Vagrant shared hosts problem

fix-shared-hosts.md

Fixing the problems with shared hosts

• Vagrant: 1.9.2
• Virtualbox: 5.1.2

ON GUEST (vagrant)

Installing basic packages

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-guest-dkms

Setup xorg configs (just if needed)

sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Download and setup the Guest Additions related to Virtualbox version

sudo wget -c http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.2/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.1.2.iso
sudo mount VBoxGuestAdditions_5.1.2.iso -o loop /mnt
cd /mnt
sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --nox11

On HOST

vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

Easier way :D

open Vagrant file and change the sync type to nfs Eg.:

config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"

xorg.conf

#Example xorg.conf from Ubuntu

Section "Device"
   Identifier   "Configured Video Device"
   Driver      "vboxvideo"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier   "Default Screen"
   Monitor      "Configured Monitor"
   Device      "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "vboxmouse"
        Driver          "vboxmouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"        0 0
        InputDevice     "vboxmouse"
EndSection