enable passwordless sudo for vagrant
echo 'vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' >> /usr/local/etc/sudoers

# install authorized ssh keys
mkdir /usr/home/vagrant/.ssh
fetch -o /usr/home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys https://raw.github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/master/keys/vagrant.pub
chown vagrant:vagrant /usr/home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys

# set network configuration
echo hostname='"'`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`'"' >> /etc/rc.conf
echo 'ifconfig_em0="DHCP"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# enable sshd
echo 'sshd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# disable boot screen
echo 'beastie_disable="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
echo 'autoboot_delay="-1"' >> /boot/loader.conf

# Change PACKAGEROOT (ftp doesn't work with default vagrant NAT rules)
echo 'setenv PACKAGEROOT http://ftp.FreeBSD.org' >> .cshrc
echo 'setenv PACKAGEROOT http://ftp.FreeBSD.org' >> /usr/home/vagrant/.cshrc
echo 'export PACKAGEROOT=http://ftp.FreeBSD.org;' >> .bashrc
echo 'export PACKAGEROOT=http://ftp.FreeBSD.org;' >> /usr/home/vagrant/.bashrc
echo 'Defaults env_keep += "PACKAGEROOT"' >> /usr/local/etc/sudoers

All uses of gist.github.com in FreeBSD-8.4-vagrant.md and raw.github.com on L19 of setup.sh should be changed to gist.githubusercontent.com and raw.githubusercontent.com respectively. These urls are redirected to the correct location when used in a browser but are not redirected when used in a script or from the shell.