Vagrant Install

Installing and configuring Vagrant on your own laptop and/or PC may seem complicated, but it is not at all.

To get Vagrant working, you need to perform 7 steps. I have described these 7 steps below. I myself work with Vagrant within Windows. Hopefully I have described all steps for MACos correctly. If not, please let me know !

I make the assumption that VMware Workstation Pro or VMware Fusion Pro is installed. If not, this should be done first. VMware Workstation Pro and VMWare Fusion Pro is now free for personal use. So that shouldn't be a problem.

VMWare Workstation 17 Pro for Windows Download.

VMware Workstation 17 Pro for Linux Download.

VMware Fusion 13 Pro for MACos Download.

Extract the TAR-files with e.g. 7-ZIP and install (Next, Next, Finish)

[Step 1] Downloading the software

Windows

Download Vagrant 2.4.1 Download

Download Vagrant VMware Plugin Download

MacOS

Download Vagrant 2.4.1 Download

Download Vagrant VMware Plugin Download

[Step 2] Installation

Install Vagrant 2.4.1 and reboot your laptop or PC (don't skip reboot!]

Install Vagrant VMware Plugin 1.0.22 (reboot if needed)

Just click Next, Next, Finish during the installation.

[Step 3] Activate the installed plugin

vagrant plugin install vagrant-vmware-desktop
exit

Terminal must be closed to load the environment variables

[Step 4] Configuration

Start Terminal

Windows

setx VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE "Vagrantfile-latest.rb"
setx VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL "1"
setx VAGRANT_SUPPRESS_GO_EXPERIMENTAL_WARNING "1"
setx VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER "vmware_desktop"
setx VAGRANT_VMWARE_CLONE_DIRECTORY "x:\Directory of your choice where virtual machines should be stored"
exit

It is very important to close the terminal. Otherwise the settings are not loaded !

More information at Vagrant Docs

[Step 5] Initialization (Windows/MACos)

vagrant init
exit

[Step 6] Replace Vagrantfile

Download My Custom Vagrantfile.

Put this file in the folder Downloads (Windows).

Windows

del %HOMEDRIVE%\vagrantfil*.*
exit

copy %HOMEDRIVE%\Downloads\Vagrantfile-latest.rb %HOMEDRIVE%
exit

MACos

del ~/vagrant.d/vagrantfil*.*
exit

! DON'T FORGET ! Store the custom vagrantfile (Vagrantfile-latest.rb) in ~/vagrant.d/

[Step 7] Adding the boxes (Windows/MACos)

Start terminal

vagrant box add gusztavvargadr/ubuntu-server-2404-lts --clean --provider vmware_desktop
vagrant box add gusztavvargadr/windows-server-2022-standard --clean --provider vmware_desktop
vagrant box add gusztavvargadr/windows-11 --clean --provider vmware_desktop
exit

The Windows boxes use about 15 gigabyte of diskspace per box. The Linux box uses about 4 gigabyte of diskspace. About 35 gigabytes of disk space is thus necessary for all boxes.

Start the fun !

That was it then. You're all set with the installation and configuration of the environment. Let's start the fun !

For Example:

Starting the Introduction Infrastructures Webserver small edition (uses 2 GB RAM)

vagrant up U24-LTS-S-WSRV-S-001

Starting the Introduction Infrastructures Webserver extra large edition (uses 8 GB RAM)

vagrant up U24-LTS-S-WSRV-XL-001

Shutting down

For Example:

vagrant halt U24-LTS-S-WSRV-S-001

More Info

More information on Vagrant configuration files can be found on Vagrant docs

License / Copyright / Trademarks

• Vagrant by Hashicorp Inc. (hashicorp.com)
• Virtualbox by Oracle Corporation (oracle.com)
• VMware by VMware Company (vmware.com) / Broadcom (broadcom.com)
• Windows by Microsoft Corporation (microsoft.com)

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