Overview

Vagrant projects - configuration files that can be used to create pre-configured virtual machines with selected packages.

Prerequisites

Windows 7 - PowerShell

PowerShell 5.1 is required when using Vagrant on Windows 7.

Why you need it:

• hashicorp/vagrant#8777

Download link

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

File name Win7AndW2K8R2-KB3191566-x64.zip

Overview

• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2017/01/19/windows-management-framework-wmf-5-1-released/

Virtualbox

This is common VM provider used in included sub-projects.

To install it, visit the following web sites:

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html
• https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Vagrant

It's required for all sub-projects.

• download link: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html

vagrant-vbguest

For automatic VirtualBox Guest Additions configuration install vagrant-vbguest:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

Optional Addons

vagrant-cachier

For caching apt/yum packages install vagrant-cachier:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier

See also

• Vagrant Cheat Sheet
• vagrant-cachier - usage