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Overview

Version: OS X Big Sur 11.3.1

Build Version: 20E241

Provider: VirtualBox

Created with https://github.com/myspaghetti/macos-virtualbox, with the following changes:

  • upgraded to macOS Big Sur (11.3.1)
  • removed the recovery partition
  • installed Homebrew

System Requirements

  • 4 GB of memory
  • 2 CPUs
  • 125 GB dynamically-allocated disk (19.28 GB using by operation system)

What's included?

  • Xcode Command Line Tools (version 2384)
  • Homebrew (version 3.1.5)

Requirements

Note: Default download location of boxes: ~/.vagrant.d/boxes. You can change it via the VAGRANT_HOME environment variable.

Note: Don't forget to disable Hyper-V on Windows, you can use bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off command. You can revert it using bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto command if you don't want to use this setup.

Setup

# Create a folder and go into it
$ mkdir macos-big-sur && cd macos-big-sur

# Download necessary Vagrant box
$ vagrant init amarcireau/macos --box-version 11.3.1

The NVRAM file packaged with this Vagrant box must be copied manually after importing it into Virtualbox. The following Vagrantfile performs the copy and suppresses guest additions and shared directory warnings (which are not supported by Big Sur guests):

ENV["VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL"] = "typed_triggers"

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
    config.vm.box = "amarcireau/macos"
    config.vm.box_version = "11.3.1"
    
    # Synced folder are not supported under Mac OS X
    # BSD-based guests do not support the VirtualBox filesystem
    config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
 
    # VM Customizations go here
    config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
        # By default Vagrant will check for the VirtualBox Guest Additions when starting a machine,
	# and will output a warning if the guest additions are missing or out-of-date.
	# If TRUE (default) check if guest have guest additions installed
        v.check_guest_additions = false

	# Memory and CPU settings
	v.memory = 4096 # 4GB
	v.cpus = 2
    end

    config.trigger.after :"VagrantPlugins::ProviderVirtualBox::Action::Import", type: :action do |t|
        t.ruby do |env, machine|
            FileUtils.cp(
                machine.box.directory.join("include").join("macOS.nvram").to_s,
                machine.provider.driver.execute_command(["showvminfo", machine.id, "--machinereadable"]).
                    split(/\n/).
                    map {|line| line.partition(/=/)}.
                    select {|partition| partition.first == "BIOS NVRAM File"}.
                    last.
                    last[1..-2]
            )
        end
    end
end

Usage

# Start machine
$ vagrant up

# Connect to machine
$ vagrant ssh

# Show Mac OS X operating system version
> sw_vers

# Stop machine
$ vagrant halt

Sharing Folder with Windows

VirtualBox provides few options to share folder between guest (macOs) and host devices but I can't implement it. Therefore I'm coming a different solution of this subject.

Let's install sshfs-win in your host device.

You can connect to guest (macOs) via a SSHFS client software like SSHFS Win Manager.

Or add a new network location using Windows itself via \\sshfs\vagrant@127.0.0.1!2222 connection string.

Cmder Tasks

start:macOS

Shortcut Target: C:\Cmder\Cmder.exe /task start:macOS

*cmd.exe -cur_console:d:"D:\vagrant-os\macos-big-sur":t:macOS /k "%ConEmuDir%\..\init.bat && vagrant up && powershell -File D:\cloud\scripts\notification.ps1 Info "Machine Started" "Virtual machine running." && exit"

stop:macOS

Shortcut Target: C:\Cmder\Cmder.exe /task stop:macOS

*cmd.exe -cur_console:d:"D:\vagrant-os\macos-big-sur":t:macOS /k "%ConEmuDir%\..\init.bat && vagrant halt && powershell -File D:\cloud\scripts\notification.ps1 Error "Machine Stopped" "Virtual machine stopped." && exit"

ssh:macOS

Shortcut Target: C:\Cmder\Cmder.exe /task ssh:macOS

*cmd.exe -cur_console:d:"D:\vagrant-os\macos-big-sur":t:macOS /k "%ConEmuDir%\..\init.bat" && vagrant ssh

status:macOS

Shortcut Target: C:\Cmder\Cmder.exe /task status:macOS

*cmd.exe -cur_console:n:d:"D:\vagrant-os\macos-big-sur":t:macOS /k ""%ConEmuDir%\..\init.bat" && vagrant status | grep -q "is running" && powershell -File D:\cloud\scripts\notification.ps1 Info "Machine Running" "Virtual machine running." || powershell -File D:\cloud\scripts\notification.ps1 Error "Machine Stopped" "Virtual machine stopped." & exit"

notification.ps1

[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")

$icon = $args[0] # Info, Error, None and Warning
$title = $args[1]
$message = $args[2]

$objNotifyIcon = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon

$objNotifyIcon.Icon = [System.Drawing.SystemIcons]::Information
$objNotifyIcon.BalloonTipIcon = $icon 
$objNotifyIcon.BalloonTipText = $message
$objNotifyIcon.BalloonTipTitle = $title
$objNotifyIcon.Visible = $True

$objNotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip(2500)

Info

License

Apple SLAs

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