Handy Vagrantfile for IE testing with Vagrant.

Vagrantfile

# Usage:    IE={box} vagrant up
#
# Eg.       IE=XPIE6 vagrant up

boxes = {
    "XPIE6"     => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-xp-ie6",
    "XPIE8"     => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-xp-ie8",
    "VistaIE7"  => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-vista-ie7",
    "Win7IE8"   => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie8",
    "Win7IE9"   => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie9",
    "Win7IE10"  => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie10",
    "Win7IE11"  => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-win7-ie11",
    "Win8IE10"  => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-win8-ie10",
    "Win8IE11"  => "http://aka.ms/vagrant-win81-ie11",
}

unless boxes.has_key? ENV['IE']
    abort('Invalid box supplied')
end

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
	config.vm.box = ENV['IE']
	config.vm.box_url = boxes[ ENV['IE'] ]
	config.vm.guest = :windows
	config.vm.boot_timeout = 1
	config.vm.communicator = "winrm"
	config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vm|
  		vm.gui = true
	end
end

Does anyone know the shortcut URL for the Win10 MSEdge Vagrant box?

@kylegibson

https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20160322/Vagrant/MSEdge/MSEdge.Win10TH2.Vagrant.zip

Presumably, the "VMBuild_20160322" portion of the url changes every build.

@kylegibson

http://aka.ms/msedge.win10.vagrant

Source: http://VagrantBox.es

Don't work on macOS Sierra...

Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Box 'XPIE6' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
    default: Box Provider: virtualbox
    default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> default: Adding box 'XPIE6' (v0) for provider: virtualbox
    default: Downloading: http://aka.ms/vagrant-xp-ie6
An error occurred while downloading the remote file. The error
message, if any, is reproduced below. Please fix this error and try
again.

For macOS, the latest version of Vagrants embedded curl has compatibility issues.
try running -
sudo rm /opt/vagrant/embedded/bin/curl

http://aka.ms/vagrant-* legacy links are dead, since modernievirt.blob.core.windows.net host are not exist. Use http://aka.ms/*.vagrant updated boxes.

• http://aka.ms/ie6.xp.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie8.xp.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie7.vista.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie8.win7.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie9.win7.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie10.win7.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie11.win7.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie10.win8.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/ie11.win81.vagrant
• http://aka.ms/msedge.win10.vagrant

can we execute selenium tests on internet explorer via vagrant powershell -c '...'

You should use https:// for these URLs now, I've been getting connection failures if I just try to use http:// as I'm betting Microsoft enabled a forced security upgrade that the Ruby/Vagrant embedded curl/download library doesn't handle.