Basic

Usage

• One of the most useful senario with Vagrant is to setup a network of serveral computing nodes to mimic a distributed system. Or even better, use Docker.

Preparation

Download offline file for instable network, esp. in case u r behind the “greatwall”:

Search the box in https://atlas.hashicorp.com/ for box name, version, then follow the format

https://atlas.hashicorp.com/puppetlabs/boxes/<boxName>/versions/<version>/providers/virtualbox.box

to construct the downloading url. e.g. https://atlas.hashicorp.com/puppetlabs/boxes/centos-7.0-64-puppet/versions/1.0.2/providers/virtualbox.box

Change the Storage Location

• Press Win+R and type systempropertiesadvanced to bring up the “System Properties” dialog, click “Environment Variables…” button, and in the “User vairalbes for $USER” section, add a variable named VAGRANT_HOME, whose value is D:\your\vagrant\working\path.

Or use the command line:

SETX VAGRANT_HOME "D:\your\vagrant\working\path"

• Change VirtualBox storage location: Open Virtalbox and navigate to File > Preference> General: Default Machine Folder: change to target location.