2_HashiCorp_Vagrant

HashiCorp Vagrant Tool

Aim: Download and install Vagrant on the local machine. Create two virtual Machines with vagrant and ping them via their IP addresses.

Commands used:

$ vagrant init
$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh
$ vagrant halt

Procedure

Download HashiCorp Vagrant Visit the official Vagrant website to download the software by using this link

Check if Vagrant is successfully installed by using the following command on CMD

$ vagrant --version

Creating a virtual machine using Vagrant

1. Using command line, create a new directory that will have vagrant configurations:

$ mkdir <<directory name>>

2. Move to the newly created directory

$ cd <<directory name>>

3. Initialize Vagrant configurations and create Vagrantfile by using the following command

$ vagrant init

4. Open the Vagrantfile and specify the OS you want to configure and the hardware resources to be allocated To see the available machines we can import via vagrant from Vagrant Cloud, visit this link

5. Launch the Virtual machine from the command line on Oracle Virtual Box

$ vagrant up

6. Enter the Shell Terminal of the up machine from the Parent machine Command line

$ vagrant ssh

7. Exit the shell of Virtual Machine to return to parent OS command line

$ exit

8. Send the power off signal to the up VM

$ vagrant halt

Ping one VM from another VM or the Parent OS command line

To check default IP Address of machine, use the following command from VM Shell

$ ifconfig

The IP of the machine is the inet address of enp

To change the default IP Address, close the machine and make changes in the Vagrant file. Relaunch the machine and fire ifconfig command again

Changes to be made in 'Create a Private Network' division

Ping the machine using following command

$ ping <<IP Address>>