starting vagrant every time the macOS startup using 'vagrant up' command

[kofm77]

I have been trying Bell in the last days, but unfortunately sometimes I get bored of repeating the same commands every time I startup my computer to start vagrant.
That's why I created a way to start vagrant automatically each time we startup our computers for less headaches, and I believe it's the simplest way:

1-Look for Automator

2-Select "Run AppleScript"

3-copy and past this code ( you have to put your own path 'directory to Vargant' )

on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script with command "cd /Your/vagrant/vm/directory && vagrant up && vagrant ssh"
end tell
end run

4-Go to your Account Settings

5-Add the new application that you made with Automator Here

Best regards

Oussem Ksontini

[aberdean]

I like this, @kofm77. You should do a pull request to insert it into the steps. Perhaps, you could post these instructions in the FAQ page and then post a link to them in the appropriate place in the steps.

[mepda]

could something like this also be accomplished for Windows with a batch command file?

[kofm77]

I will check that possibility for you, dear friend. Very soon :D

[aberdean]

@mepda @kofm77 It's already done for Windows! ;-)

@kofm77 you can still do a pull request to add it to the FAQ page for Mac users.

[kofm77]

Dear @aberdean,
I have done a pull request few days ago, but I didn't receive any message or confirmation, showing that mu pull is accepted. Did I make a mistake?

Thank you :)

[aberdean]

@kofm77 I thought you knew that when you do a pull request, you should post it in the chat, right? ;-)
Now that I saw it, I commented on it. Please, have a look.

[waryhermit]

@aberdean It looks like @kofm77 modified his pull request after your comment. Have you looked at it since?

[waryhermit]

Anyone else can add information on how to have vagrant automatically start on OSX or Ubuntu. A quick look on google should give you enough information.

[dogi]

@hikaruit15 knows a way ;)

[hikaruit15]

Hi @waryhermit,

• When we use vagrant up, it means we want to start the virtual machine that host our Bell App.
  From that, we could access to Bell App from browser.
• Our question now is how to start automatically a machine on Virtualbox every time macosx startup.
  But because virtual machines don't share between accounts on Mac, so we only start automatically a machine for each user. It means when a user login.
• To do that:
  • Download this file: virtualboxboot. Find community and change it into your machine name that you want to start automatically.
  • Copy this file into /Users/${USER}/Library/LaunchAgents/. (Note: ${USER} is your username. If you cannot find LaunchAgents directory, let create it.)
  • Reset computer to test. Done.

[waryhermit]

@hikaruit15 You like that method better then the one put forward by @kofm77 ? I think his method does not require any download. But I am not a OSX user, so that is why I want someone else to do this one :)

[hikaruit15]

@waryhermit Basically you don't need to download. That is a link to a file on my github account. I just make your step easier.
You could do it by your self by creating a new file and copy this text:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.ole.virtualboxboot.plist</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/VBoxManage</string>
    <string>startvm</string>
    <string>community</string>
    <string>--type</string>
    <string>headless</string>
  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

[waryhermit]

@hikaruit15 Oh, I see. Now we just need some new intern to add this in a pull request then.

[hikaruit15]

Remmber: com.ole.virtualboxboot.plist is your file name. You could set different name for the file but it has to be the same inside the file.