In the previous
article we have seen how we can download a base Box from the internet and use
that to configure new Virtuals but there will be cases where we need to clone a
existing box and create new ones out of them. Vagrant provides options for
closing a existing box for creating a new one.
1) Creating a new
box from the existing one using ,
[root@vx111a
CentOsVagrant]# vagrant package --base barhost --output centnew.box
==> barhost:
Attempting graceful shutdown of VM...
barhost: Guest communication could not be
established! This is usually because
barhost: SSH is not running, the
authentication information was changed,
barhost: or some other networking issue.
Vagrant will force halt, if
barhost: capable.
==> barhost:
Forcing shutdown of VM...
==> barhost:
Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> barhost:
Exporting VM...
==> barhost:
Compressing package to: /work/CentOsVagrant/centnew.box
2) Once the new box
is created with the name centnew.box, Copy this file to a new directory and add
the box with name CentiOS
[root@vx111a
vagrantTest]# vagrant box add CentiOS centnew.box
==> box: Box
file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> box: Adding
box 'CentiOS' (v0) for provider:
box: Unpacking necessary files from:
file:///work/vagrantTest/centnew.box
==> box:
Successfully added box 'CentiOS' (v0) for 'virtualbox'!
3) Once the box is
added ,we can check that using the “vagrant box list” command
[root@vx111a vagrantTest]#
vagrant box list
CentOS (virtualbox, 0)
CentiOS (virtualbox, 0)
mynewBox (virtualbox, 0)
precise32
(virtualbox, 0)
4) Once the box is
added successfully , use the “vagrant init” command and then make the necessary
changes to the file for the new virtual to be configured.
[root@vx111a
vagrantTest]# cat Vagrantfile
Vagrant.configure(2)
do |config|
config.vm.box = "CentiOS"
config.vm.host_name =
"dev1.puppetlabs.vm"
config.vm.provider
:virtualbox do |vb|
vb.name = "foohost"
vb.cpus = 2
end
end
5) From the same
location, run the “vagrant up” for starting the virtual with the new box. Once
started we can see the virtual available in the Oracle Virtual Box
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