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    How to set up a Windows VM with Vagrant

Create your VM

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Obtain a windows vm from Modern IE.


Win 8 OSX

curl -O -L "https://www.modern.ie/vmdownload?platform=mac&virtPlatform=virtualbox&browserOS=IE10-Win8.1&parts=5&filename=VMBuild_20131127/VirtualBox/IE10_Win8/Mac/IE10.Win8.For.MacVirtualBox.part{1.sfx,2.rar,3.rar,4.rar,5.rar}"


Win 8 Linux

wget -i https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/VMBuild_20131127/VirtualBox/IE10_Win8/Linux/IE10.Win8.For.LinuxVirtualBox.txt


Extract the .ova file by doing

chmod +x IE10.Win8.For.MacVirtualBox.part1.sfx
./IE10.Win8.For.MacVirtualBox.part1.sfx


Obtain VirtualBox from Oracle VirtualBox.
Import the *.ova or whatever it was you downloaded for your platform into VirtualBox.
Install VirtualBox Windows Guest Tools from inside of the VM.

NOTE: You don't have to use the VMs from Modern IE's site, if you have a windows iso you can make the initial vm yourself. Follow any VirtualBox Tutorial for more info on that if needed. see VirtualBox website
Package for Vagrant

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Launch the box, create a new  user called vagrant with password vagrant. Put this user in the Administrators group.
Turn on WinRM:


start an command line with Administrator privs.
now run these commands in order:

 winrm quickconfig -q
 winrm set winrm/config/winrs @{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="512"}
 winrm set winrm/config @{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}
 winrm set winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted="true"}
 winrm set winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic="true"}
 sc config WinRM start= auto

Stop the VM and in a terminal run the vagrant packaging commands:

vagrant package --base NameOfTheVMInVirtualBox --output WhateverYouWantToCallIt.box
Example Vagrantfile

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# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|

  # Windows Guest Specific
  config.vm.box = "Win81"
  config.vm.box_url = "./Win81.box"
  config.vm.guest = :windows

  # port forwarding for RDP and WinRM
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3389, host: 3389
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 5985, host: 5985, id: "winrm", auto_correct: true

  # WinRM Settings
  config.vm.communicator = "winrm"

  config.windows.set_work_network = true

  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.11"

  config.vm.network "public_network"

  # If true, then any SSH connections made will enable agent forwarding.
  # Default value: false
  config.ssh.forward_agent = true

  # Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
  # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
  # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
  # argument is a set of non-required options.
  config.vm.synced_folder "../data", "/vagrant_data"

  config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
     # Boot with headless mode
     vb.gui = true
     # Using VBoxManage to set natdnshostresolver (to fix Cisco VPN issues)
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "4096"]
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--vram", "128"]
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2"]
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--natdnsproxy1", "on"]
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--natdnshostresolver1", "on"]
     vb.customize ["guestproperty", "set", :id, "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold", 10000]
   end

  config.vm.boot_timeout = 500

end