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How to create a VirtualBox machine with encrypted storage with Vagrant
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# -*- mode: ruby -*- | |
# vi: set ft=ruby : | |
PASSWORD_PATH = ".password" | |
PASSWORD_ID_PATH = ".password_id" | |
# Make sure to have installed vagrant-triggers plugin | |
# > vagrant plugin install vagrant-triggers | |
# After the first `vagrant up` stop the VM and execute the following steps | |
# Take the identifier of the storage you want to encrypt | |
# > HDD_UUID=`VBoxManage showvminfo <VM_NAME> | grep 'SATA.*UUID' | sed 's/^.*UUID: \(.*\))/\1/'` | |
# Store your usernname (whitespaces are not allowed) in a variable | |
# > USERNAME="<YOUR_USER_NAME_WITHOUT_WHITESPACES>" | |
# Encrypt the storage, enter the password when asked | |
# > VBoxManage encryptmedium $HDD_UUID --newpassword - --newpasswordid $USERNAME --cipher "AES-XTS256-PLAIN64" | |
# Store the username in a file named .password_id | |
# > echo $USERNAME > .password_id | |
# Now, the next time you start the VM you'll be asked for the same password | |
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| | |
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/vivid64" | |
config.vm.box_check_update = false | |
config.vm.hostname = "secure" | |
config.trigger.before :up do | |
if File.exists?(PASSWORD_ID_PATH) | |
password_id = File.read(PASSWORD_ID_PATH).strip | |
print "The VM is encrypted, please enter the password\n#{password_id}: " | |
password = STDIN.noecho(&:gets).strip | |
File.write(PASSWORD_PATH, password) | |
puts "" | |
end | |
end | |
config.trigger.after :up do | |
File.delete(PASSWORD_PATH) if File.exists?(PASSWORD_PATH) | |
end | |
config.trigger.after :destroy do | |
File.delete(PASSWORD_ID_PATH) if File.exists?(PASSWORD_ID_PATH) | |
end | |
config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb| | |
vb.name = "secure" | |
vb.gui = false | |
if File.exists?(PASSWORD_ID_PATH) | |
password_id = File.read(PASSWORD_ID_PATH).strip | |
vb.customize "post-boot", [ | |
"controlvm", :id, "addencpassword", password_id, PASSWORD_PATH, "--removeonsuspend", "yes" | |
] | |
end | |
end | |
end |
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Very helpful gist. Thanks!