Vagrant Ubuntu Virtual Machine - Step by Step Installation

Vagrant and Installation

Step 1: Installing Virtualbox

Download Oracle Virtulabox from https://www.virtualbox.org/ install virtual box.

Step 2: Installing Vagrant

Download vagrant from https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html and install to local machine.

Step 3: Installing Vagrant Host-Manager

Run below commands to install vagrant manager.

$vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmanager

Step 4: Create vagrant working directory

$mkdir VagrantBox

$cd VagrantBox

$mkdir ubuntu64

$cd ubuntu64

Step 5: Run ubuntu virtual machine

$ vagrant box add {title} {url}

e.g.,

$vagrant box add ubuntu64 https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box

Refer: http://www.vagrantbox.es/ for url

Step 6: Initiate vagrant ubuntu machine

$ vagrant init {title}

$ vagrant up

Step 7: A ubuntu machine will start, and requests for username and password. Provide below username and password and start using virtual machine.

username: vagrant

password: vagrant