Install with Devops-box on Vagrant and VirtualBox

Install Terraform on the windows is not the best choice.

If you can run your pc / laptop on Linux, like Ubuntu, or on MAC, it will be much better than the windows.

But somehow, we can use Vagrant and VirtualBox to spinning up a local vm named "devops-box" on Windows which the terraform, packer, awscli have been already pre-installed.

Okay, let's work on it.

Install VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.

Go to https://www.virtualbox.org/, download and install the Windows hosts Version.

Note: All install steps apply the default option.

Install Vagrant

Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a single workflow.

Go to https://www.vagrantup.com/, download and install the Windows Version.

Note: All install steps apply the default option.

Install Git

Go to https://git-scm.com/downloads, download and install the Windows Version.

Note: All install steps apply the default option.

Git Clone Vagrant file

After installing the VirtualBox, Vagrant and git.

Open a Command Prompt by pressing "WIN+R" and run "cmd". Let's say, I want to clone the folder and build the vm under the "C:\".

Change the directory to "C:" and run :

git clone https://github.com/judexzhu/devops-box.git

Here is what it looks like:

Vagrant Up

Bring the devops-box vm up by simply running

vagrant up

It will take some time. After finish, run below command to check the ssh login information

vagrant ssh-config

You will get the information like below:How to login the devops-box:

  1. Using ip address 127.0.0.1
  2. SSH port is 2222
  3. Here is the private-key which used to login the vm

Let's open a ssh termial, I like to use Xshell a lot.

Tips: Xshell can be download from here. https://www.netsarang.com/download/down_xsh5.html

It also has a nice installation guild.

Let's create a new session

  1. On connection, give this session a name like "devops-box".
  2. In the "Host" box fill with "127.0.0.1".
  3. Set the "Port Number" to "2222".
  4. Go to Authentication.
  5. Set the "Method:" to "Public Key".
  6. Set "User Name:" to "ubuntu".
  7. on the "User Key:", use "Browse.." button on the right to input the private key and select it. Using "vagrant ssh-config" to get the path of private key.
  8. Click "OK" to finish.

You can see from below image that we can success login the VM, also the "terraform" has already been installed.

Vargrant Cheat Sheet

Here is some useful command when using vagrant, wish they will be helpful.

Typing `vagrant` from the command line will display a list of all available commands.

Be sure that you are in the same directory as the Vagrantfile when running these commands!

Typing vagrant from the command line will display a list of all available commands.

Be sure that you are in the same directory as the Vagrantfile when running these commands!

Common Vagrant Commands

  • vagrant up -- starts vagrant environment (also provisions only on the FIRST vagrant up)
  • vagrant status -- outputs status of the vagrant machine
  • vagrant halt -- stops the vagrant machine
  • vagrant reload -- restarts vagrant machine, loads new Vagrantfile configuration
  • vagrant provision -- forces reprovisioning of the vagrant machine
  • vagrant ssh -- connects to machine via SSH
  • vagrant destroy -- stops and deletes all traces of the vagrant machine

Tips

  • vagrant -v -- Get the vagrant version
  • vagrant global-status -- outputs status of all vagrant machines
  • vagrant global-status --prune -- same as above, but prunes invalid entries
  • vagrant suspend -- Suspends a virtual machine (remembers state)
  • vagrant resume -- Resume a suspended machine (vagrant up works just fine for this as well)
  • vagrant reload --provision -- Restart the virtual machine and force provisioning
  • vagrant provision --debug -- Use the debug flag to increase the verbosity of the output
  • vagrant push -- Yes, vagrant can be configured to deploy code!
  • vagrant up --provision | tee provision.log -- Runs vagrant up, forces provisioning and logs all output to a file

Notes

  • If you are using VVV, you can enable xdebug by running vagrant ssh and then xdebug_on from the virtual machine's CLI.

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