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Convert a VirtualBox .ova VM into a Vagrant box
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Sometimes distribution providers (such as UCS) only give you VirtualBox .ova files to test their software. Here is how you can easily and non-interactively import a .ova file into a .box for use with Vagrant. | |
$ VBoxManage import ./UCS-Virtualbox-Demo-Image.ova --vsys 0 --eula accept | |
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Interpreting /home/crohr/dev/ucs/./UCS-Virtualbox-Demo-Image.ova... | |
OK. | |
Disks: vmdisk1 53687091200 -1 http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized UCS-Demo-Image-virtualbox-disk1.vmdk -1 -1 | |
... | |
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% | |
Successfully imported the appliance. | |
Then list your VMs to find the VM ID: | |
$ VBoxManage list vms | |
"UCS 4.1" {acef4c0a-35be-4640-a214-be135417f04d} | |
You can now package that VM as a Vagrant box: | |
$ vagrant package --base acef4c0a-35be-4640-a214-be135417f04d --output UCS.box | |
==> acef4c0a-35be-4640-a214-be135417f04d: Exporting VM... | |
==> acef4c0a-35be-4640-a214-be135417f04d: Compressing package to: /home/crohr/dev/ucs/UCS.box | |
And add it to the list of your local Vagrant boxes: | |
$ vagrant box add UCS.box --name UCS | |
Finally, you can create a Vagrantfile to use this box: | |
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| | |
config.vm.box = "UCS" | |
# ... | |
end | |
And vagrant up! | |
Source: https://github.com/crohr/ebarnouflant/issues/7 |
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