vagrant-vbox-snapshot

Vagrant plugin that exposes the VBoxManage snapshot command.

Install

Ensure you have Vagrant 1.1+ installed, then run:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbox-snapshot

Usage

The following commands are added by this plugin:

 vagrant snapshot take [vm-name] [NAME]            # take snapshot, labeled by NAME
 vagrant snapshot list [vm-name]                   # list snapshots
 vagrant snapshot back [vm-name]                   # restore last taken snapshot
 vagrant snapshot delete [vm-name] [NAME]          # delete specified snapshot
 vagrant snapshot go [vm-name] [NAME]              # restore specified snapshot

Caveats

• Not compatible with Vagrant <1.1. If you need this, try another solution.
• Only minimally tested.
• Currently doesn't work under Windows. See #12.

Other solutions

This plugin is primarily a port of vagrant-snap to Vagrant 1.1.

• vagrant-snap
  • fork with Vagrant 1.0.4-1.0.7 compatibility: https://gist.github.com/tombh/5142237 source
• sahara
  • fork exists with 1.1 functionality: https://github.com/ryuzee/sahara

Development

To develop on this plugin, do the following:

# get the repo, and then make a feature branch (REPLACE WITH YOUR FORK)
git clone https://github.com/dergachev/vagrant-vbox-snapshot.git
cd vagrant-vbox-snapshot
git checkout -b MY-NEW-FEATURE

# installs the vagrant gem, which is a dev dependency
bundle install 

# hack on the plugin
vim lib/vagrant-vbox-snapshot.rb # or any other file

# test out your changes, in the context provided by the development vagrant gem, and the local Vagrantfile.
bundle exec vagrant snapshot ...

# commit, push, and do a pull-request

See DEVNOTES.md for the notes I compiled while developing this plugin.