Website: vagrantup.com

Vagrant Documentation: vagrantup.com/docs

Pre-requisite

We need a hypervisor installed on the machine where we want to install Vagrant. We will be using Virtualbox but you can use VMWare or any other provider.

brew install --cask virtualbox

Virtualbox requires a kernel extension to work. If the installation fails, retry after you enabling it in:

System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General

Install Vagrant

brew install --cask vagrant

Verify the Installed Vagrant Version

This command will also show latest version of Vagrant available along with the installed version.

vagrant version

Create a Directory for Storing Vagrant files

mkdir vagrant_directory

cd vagrant_directory

Initialize Vagrant Box

vagrant init hashicorp/bionic64

List Vagrant Box Files

vagrant box list

Start the Virtual Machine

vagrant up

Login to Virtual Machine Shell

vagrant ssh

Show Port Mapping

This will display the full list of guest ports mapped to the host machine ports.

vagrant port

Suspend the Virtual Machine

Suspending the virtual machine will stop it and save its current running state.

vagrant suspend

Halt the Virtual Machine

Halting the virtual machine will gracefully shut down the guest operating system and power down the guest machine.

vagrant halt

Terminate the Virtual Machine

Destroying the virtual machine will remove all traces of the guest machine from your system. It'll stop the guest machine, power it down, and reclaim its disk space and RAM.

vagrant destroy

Remove the Vagrant Box File

vagrant box remove hashicorp/bionic64

GUI Search Options for Vagrant Boxes

1. Go to the app.vagrantup.com/boxes/search

1. Put the name of the OS/application you are searching for in the search field, for example here we will write centos then select virtualbox as the hypervisor and click on search icon, results will be shown for the search string centos. Select the Centos/7.

1. On the details page click on new tab to get the commands to download the box and launch it.