Result of the vagrant research

vagrant.md

Vagrant

• GUI
  • VagrantX: the Vagrant GUI client for Mac OS X
  • Vagrant Manager for OS X
  • smurfy / vagrantGui: Written with QT currently working and tested on: Windows, Linux, MacOsx
• Docker Host
  • Unsuck your vagrant: Developing in one VM with Vagrant and Docker
  • Docker-friendly Vagrant base boxes
• Images
  • Modularized Packer definitions for building Vagrant baseboxes
  • Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
    • Building a Vagrant base box with Packer
  • Veewee is a tool for easily (and repeatedly) building custom Vagrant base boxes, KVMs, and virtual machine images.
  • phusion/open-vagrant-boxes
  • Creating base box from scratch for Vagrant
  • Steps to create a Vagrant Base Box with Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop (GUI) and VirtualBox
  • Reduce Size
    • How can we make our Vagrant VM image smaller?
    • How do I create a completely unattended install of Ubuntu?
    • Ubuntu Installer Boot Parameters
    • Ubuntu Preseeding
    • Reducing vagrant box size
    • Making smaller base boxes
    • Ubuntu Core
    • Disabling mirror option in preseed.cfg
  • Upgrade workflow
    • Add a second disk to system using vagrant
    • Support for adding additional disks through the Vagrantfile.
• Misc
  • Vagrant Libvirt Provider

packer.json

{
  "builders": [
    {
      "boot_command": [
        "<esc><wait>",
        "<esc><wait>",
        "install<wait>",
        " auto",
        " console-setup/ask_detect=false",
        " console-setup/layoutcode=us",
        " console-setup/modelcode=pc105",
        " debconf/frontend=noninteractive",
        " debian-installer=en_US",
        " fb=false",
        " initrd=initrd.gz",
        " kbd-chooser/method=us",
        " keyboard-configuration/layout=USA",
        " keyboard-configuration/variant=USA",
        " locale=en_US",
        " netcfg/get_domain=vm",
        " netcfg/get_hostname=vagrant",
        " noapic",
        " preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ubuntu-14.04/preseed.cfg",
        " -- ",
        "<enter><wait>"
      ],
      "boot_wait": "5s",
      "disk_size": 40960,
      "guest_additions_path": "VBoxGuestAdditions_{{.Version}}.iso",
      "guest_os_type": "Ubuntu_64",
      "http_directory": "http",
      "iso_checksum": "e1e074b4302898698977c08013e0afe5c06245e2",
      "iso_checksum_type": "sha1",
      "iso_url": "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso",
      "output_directory": "packer-ubuntu-14.04-amd64-virtualbox",
      "shutdown_command": "echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S shutdown -P now",
      "ssh_password": "vagrant",
      "ssh_port": 22,
      "ssh_username": "vagrant",
      "ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
      "type": "virtualbox-iso",
      "vboxmanage": [
        [
          "modifyvm",
          "{{.Name}}",
          "--memory",
          "384"
        ],
        [
          "modifyvm",
          "{{.Name}}",
          "--cpus",
          "1"
        ]
      ],
      "virtualbox_version_file": ".vbox_version",
      "vm_name": "packer-ubuntu-14.04-amd64"
    }
  ],
  "post-processors": [
    {
      "output": "../builds/{{.Provider}}/u1404.box",
      "type": "vagrant"
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "execute_command": "echo 'vagrant'|{{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash '{{.Path}}'",
      "scripts": [
        "scripts/common/sshd.sh",
        "scripts/ubuntu/networking.sh",
        "scripts/ubuntu/sudoers.sh",
        "scripts/common/vagrant.sh",
        "scripts/common/vmtools.sh",
        "scripts/ubuntu/cleanup.sh",
        "scripts/common/minimize.sh"
      ],
      "type": "shell"
    }
  ]
}

preseed.cfg

d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-server
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i clock-setup/utc-auto boolean true
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i passwd/user-fullname string vagrant
d-i passwd/user-uid string 900
d-i passwd/user-password password vagrant
d-i passwd/user-password-again password vagrant
d-i passwd/username string vagrant
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server
d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select unattended-upgrades
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
d-i time/zone string UTC
d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard