Hello, Vagrant uses Virtualbox uuid to identify boxes.
VBoxManage list vms So, if you destroy, then will be some manual work. I think the easiest way is to do a vagrant package , just be sure to delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rule or similar file, then shutdown. Alvaro. On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 2:15 AM, Tim Visher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > We have a very lengthy and sadly brittle provisioning process. Making both > of those better is on our roadmap but it unfortunately makes people very > nervous about recreating their VMs which leads to other problems. > > I had the idea that I could make a backup of the box prior to destroying > it, then if anything goes wrong with the provision, you can always fall > back to the backup. > > I don't believe snapshotting can work here because we want to be able to > destroy the box and then recreate it (maybe that's problem number 1?). > > My initial idea was to do a `VBoxManage clonevm` step prior to destroying > the box and then if anything goes wrong clone the vm back into place and > allow you to continue on your way. > > My first attempt at this did not go well though, and I'm unclear as to > why. Vagrant recognized the machine as already provisioned, but the box > itself definitely was not provisioned. > > How can I do this? Or is there a better way to accomplish what I'm talking > about. > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > > In Christ, > > Timmy V. > > http://blog.twonegatives.com/ > http://five.sentenc.es/ -- Spend less time on mail > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues > IRC: #vagrant on Freenode > --- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/c2f79ca4-8b29-4037-b035-6fd78301a73c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/c2f79ca4-8b29-4037-b035-6fd78301a73c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues IRC: #vagrant on Freenode --- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/CAHqq0ezi-yqDHgaKQYwoyR2PwZQ_-9OL_6YPQQoXUA%3DpCPGpzw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
