Installing Vagrant on Ubuntu 14.04 server

Vagrant is a great tool for all those who want to create and manage virtual machines easily, this article shows how to install it on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server and show some basic configuration and commands.

Installing dependencies:

apt-get install curl openssh-client ruby-childprocess ruby-erubis ruby-i18n ruby-log4r 
ruby-net-scp ruby-net-ssh ruby-net-ssh ruby

And install the last vagrant debian package (in this time 1.7.4) :

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.7.4/vagrant_1.7.4_x86_64.deb
dpkg -i vagrant_1.7.4_x86_64.deb

Install the last virtualbox (in this time 5) :

apt-get install gcc make
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.10/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.10-104061~Ubuntu~trusty_amd64.deb
dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.10-104061~Ubuntu~trusty_amd64.deb

In case if you are facing any broken dependency issue while installing virtualbox package, then run the below command to fix it :

apt-get install -f

After this, try again :

dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.10-104061~Ubuntu~trusty_amd64.deb

Create some folders to hold all your vagrant stuff :

mkdir -p VAGRANT_PROJECTS/{BOXES,VAGRANT_DOTFILE,CONF,VAGRANT_HOME}

Edit ~/.bashrc file and add vagrant environment variables :

# For vagrant
# To disable Vagrant software update check
export VAGRANT_CHECKPOINT_DISABLE=1
# Vagrant current working directory, in this directory vagrant will look for Vagrantfile
export VAGRANT_CWD=/home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/CONF
# The directory where Vagrant stores VM-specific state
export VAGRANT_DOTFILE_PATH=/home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/VAGRANT_DOTFILE
# The Vagrant home directory is where things such as boxes are stored
export VAGRANT_HOME=/home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/VAGRANT_HOME

Download images and store them locally (Debian Jessie, Ubuntu server 14.04 LTS, Centos 7 and FreeBSD 10) :

cd ~/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/BOXES
wget https://atlas.hashicorp.com/debian/boxes/jessie64/versions/8.2.0/providers/virtualbox.box
wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box
wget http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/vagrant/x86_64/images/CentOS-7.box
wget https://atlas.hashicorp.com/freebsd/boxes/FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE/versions/2015.08.13/providers/virtualbox.box

Create a Vgrantfile (this file will hold the configuration of all you virtual machines) ~/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/CONF/Vagrantfile, mine looks like this :


# This is my conf file
$yum_upgrade = &lt;&lt;SCRIPT
echo "Start centos provisionning"
sudo yum -y install epel-release
sudo yum -y update
SCRIPT
 
$apt_upgrade = &lt;&lt;SCRIPT
echo "Start debian provisionning"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
SCRIPT
 
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
    # Global for all VMs
    #config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "echo Hello"
    config.vm.network "public_network"
 
   # centos7one VM
   config.vm.define "centos7one" do |centos7one|
       centos7one.vm.box = "centos7one"
       centos7one.vm.provision "shell", inline: $yum_upgrade
 
       centos7one.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |centos7one|
           centos7one.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2" ]
           centos7one.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024" ]
       end
    end
 
    # ubuntu14one VM
    config.vm.define "ubuntu14one" do |ubuntu14one|
        ubuntu14one.vm.box = "ubuntu14one"
        ubuntu14one.vm.provision "shell", inline: $apt_upgrade
        ubuntu14one.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |ubuntu14one|
            ubuntu14one.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2" ]
            ubuntu14one.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024" ]
        end
    end
 
    # debian8one VM
    config.vm.define "debian8one" do |debian8one|
        debian8one.vm.box = "debian8one"
        debian8one.vm.provision "shell", inline: $apt_upgrade
        debian8one.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |debian8one|
            debian8one.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2" ]
            debian8one.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024" ]
        end
    end
 
    # debian8two VM
    config.vm.define "debian8two" do |debian8two|
        debian8two.vm.box = "debian8two"
        debian8two.vm.provision "shell", inline: $apt_upgrade
        debian8two.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |debian8two|
            debian8two.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2" ]
            debian8two.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024" ]
        end
    end
 
    # freeBSD10 VM
    config.vm.define "freeBSD10" do |freeBSD10|
        freeBSD10.vm.box = "freeBSD10"
        freeBSD10.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", id: "vagrant-root", disabled: true
        freeBSD10.ssh.shell = "sh"
        freeBSD10.vm.base_mac = "080027D14C66"
        freeBSD10.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |freeBSD10|
            freeBSD10.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "2" ]
            freeBSD10.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024" ]
        end
    end
end

You can customize your Vagrantfile if you want, in my case i create :

Centos VM
Ubuntu VM
2 Debian VMs
FreeBSD VM

Add vagrant boxes :

vagrant box add debian8one /home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/BOXES/debian-jessie-64
vagrant box add debian8two /home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/BOXES/debian-jessie-64
vagrant box add ubuntu14one /home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/BOXES/ubuntu-trusty-64.box
vagrant box add centos7one /home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/BOXES/centOS-7.box
vagrant box add freeBSD10 /home/tarek/VAGRANT_PROJECTS/BOXES/freebsd-10.2.box

You can start all vms like this :

vagrant up

Or you can start just the debian8one like this :

vagrant up debian8one

To see the state of your VMs :

vagrant status

To ssh to a running VM :

vagrant ssh debian8one

To stop all VMs :

vagrant halt

To stop a running VM :

vagrant halt debian8one

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