- Vagrant Commands

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commands

# initialize inside a directory a vm from vagrantcloud respiratory
vagrant init 3scale/docker
# start vm up
vagrant up
# start all associated VMs
vagrant up --provision
# ssh into the vm
vagrant ssh
# stop vm 
vagrant halt
# delete completely 
vagrant destroy
# check vms running 
vagrant status
# reload
vagrant reload

Vagrant installation.txt

# Prerequisites 
# PATHS to add to windows enviroment variables:
  • Install on windows VBoxManage commange, after installing oracle virtualbox, add to system PATH the directory “C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox;
    Then the command VBoxManage should work.
  • # For ssh to work
    set PATH=%PATH%;”C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin”
  • http://superuser.com/questions/850357/how-to-fix-extremely-slow-virtualbox-network-download-speed
# For Vt-x problem virtualization CPU required, should be solved either with:
  • Uncheck PAE/NX in virtualbox settings for the vm
  • https://blindcoder.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-disabled-in-the-bios-verr_vmx_msr_vmxon_disabled/
      ○ VBoxManage modifyvm "My Guest VM Name" --longmode off

# STUCK when creating vm: when machine is waiting and stuck, which is caused usually from vm waiting for input. Send “enter” key to vm to allow it to continue setup. (Sending command in new shell. (This didn’t solve the problem but using vagrant on another computer did). 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22575261/vagrant-stuck-connection-timeout-retrying
VBoxManage list runningvms
VBoxManage list vms
VBoxManage controlvm projects_1234567890 keyboardputscancode 1c
# OR other solution is to enable userinterface for vm, by adding this to vagrantfile: 
config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb| 
vb.gui = true 
end

# for ssh problem 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27768821/ssh-executable-not-found-in-any-directories-in-the-path

Vagrantfile.rb

#vagrant boxes to use for docker 
# ubuntu machine without docker but is ready for to be used after docker installaiton:
https://atlas.hashicorp.com/bento/boxes/ubuntu-16.04
https://github.com/phusion/open-vagrant-boxes
dduportal/boot2docker
# includding docker compose 
https://atlas.hashicorp.com/kwilczynski/boxes/ubuntu-16.04-docker
https://github.com/leighmcculloch/vagrant-docker-compose
https://atlas.hashicorp.com/minimum/boxes/ubuntu-trusty64-docker

# GUI for vm : 
config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb| 
vb.gui = true 
end

# Forward ports
# https://github.com/simono/vm-examples/blob/master/docker-host/Vagrantfile
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17623528/how-can-vagrant-forward-multiple-ports-on-the-same-machine
for i in 80..89
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: i, host: i
end
for i in 8080..8089
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: i, host: i
end