make it possible to define the folder for storing the virtual maschines / harddrives

[kaystrobach]

it would be nice, if there would be an option to move the virtualbox/vmware config/ disks which are currently stored in ~/Virtualbox VMs into the .vagrant folder of the VM.

This way it would be easier to move / copy the VM from one harddrive/pc/mac to another
And it would also be easier to control where the VM Data is stored.

PS: I know #1247, but that does not fix that with Multiplattform in mind 😠

[mitchellh]

This is configured from VirtualBox itself. Vagrnat doesn't even choose where the VMs go.

[kaystrobach]

i know, and i'd like to change that, so that the vm disks are always in .vagrant - is there a chance to do that?

[mitchellh]

If you're interested, please do submit a PR and I'd love to take a look. At the moment this isn't a priority. Thanks!

[davidkarlsen]

I have been fighting this as well (in CI env / Jenkins).
Ended up doing:
export VAGRANT_HOME=$WORKSPACE/.vagrant.d
export VBOX_USER_HOME=$WORKSPACE/.vbox
VBoxManage setproperty machinefolder $VBOX_USER_HOME/machinefolder

to achive this.

Would be cool if vagrant could fix it - but I see that it's not priority and accept that fact - just my 2 cents.

[mitchellh]

yeah I've tried to tackle this before but I think the fact that the machine folder was global was a dealbreaker. VMware ,for example, lets you do it per-VM very easily. With VirtualBox it is POSSIBLE, but tricky.

[kaystrobach]

just keep in the roadmap 😄
I also have the VMWare License, so if this is a starting point i would be fine with that as well.

[mitchellh]

@kaystrobach VMware doesn't have this problem. You can set: VAGRANT_VMWARE_CLONE_DIRECTORY. See: http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/vmware/configuration.html

[kikitux]

@mitchellh question.

in plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb

today you do --dry-run, get all the information, and just modify the name from the default to the specified on vagrantfile, or based on the path.. you get what I mean.

On this piece of code:

disks = output.scan (/(\d+): Hard disk image: source image=.+, target path=(.+),/)

I think is where we can replace the path in disks variable

in my windows, an output is:

8 C:\Users\alvarom\VirtualBox VMs\packer-vagrant-oracle7\packer-vagrant-oracle7-disk1.vmdk

then, in a .each, just the machine name is replaced with:

disk_params << path.sub("/#{suggested_name}/", "/#{specified_name}/")

My ruby-fu is very low, so I can't suggest a working approach..

But i did a test, and I was able to use this to override the path to Z:\here

[kikitux]

@mitchellh ping..

[vmmello]

This is a bit an unrelated question, but it's not very far from what is being asked here...

Is it safe for directory $VAGRANT_HOME/boxes/ to be a symlink to an external directory, e.g. /mount_point_with_more_space/vagrant/boxes?

[aateeque]

Did this ever get picked up?

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