Is it possible to get the box version when you are inside the VM?

[mike konovalov]

In one of the scripts that I run inside VM I need to figure out what is the current box version.
Is it possible to bake this information inside VM somehow? Maybe some env vars or something?

Thanks

[D Morgan]

You have to pass the information in as part of the vagrant up/reload process.

Through a combination of the shell provisioner or file provisioner you can accomplish what you need

# Env Variable

config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "EXPORT box_version = ..."

or

# Text File

config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "echo box_version = ... > ~/bversion.txt"

or

#Hardcoded text file as part of some outside process

config.vm.provision "file", source: "~/bversion.txt", destination: "~/bversion.txt"