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!
>
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