BoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter (FPP)

[brokedba]

Description
Hi,
I am having a problem with the step that creates the HostOnly adapter .
The vagrant up hangs then throws the below error . I am almost certain that it's linked to both virtualBox and windows 10 as I saw a lot of threads on StackoverFlow describing the same network error. but I hoped someone had already gone through this and found a fix.

Bringing machine 'host1' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
Bringing machine 'host2' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> host1: Box 'ol74' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
    host1: Box Provider: virtualbox
    host1: Box Version: >= 0
==> host1: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> host1: Adding box 'ol74' (v0) for provider: virtualbox
    host1: Downloading: https://yum.oracle.com/boxes/oraclelinux/ol74/ol74.box
    host1:
==> host1: Successfully added box 'ol74' (v0) for 'virtualbox'!
==> host1: Importing base box 'ol74'...
==> host1: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> host1: Setting the name of the VM: london-fleet-fpp-Server
==> host1: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["hostonlyif", "create"]

Stderr: 0%...
Progress state: E_FAIL
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter
VBoxManage.exe: error: Operation canceled by the user
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component VirtualBoxWrap, interface IVirtualBox
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleCreate(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 95 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp

Environment (please complete the following information):

**- Host OS:**Windows 10 Home
- Vagrant version: Vagrant 2.2.7
- Vagrant provider: VirtualBox:
- VirtualBox version: 6.1.8r137981

Additional information
By the way , I tried to do it through the GUI console and it works there is just a windows confirmation pop up that I have to click on.
Thank you

[brokedba]

It seemed to be fixed by a temporary change in user account Control.

• I am now having another error though :

There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["startvm", "6cef1e57-d4d3-4633-a122-1be55e990eec", "--type", "headless"]

Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: VMMR0_DO_NEM_INIT_VM failed: VERR_NEM_MISSING_KERNEL_API_2 (VERR_NEM_MISSING_KERNEL_API_2).
VBoxManage.exe: error: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole

[brokedba]

ok I also found a fix the last error 👍 :
just run the blow in powershell as admin and reboot your Windows :

PS C:\Users\brokedba> bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
 The operation completed successfully.  

My laptop had a BIOS update like 3 days ago, it could be related.

[PaulNeumann]

@brokedba The Failed to create the host-only adapter error is a known issue with Vagrant on Windows hosts (see hashicorp/vagrant#10833). Vagrant is asking VirtualBox to create a new network interface, which requires administrator permissions.

As you found, you can work around the issue by temporarily setting User Account Control to "Never notify". (But please don't leave it set that way--it could allow malware to run with administrator permissions.)

I hope this helps.

[brokedba]

@PaulNeumann of course that's why I said "temporary" ;). thank you.

• By the way I was wondering if there were Oracle 12c DB images available so I can import it using rhpctl import -zip command

# rhpctl import image -image db_12102 -imagetype ORACLEDBSOFTWARE -zip /vagrant/ORCL_software/12cZipFile

As the usual 12c zipped installables aren't images

https://www.oracle.com/ca-en/database/technologies/database12c-win64-downloads.html

[PaulNeumann]

@brokedba

By the way I was wondering if there were Oracle 12c DB images available so I can import it using rhpctl import -zip command

I don't think so. As far as I know, 12c images have to be created from an installed Oracle home.

[brokedba]

I thought so but I wanted to confirm.
That would be good enhancement to include a database install during the spin of host2 so people can choose to import an image from an installed oracle home (i.e. 12c) .
I am familiar with oracle database builds but just not used to have everything stored in one vagrantfile (as opposed to have a separate folder and vagrantfile per Host). Otherwise I could try to include this part ina Fork.
Thank you

[PaulNeumann]

Potential enhancements are up to the code owner. @rcitton, could you please take a look at @brokedba's suggestion above for the OracleFPP project?

[brokedba]

Thank you @PaulNeumann, I can create a new enhancement thread if it's more appropriate and since the OP is a not really related.

[rcitton-oracle]

Hello @brokedba , such request can not be implemented into the code as the main problem is that Oracle is shipping the 12.1 binaries in a form that the rhpctl import as zip can not works. Moreover the host2 is created as ready target w/o any oracle binaries as the idea is to offer the possibility to do practice on shipping the RDBMS to it (as documented on the bottom of the readme, see "FPP commands you could test postdeploy based on the configuration file above")

[brokedba]

Hi @rcitton . Thanks for the build and I actually tried them (importing and shippping homes). However, using it to practice on 18/19c releases won't reflect the current customers environments state where they're all being busy upgrading to 19c from 12c. I don't believe it's just me but waiting until everybody is migrated to 19c kind of loses its(FPP) main purpose .

[rcitton-oracle]

Hi @brokedba thank you for your feedback. FPP is not only an upgrade utility is doing much more. Sure the upgrade capability is one of the most important but as 11g, 12c shiphome are not in the "zip format" ive decided to skip them and show some other capabilities such a gold image import, workingcopy creation, db creation.... Having the vagrant env you are free to do practice with the upgrade too focusing on the FPP commands only. The VagrantFPP idea is to provide a simple env (in short time) where play with FPP.

[gvenzl]

Hey @rcitton, @brokedba,

Can this issue be closed?