Or you just use the boxcutter/windows baseboxes (you can build them with packer.io); https://github.com/boxcutter/windows
Cheers, Torben On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 1:32 AM, Tom Jacques <[email protected]> wrote: > I finally figured out what's going on. I'm using the same machine as Guilhem > Brouat was, the vagrant-win7-ie8 box. This box is not configured properly to > be used by Vagrant, because the Modern.ie team released it before Windows > was supported (I think?). Their goal was just to have a VM that could be > spun up with "vagrant up" and then interacted with manually. It isn't set up > to be accessed via SSH or WinRM. > > If you follow the steps here on the original box: > https://gist.github.com/uchagani/48d25871e7f306f1f8af > > Then repackage the box using > >> vagrant package --output vagrant-win7-ie8-updated.box > > > Then add the new box using > >> vagrant box add vagrant-win7-ie8-updated vagrant-win7-ie8-updated.box > > > It will spin up properly as long as you have a good Vagrantfile. > > For reference, here is my Vagrantfile: > >> >> >> # -*- mode: ruby -*- >> >> # vi: set ft=ruby : >> >> >> >> VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2" >> >> >> Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config| >> >> >> config.vm.define "win7" do |win7| >> >> # >> http://blog.syntaxc4.net/post/2014/09/03/windows-boxes-for-vagrant-courtesy-of-modern-ie.aspx >> >> win7.vm.box = "vagrant-win7-ie8-updated" >> >> win7.vm.guest = :windows >> >> >> win7.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3389, host: 3391 >> >> win7.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 5985, host: 5987, id: "winrm", >> auto_correct: true >> >> >> win7.windows.set_work_network = true >> >> # Makes the host machine available as "192.168.50.1" on the guest >> >> win7.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.50.2" >> >> >> # >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23574387/why-is-vagrant-trying-to-ssh-to-windows-guest >> >> # >> https://www.vagrantup.com/blog/feature-preview-vagrant-1-6-windows.html >> >> win7.vm.communicator = "winrm" >> >> >> win7.winrm.username = "IEUser" >> >> win7.winrm.password = "Passw0rd!" >> >> >> # We don't want the default headless mode >> >> win7.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb| >> >> vb.gui = true >> >> end >> >> end > > > What's still unfortunate is that there isn't a way to automate that process > (except with something like Sikuli). > > On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 3:11:19 PM UTC-5, Umair Chagani wrote: >> >> If you search the Issues list there is a bug with Windows guests. I would >> downgrade to Vagrant v1.6.5 >> >> On Feb 15, 2015 2:27 PM, "Tom Jacques" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> +1 I've been trying for hours to get one of these set up, so far no dice. >>> I'm wondering if anyone's been able to do it, or if it requires modifying >>> the VM image. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Vagrant" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vagrant" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
