Windows stuck on "Authentication failure" on vagrant up

[kevinquillen]

Trying to get this up on Windows for the first time and it is saying Authentication failure... and I can see in the GUI that it is asking for a login. It shouldn't be though, right?

Are there any additional steps needed to setup Windows hosts?

[geerlingguy]

Nothing else should be required for windows desktops—however, I've never tried it from a laptop without admin privileges, so maybe there's a UAC problem with Vagrant and/or VirtualBox?

[geerlingguy]

@kevinquillen - Also, can you get a screenshot or even copy+paste of the output with the failure? Would be helpful to see the context.

[kevinquillen]

[kevinquillen]

Similar issue: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/when-i-type-vagrant-up-i-get-an-authentication-error

[kevinquillen]

This is what I had to do:

• Delete insecure_private_key in .vagrant.d/
• Run vagrant ssh-config
• vagrant halt
• vagrant up

[geerlingguy]

@kevinquillen - I think we can add a note to the Windows documentation page (so others with the same problem can find a solution) and then I'll mark this fixed. I haven't heard the same thing happening to many others, but I'm sure it will happen again, so thanks for posting the solution!

[alex-moreno]

this happens also in Mac. Removing the insecure key and vagrant up works