On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 10:54 AM signmeuptoo <[email protected]> wrote:
> thank you, I will work on that information in a bit, I appreciate it. > Someone else is also helping via email. > > One question: > > with this part: > > c.vm.box = "bento/centos-7.2" > > My install via the init box install the box centos term is not centos-7.2, > but a longer term in the copied and pasted init box. Does it know that > simpler OS name (centos-7.2)? > Nope, it does not! If you want the bento box specifically, you need the full name. You can also add and build your own boxes (which means you can give it any name you want), but I would consider that an advanced feature that I wouldn't worry about until learning more and understanding how Vagrant works. > > > > On Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 1:34:56 PM UTC-4, Brian Cain wrote: >> >> Is the problem that you are using a box named "mycentos"? This name >> should correspond to the box you wish to use, rather than >> a name you want it to be called. These names typically correspond to >> boxes on Vagrant Cloud: >> https://app.vagrantup.com/boxes/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&sort=downloads&provider=&q=centos >> >> So if you wanted to use say, bento/centos-7.2, your Vagrantfile would >> look like >> >> Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| >> config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "echo Hello" >> >> config.vm.define "centos" do |c| >> c.vm.box = "bento/centos-7.2" >> end >> end >> >> I also changed the guest to be called "centos". >> >> One way to check what name you should type when you run `vagrant up` is >> the command `vagrant status`. It will show you what names are defined. >> >> Since I called this guest "centos", that means you can run `vagrant up >> centos` and `vagrant ssh centos`, as well as any other vagrant commands for >> that guest. >> >> But more generally, you give your Vagrant guests names through that >> config option that is `config.vm.define`. The string after this is the name. >> >> Have you started with the introduction/getting started guide on the >> website? https://www.vagrantup.com/intro/getting-started/index.html >> >> I recommend following along and reading through all of that. It should >> give you a good understanding of how to use Vagrant and what steps you >> might be missing. >> >> Thanks! >> >> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 10:23 AM signmeuptoo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> May I give some background: I tried installing centos via vangrant init >>> <my_filename> <the_file_on_the_vagrant_site> Several times. This I messed >>> with over a few days. I'm a greenhorn as they say doing self study. >>> >>> I ended up, it now seems with a vagrant and a vagrant2 directory, a >>> .vagrant and a .vangrant.d directory. >>> >>> It seems that that is part of the problem. >>> >>> Something seems to have gone wrong with the init process of the install. >>> >>> I tried chosing these names: centos, centos1, centos2, CentOS, and OS1. >>> >>> It only would start up with vagrant up, then ssh vagrant default (rather >>> than any of the names I tried), and that is before I recently tried to >>> change the Vagrantfile as per someone's guidance. I'm still in a quandry >>> whether to start from the beginnning and if so, how to do so. >>> >>> On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 7:10:35 PM UTC-4, signmeuptoo wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, I'm a vagrant noobie who is in self study for Linux Admin theory. >>>> >>>> I run Linux Mint, not Windows, in case that is germane to my problems. >>>> >>>> I performed a few installs of VBs of centos for personal study with >>>> vagrant, however, after trying several times, and not getting ssh to load >>>> the OSs by the names I used during installs, I gave up for a bit and >>>> searched all over and found out that vagrant ssh default (or not using >>>> default) allowed the VM to be accessable. >>>> >>>> However, I want to be able to vagrant up multiple OSs on my system that >>>> already had VirtualBox installed, and have them ssh able with the names I >>>> give them, rather than default as a name. I've read documentation but I am >>>> a bit lost because my aptitude isn't up to speed with the explanations >>>> given on vagrant's site, I don't understand them yet. >>>> >>>> In my .vagrant.d home directory (there is also a .vagrant directory) I >>>> find 5 VMs listed, with names such as centos1 and such. I tried changing >>>> names of the directories but that didn't do the trick. >>>> >>>> Is there a change I need to make to my Vagrantfile and also how do I >>>> install additional versions of Centos, Debian, and SUSE? >>>> >>>> My apologies for being a greenhorn, I'm trying to learn as well as I >>>> can. >>>> >>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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