Backup strategy for minimal Vagrant backup

[Todd Chaffee]

I want to back up the minimal files to be able to recreate my Vagrant boxes. Assuming that I have automated the provisioning of each box, is it safe to exclude the .vagrant.d directory? I am also excluding the 'VirtualBox VMs' directory. My assumption is that everything can be re-created after a restore just from the Vagrantfile and by running 'vagrant up'.

[JP Toto]

Todd,

Generally that's correct. However any changes made outside your Vagrant file and provisioning scripts will not be saved. For example, if you log into the VM manually and create/save data, that will not be saved by saving only the Vagrantfile file.

On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:03 AM Todd Chaffee <tchaff...@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to back up the minimal files to be able to recreate my Vagrant boxes. Assuming that I have automated the provisioning of each box, is it safe to exclude the .vagrant.d directory? I am also excluding the 'VirtualBox VMs' directory. My assumption is that everything can be re-created after a restore just from the Vagrantfile and by running 'vagrant up'.

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[Todd Chaffee]

Jp, thanks for your answer and that extra detail to be aware of. That makes sense, and all my Vagrant boxes can be safely recreated from scratch via provisioning scripts so I should be good.