RHEL/CentOS7 guest on VirtualBox with host only interface will not work because configure_networks.rb expects old interface names

[bertvv]

Setting up a host-only interface on a RHEL7/CentOS7 guest doesn't work. E.g.

VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "centos7qa"
  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.56.7"
end

The code in plugins/guests/redhat/cap/configure_networks.rb expects the "old" network interface names like eth0, eth1, etc. Since EL7, these have other names (e.g. enp0s3 and enp0s8). Vagrant up in that case gives the following error message:

[...]
==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...
The following SSH command responded with a non-zero exit status.
Vagrant assumes that this means the command failed!

ARPCHECK=no /sbin/ifup eth1 2> /dev/null

Stdout from the command:

ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.


Stderr from the command:

Copying over the equivalent from plugins/guests/fedora/cap/configure_networks.rb fixes EL7, but breaks EL6:

/usr/sbin/biosdevname --policy=all_ethN -i bash: line 2: /usr/sbin/biosdevname: No such file or directory
Stderr from the command:

bash: line 2: /usr/sbin/biosdevname: No such file or directory

[espector]

I'm getting the same issue with CentOS 7. Any possible workarounds using symlinks ?

[Pluto1010]

I'm having the same issue. I've read the linked issues as well. Does anybody already have a solution or a workaround now?

[khiro]

@Pluto1010 @espector You could use @vStone plugin or repo to solve this problem.

[vStone]

Also #4195

[bertvv]

Nice one, @vStone! Thanks.

[mitchellh]

This will be fixed by #4195