How to create and launch a VM

Requirement

• Virtualbox
• Vagrant

install

• doc

ubuntufedorahomebrew

wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install vagrant

sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/fedora/hashicorp.repo
sudo dnf -y install vagrant

brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/vagrant

commands (basics)

cmd	desc.
vagrant init	To initate Vagrant
vagrant up	To start a vm
vagrant ssh	To connect to a running instance
vagrant halt	To shut down a vm
vagrant destroy	To set a vm to its initial state by cleaning all data
vagrant ssh <vm target>	Connect to machine via SSH
vagrant box update	To start a vm
vagrant box list	List all local boxes
vagrant box update

configuration file (Vagrantfile)

• Vagrantfile - doc

create the Vagrantfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/jammy64"

  config.ssh.insert_key = false

  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true

  config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |v|
    v.memory = 256
    v.linked_clone = true
  end

  # Run Ansible from the Vagrant Host
  config.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
    ansible.playbook = "playbook.yml"
  end

  # app server
  config.vm.define "app1" do |app|
    app.vm.hostname = "orc-app1.test"
    app.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.56.1"
  end

end

connect to a vm

vagrant ssh ub01

multi machines

https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/multi-machine

Usage

vagrant init ubuntu/jammy64
vagrant up