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This document serves as a comprehensive guide to Virtual Machines (VMs) and Vagrant, detailing what a VM is, popular VM platforms, and the functionalities of Vagrant as an open-source tool for managing VMs. It includes installation steps, essential commands, and useful tips for users. Additionally, it provides references for further information on Vagrant and VirtualBox.

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This document serves as a comprehensive guide to Virtual Machines (VMs) and Vagrant, detailing what a VM is, popular VM platforms, and the functionalities of Vagrant as an open-source tool for managing VMs. It includes installation steps, essential commands, and useful tips for users. Additionally, it provides references for further information on Vagrant and VirtualBox.

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Vagrant Updated Notes

Virtual Machines (VM) & Vagrant - Notes 🌟


What is a VM (Virtual Machine)? 💻
A virtual machine (VM) is a software-based computer that runs inside another physical computer, called the
host machine.
The VM is created and managed by special software called a hypervisor, which is installed on the host machine.
Hypervisor provides mechanisms for sharing the physical resources of the host machine among multiple VMs,
ensuring:
Each VM has its own isolated and secure environment.

Popular VM Platforms: 🌍
✅ VirtualBox
✅ Amazon EC2
✅ Microsoft Azure
✅ Google Cloud Compute Engine
✅ DigitalOcean

What is Vagrant? 🚀
🔹 Open-source tool written in Ruby.
🔹 Automates the creation and management of Virtual Machines.
🔹 Uses a simple configuration file to specify the VM setup.
🔹 Creates a VM using the command:
1 vagrant up
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🔹 Can control VMs via command-line using Vagrant commands.


Vagrant History: 📜

📌 Created as a personal side-project by Mitchell Hashimoto in January 2010.


📌 First version released in March 2010.
📌 HashiCorp was formed to support the full-time development of Vagrant.
Important Vagrant Terms: 📝
🔸 Provision – Setting up & configuring a VM (e.g., installing software, setting networks).
🔸 Vagrantfile – A Ruby-based configuration file that defines VM settings & provisions.
🔹 You don’t need to be an expert in Ruby to use it.
🔹 Can modify existing Vagrantfiles or copy and paste examples.

Vagrant Setup & Installation 🛠


Installing Vagrant on Windows & macOS

📌 Step 1: Download & Install Vagrant


🔗 Vagrant Download
✅ Check installation using:
1 vagrant --version
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📌 Step 2: Choose a VM Provider (e.g., VirtualBox, Hyper-V, Docker).


🔗 Install VirtualBox
📌 Step 3: Create a new folder for your Vagrant project.
📌 Step 4: Open terminal/command line and initialize the Vagrant project:
1 vagrant init
2

💡 This creates a Vagrantfile in the folder.


📌 Step 5: Choose a pre-configured box:
🔗 Vagrant Boxes
🔹 Example:
1 config.vm.box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
2

🔹 Alternative method:
1 vagrant init centos/7
2 vagrant box add centos/7
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📌 Step 6: Start the VM 🚀


1 vagrant up
2

💡 The first time, Vagrant will download the box from the internet.
📌 Step 7: Connect to the VM via SSH:
1 vagrant ssh
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Vagrant Box Commands 📦
Command Description

vagrant box add <box> Adds a box to the local repository

vagrant box list Lists all available boxes

vagrant box outdated Checks if any box is outdated

vagrant box update <box> Updates a box to a new version

vagrant box repackage <box> Repackages a box with a new name

vagrant box prune Removes outdated boxes

vagrant box remove <box> Deletes a box from the local repository

📍 Location of VM Boxes:
📌 Mac/Linux: ~/.vagrant.d/boxes
📌 Windows: C:/Users/USERNAME/.vagrant.d/boxes

Essential Vagrant Commands ⚡


Command Description

vagrant init Initializes a new Vagrant environment

vagrant up Creates & configures the guest machine

vagrant ssh Logs into the guest machine via SSH

vagrant halt Stops the guest machine

vagrant suspend Suspends the guest machine

vagrant resume Resumes a suspended machine

vagrant reload Restarts the guest machine

vagrant destroy Stops & deletes the VM

vagrant status Shows VM status

vagrant provision Runs provisioning scripts

vagrant package Packages a running VM into a reusable box

vagrant plugin install <plugin> Installs a plugin

vagrant plugin list Lists installed plugins

vagrant plugin uninstall <plugin> Uninstalls a plugin


Useful Vagrant Tips & Tricks 💡
📌 Get help for any command:
1 vagrant --help
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📌 For VirtualBox Users:


✔ List all VMs:

1 vboxmanage list vms


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✔ List running VMs:

1 vboxmanage list runningvms


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References 📚
🔗 Vagrant Documentation – developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant
🔗 VirtualBox Downloads – virtualbox.org
🔗 Vagrant Box Search – app.vagrantup.com/boxes/search

This document provides a structured, colorful, and well-organized guide to VMs and Vagrant.😊

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