Using Vagrant to create virtual machines with a provider, while vagrant runs inside the same provider

[Yonatan Alon]

Hello :)

I am new to Vagrant, and have read the basic tutorials.

As far as I understand, if you install Vagrant on a given computer,
and also install a virtualization provider on the same computer,
then Vagrant can launch virtual machines inside the installed virtualization provider.

My question is: Is it possible to launch virtual machines inside a virtualization provider, 

while Vagrant itself is installed on a virtual machine inside the very same virtualization provider?

In other words - let's say I have a VMware Hypervisor,

and I create a Linux VM inside my Hypervisor, then install Vagrant on my Linux VM,

can I create a new vm on my hypervisor, using my Vagrant installation? 

Thanks in advance

[Benjamin Lu]

I don't wanna say no but if it does. the VM that you are working with, must have more RAM to be able to do that. I know that Hyper-V does that with the latest version of Windows 10 Pro. 

[Jim McGinness]

Yes, you can use the Hyper-V provider while running on a Hyper-V VM. More information is available at:

    https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/hyperv/

There are a number of limitations to be aware of when using Hyper-V as a provider. Some are noted at the above link and some more are given at

    https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/hyperv/limitations.html

[Brian Cain]

On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 9:57 AM Yonatan Alon <yonatan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello :)

I am new to Vagrant, and have read the basic tutorials.

As far as I understand, if you install Vagrant on a given computer,
and also install a virtualization provider on the same computer,
then Vagrant can launch virtual machines inside the installed virtualization provider.

My question is: Is it possible to launch virtual machines inside a virtualization provider, 

while Vagrant itself is installed on a virtual machine inside the very same virtualization provider?

Yes! This is possible.

If you're using VMWare with the vagrant vmware plugin, you simply just need to add this provider

setting to your Vagrantfile:

guest.vm.provider :vmware_desktop do |v|
      v.vmx['vhv.enable'] = 'TRUE'
      v.vmx['vhv.allow'] = 'TRUE'
end

Supposedly as of VirtualBox 6.0 you can do this too, but I've read some where that it is only supported

on AMD architectures. I think in theory this should work, but I don't have the right hardware to test it:

guest.vm.provider :virtualbox do |v|

      v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nested-hw-virt", "on"]

end

I'm not sure if you need anything special for Hyper-V...

If anyone is curious I have a Vagrant guest that does exactly this. It has some scripts that installs VirtualBox 6 and

Vagrant 2.2.4: https://github.com/briancain/congenial-octo-palm-tree/blob/c9a46f47fb4630abeea1f167d50d158ff90d2099/Vagrantfile#L54-L87

 

In other words - let's say I have a VMware Hypervisor,

and I create a Linux VM inside my Hypervisor, then install Vagrant on my Linux VM,

can I create a new vm on my hypervisor, using my Vagrant installation? 

Thanks in advance

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[Yonatan Alon]

Thanks for the quick reply.

1) Where can I find documentation regarding the vagrant vmware plugin?

2) Do similar plugins (and configuration for Vagrantfile) exist for VMware vSphere esxi?

3) Where do I install the vmware plugin, on the physical machine running the hypervisor, or on the virtual maching running vagrant?

[Brian Cain]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 1:26 AM Yonatan Alon <yonatan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply.

1) Where can I find documentation regarding the vagrant vmware plugin?

Everything should be here: 

https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/vmware/

https://www.vagrantup.com/vmware/index.html

 

2) Do similar plugins (and configuration for Vagrantfile) exist for VMware vSphere esxi?

There do seem to be a few vSphere plugins for Vagrant, however HashiCorp does not maintain those. You can find them on GitHub.

 

3) Where do I install the vmware plugin, on the physical machine running the hypervisor, or on the virtual maching running vagrant?

There's an install guide in the docs, but you would install the vagrant plugin on your host machine, where you have installed vagrant.

Hope that helps!

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