vagrant_freebsd.txt

Create and customize Vagrantfile, for example:
    Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
      config.vm.guest = :freebsd
      config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", id: "vagrant-root", disabled: true
      config.vm.box = "freebsd/FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE"
      config.ssh.shell = "sh"
      config.vm.base_mac = "080027D15C66"
      config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "2048"]
        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2"]
        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--hwvirtex", "on"]
        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--audio", "none"]
        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nictype1", "virtio"]
        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nictype2", "virtio"]
      end
    end

Bring up the Vagrant box:
    $ vagrant up
    Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
    default: Box 'freebsd/FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
    default: Box Provider: virtualbox
    [... time passes while the image is download, VM is initialized, etc...]

Connect to the system, check OS version, and test network connectivity:
    $ vagrant ssh
    vagrant@:~ % uname -av
    FreeBSD  10.3-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p7 #0: Thu Aug 11 18:38:15 UTC 2016     root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
    vagrant@:~ % ping google.com
    PING google.com (216.58.216.174): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 216.58.216.174: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=25.365 ms
    64 bytes from 216.58.216.174: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=23.409 ms
    ^C
    --- google.com ping statistics ---
    2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 23.409/24.387/25.365/0.978 ms

Check for FreeBSD updates:
    vagrant@:~ % sudo csh
    root@:/home/vagrant # freebsd-update fetch
    src component not installed, skipped
    Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
    Fetching metadata signature for 10.3-RELEASE from update6.freebsd.org... done.
[...]


Installing Software
===================

You have the option of installing software using packages (pre-compiled binaries) or ports (compile your own binaries).  See https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-users/software.html for more information.


Packages
--------
It's easy:
    vagrant@:~ % su -
    Password: vagrant
    root@:~ # port install sudo
    [..]
    root@:~ # port install apache24
    [..]
    root@:~ # port update   # check for package updates


Ports
-----
Initialize the ports collection with portsnap (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html):
    vagrant@:~ % sudo csh
    root@:/home/vagrant # portsnap fetch
    [...]
    root@:/home/vagrant # portsnap extract
    [...]
    root@:/home/vagrant # ls -al /usr/ports
    total 72024
    drwxr-xr-x    69 root  wheel      1536 Sep  4 21:43 .
    drwxr-xr-x    15 root  wheel       512 Sep  4 21:41 ..
    -rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel       115 Apr 21 04:33 .arcconfig
    -rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel       898 Mar 24 12:47 .gitattributes
    -rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel        71 Jan  2  2015 .gitignore
    -rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel   2270292 Sep  4 21:43 .portsnap.INDEX
    -rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel    112217 Aug 26 20:07 CHANGES
    -rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel       314 Mar 15  2014 CONTRIBUTING.md
    -rw-r--r--     1 root  wheel      1493 Dec 31  2015 COPYRIGHT
    [...]

Check for updated ports:
    root@:/home/vagrant # portsnap fetch update
    [...]

Install a port, vim for example:
    root@:/home/vagrant # cd /usr/ports/editors/vim-lite  # don't make mistake of installing 'vim' with its many dependencies
    root@:/usr/ports/editors/vim-lite # make install clean
    [... follow the prompts ...]

Install a port with a number of dependencies, doing configuration prior to build/install to front-load interaction:
    root@:/home/vagrant # cd /usr/ports/www/apache24
    root@:/usr/ports/www/apache24 # make config-recursive
    [... select various options ...]
    [... repeat command until no output occurs ...]
    root@:/usr/ports/www/apache24 # make install clean
    [...]
    [remember to add apache24_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf to enable service at system startup]