Hi there, The generic boxes are maintained by https://roboxes.org/ (see https://app.vagrantup.com/generic). That organization maintains a set of Packer templates for each provider. For example, here is their builder for VirtualBox/CentOS 7:
https://github.com/lavabit/robox/blob/master/generic-virtualbox.json#L1781 Cheers, Jeff On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 9:44 AM BDutta <banibrata.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the response. > > It there a way to know if the generic/centos7 box is built using CentOS7 > 'minimal' image or 'full image' ? > Is there some box specific metadata that is available or a way to check > for this information with the box publisher ? > > On Monday, March 16, 2020 at 4:33:06 AM UTC+5:30, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera > wrote: >> >> hello >> >> in general: >> >> you can run scripts and install the software you need. >> https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/provisioning/shell.html >> >> if the process is too slow, you can build your own boxes ready to use. >> >> Alvaro >> >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 9:39 PM BDutta <banibra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Absolute Vagrant newbie here. >>> >>> Are the generic/centos7 or generic/rhel7 Vagrant boxes, extensible or >>> upgradable such that additional operating system rpms could be installed ? >>> I am assuming that those boxes might be setup using the minimal image? >>> What if I need some of the rpms that are available as part of standard >>> RHEL7/CentOS7 distribution, but not on the box ? >>> >>> cheers, >>> B >>> >>> -- >>> 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 vagra...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/6fd3fac4-75e0-4c20-b064-a1d053ee439d%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/6fd3fac4-75e0-4c20-b064-a1d053ee439d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Alvaro >> >> -- > 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 vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/81090976-932e-49ec-adb6-1926051e043e%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/81090976-932e-49ec-adb6-1926051e043e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/CAAf6Gaf7%3DOFkdu4EmE1Q-1yyPLW4YK_e6%3DB2og1TsOSg8zUQRw%40mail.gmail.com.
