Just add that packer.io can be used to build your own boxes. Since windows have the technical requirement of not sharing keys and handling activations, you may end using your own boxes
http://www.packer.io https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows Alvaro. On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Shawn McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote: > This article last year mentions the modern.ie Virtualbox VMs should work > with Vagrant : > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/09/16/expanding-offers-and-vm-delivery-choices-on-modern-ie.aspx > . Unless I misread something . I have never tried, but I was looking to > start soon. > > Thanks! > > On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 11:21:57 PM UTC-7, Torben Knerr wrote: >> >> 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. -- 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.
