A Technical I.T./DevOps Blog
Problem scenario
You run “vagrant up”, but you get one of the following error messages:
The box you’re attempting to add doesn’t support the provider
you requested. Please find an alternate box or use an alternate
provider. Double-check your requested provider to verify you didn’t
simply misspell it.
If you’re adding a box from HashiCorp’s Vagrant Cloud, make sure the box is
released.
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Problem scenario
You are running Vagrant to create a VM on Oracle VirtualBox. You are given a prompt after your “vagrant up” command:
“Which interface should the network bridge to?”
No option seems to work. You have used a variety of different names, GUIDs, syntaxes, etc. What should you do?
Solution
Use “1)” or “2)” or any of the integer values listed above the question.
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Problem scenario
You want to use Windows 2016 with 2 GB of RAM. You have Oracle VirtualBox installed on a Linux server. You want the VM to be able to communicate with the host or other VMs on the host. You have a license for Windows 2016. What should you do?
Solution
Prerequisite: You have Oracle VirtualBox set up. You know what adapters you can attach a VM to.
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Continue reading “How Do You Create a Windows 2016 Server with Vagrant and Oracle VirtualBox?”
Problem scenario
You know Oracle VirtualBox on Linux has access to different network interfaces. The names of these NICs needs to be correct for some purpose of yours. How do you view or list this (for the purposes of creating a Vagrantfile)?
Solution
Run this command if you are running Unix/Linux: VBoxManage list bridgedifs
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Continue reading “How Do You See the NICs That Oracle VirtualBox Uses?”
Problem scenario
You are running Vagrant, Ruby or a Ruby application, but you get this error: “/usr/share/rubygems/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require’: cannot load such file — foobar (LoadError)”
What should you do?
Possible Solution #1
Try to run the original command with “sudo”. If that doesn’t work, use “gem list” to verify “foobar” is installed.
For Windows users, try to run the command or application as Administrator.
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Problem scenario
You are using Oracle VirtualBox. You get “ssh connect to host x.x.x.x port 22: No route to host”. What do you do?
Solution
In Oracle VirtualBox, go to Devices -Network -Network Settings. Is it attached to “Internal Network”? Try attaching it to “Bridged Adapter” instead.
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Problem scenario
You want to allow for TCP/IP connectivity between two VMs running Linux in Oracle VirtualBox. What do you do?
Solution
The network settings for the VMs should be as follows:
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Continue reading “How Do You Get Oracle VirtualBox Guest Servers to Communicate with Each Other?”
Problem scenario
On a Linux server you get “No usable default provider could be found for your system.” What should you do?
Solution
Install VirtualBox. On an Ubuntu server with 0.5 GB of RAM, you can simply run this command:
sudo apt-get -y install virtualbox
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