Vagrant Multi Machine Virtualbox

This is a Multi Machine system for vagrant with Virtualbox provider.

Features

• vagrant multi machine: create multiple machine at the same time
• YAML config file. No more Vagrantfile to edit!
• choose your favourite box, or get pre-configured box (see BOXES.md)
• vagrant provision with script or ansible (configurable via yaml)
• share your folder with Virtualbox, NFS or Rsync system directly from yaml file
• integration - vagrant plugin HostsUpdater: no more /etc/hosts file to edit!

Requirements

• virtualbox 5.x
• vagrant > 1.8.4
• (optional)vagrant HostsUpdater plugin: https://github.com/cogitatio/vagrant-hostsupdater install with vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater
• (in case of error of shared folder mount errors) vagrant vagrant-vbguest plugin (install with the command vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest)

Vagrant boxes created

See BOXES.md for software installed list.

• giuseppemorelli/lamp-stack 1.1.0 (debian stretch 9.3)
• giuseppemorelli/lamp-stack 1.0.3 (debian jessie 8.6)
• giuseppemorelli/lamp-stack 1.0.2 (debian jessie 8.6)
• giuseppemorelli/lamp-stack 1.0.1 (debian jessie 8.6) (deprecated)

How to use

• download latest version https://github.com/gmdotnet/vagrant-multi-machine-virtualbox/releases
• extract on your favorite work folder
• rename config/config.yaml.sample in config/config.yaml
• change settings in config/config.yaml
• install git submodule with git submodule init && git submodule update
• run vagrant up on folder where is Vagrantfile
• (optional) make your configuration on vagrant machine entering by run vagrant ssh
• have fun and happy coding!

Config file config.yaml

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Field	Type	Description	Note
host	group field	Each group of host create a machine in virtualbox
enable	boolean	Enable or not the machine	Disabled machine aren't managed by Vagrant file, so if you want to destroy it you have to make this flag with yes
vagrantbox_name	string	Name for vagrant software
hostname	string	Hostname of the machine
box
box > name	string	Name of the public vagrant box	Need to be publish in https://app.vagrantup.com/boxes/search
box > version	version x.y.z	Vagrant box version	Leave empty if you want to get latest version
box > check_update	boolean	Check for update of your box
private_ip	ipv4	Internal ipv4 of the machine	Don't use same subnet of your computer
ram	int	Amount of ram to allocate
cpu	int	Amount of cpu to use
extra_hard_disk
extra_hard_disk > create	boolean	Flag to create new extra hard disk
extra_hard_disk > filepath	string	Relative or absolute path for new extra hard disk
extra_hard_disk > size	int	Size in GB
provision
provision > ansible > enable	boolean	Enable Ansible provisioning
provision > ansible > playbook_path	string	Relative path from Vagrantfile of your Ansible Playbook
provision > script > enable	boolean	Enable script provisioning
provision > script > path	string	Relative path from Vagrantfile of your script
plugins
plugins > hostsupdater > enable	boolean	Enable or not hostsupdater plugin	https://github.com/cogitatio/vagrant-hostsupdater
plugins > hostsupdater > permanent	boolean	Your changes to /etc/hosts will be permanent	Only if you destroy the machine, entries in /etc/hosts will be removed
plugins > hostsupdater > aliases	array	domain aliases for the same ip	Leave blank for no aliases
share
share > folder	group field	Group of shared folder via virtualbox system	https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/basic_usage.html
share > folder > host_folder	string	Path of the folder on your machine
share > folder > vagrant_folder	string	Path of the folder inside vagrant machine
share > folder > owner	string	Change owner folder inside vagrant machine	Default: vagrant
share > folder > group	string	Change owner folder inside vagrant machine	Default: vagrant
rsync
rsync > folder	group field	Group of sync folder via rsync
rsync > folder > host_folder	string	Path of the folder on your machine
rsync > folder > vagrant_folder	string	Path of the folder inside vagrant machine
rsync > folder > owner	string	Change owner folder inside vagrant machine	Default: vagrant
rsync > folder > group	string	Change owner folder inside vagrant machine	Default: vagrant
rsync > folder > options	group field	Rsync parameters. One per line	https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/rsync.html
rsync > folder > exclude	group field	Exclude folders from rsync	https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/rsync.html#rsync__exclude
nfs
nfs > folder	group field	Group of sync folder via nfs	https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs.html
nfs > folder > host_folder	string	Path of the folder on your machine
nfs > folder > vagrant_folder	string	Path of the folder inside vagrant machine
nfs > folder > options	group field	Nfs options. One per line	https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs.html#nfs-synced-folder-options

Find out GMdotnet Vagrant projects

• Vagrant multi machine for Amazon AWS: vagrant-multi-machine-amazon-aws
• Vagrant multi machine for Digital Ocean: vagrant-multi-machine-digital-ocean

Contribution

Any contribution is highly appreciated. The best way to contribute code is to open a pull request on GitHub.
Please create your pull request against the develop branch