vboxsf not available

[scott molinari]

I have a Packer built Vagrant Debian Jessie64 box and I am running into this issue when running vagrant up. My host machine is Windows7.

==> default: Mounting shared folders...
    default: /vagrant => D:/webdev/VM Dev Boxes/Packer Test 2
Failed to mount folders in Linux guest. This is usually because
the "vboxsf" file system is not available. Please verify that
the guest additions are properly installed in the guest and
can work properly. The command attempted was:
mount -t vboxsf -o uid=`id -u vagrant`,gid=`getent group vagrant | cut -d: -f3` vagrant /vagrant
mount -t vboxsf -o uid=`id -u vagrant`,gid=`id -g vagrant` vagrant /vagrant
The error output from the last command was:
stdin: is not a tty
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf'

I believe it is an issue with not having vbox guest additions installed. I've tried to install them with the commands in the "vagrant.sh" script, but that doesn't seem to help. 

This is a case of dangerous half knowledge for sure. The VM works, but the inability to do the shared folder mount is causing a long pause before Vagrant is finished. I'd like to correct that. 

I've created a repo, with the files I am using. 

https://github.com/smolinari/PHP-Packer-Demo

Any tips on where I am screwing up would be greatly appreciated. 

Scott 

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello,

Seems the virtualbox guest additions are not installed.

Can you share your packer project in a zip file?

I did this box if you want to test  alvaro/jessie

Alvaro

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[scott molinari]

Yes, I thought that was the problem, but the installation provisioning doesn't seem to work. Check it out here.

https://github.com/smolinari/PHP-Packer-Demo/blob/master/scripts/virtualbox.sh

Please note, I took the line for the provisioning with this file back out of the .json file, as the original (which I copied this Packer build from) didn't have it. 

I linked to a repo with the packer project. Is that not enough?

You can download it as a zip file too. https://github.com/smolinari/PHP-Packer-Demo/archive/master.zip

I'll take a look at your box too. Thanks.

Scott

[scott molinari]

Ok. I got it fixed. I reworked the virtualbox.sh script to have this and vbox guest additions are installed. 

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.14/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.14.iso
mkdir /media/VBoxGuestAdditions
mount -o loop,ro VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.14.iso /media/VBoxGuestAdditions
sh /media/VBoxGuestAdditions/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
rm VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.14.iso
umount /media/VBoxGuestAdditions
rmdir /media/VBoxGuestAdditions

Out of curiosity though, what if someone with an older Virtualbox uses this? Is there a way to install vbox guest additions according to the version of Virtualbox being used?


Scott

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello,

I personally use the latest one, and works fine.

By default packer will upload the current version, using ssh, and will be available on home directory of the user being used.

Thanks

Alvaro.

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[scott molinari]

Is there another way to tell Packer to load guest additions other than through the provisioners?

Scott

[Sebastian Otaegui]

Have you seen the vbguest vagrant plugin?

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 1:28 AM, 'scott molinari' via Vagrant <vagra...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Is there another way to tell Packer to load guest additions other than through the provisioners?

Scott

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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Packer for Virtuabox, can do nothing, upload, or attach (as cd/dvd)

You can choose any combination.

ie, none + download+install

upload + install

attach + install

Not sure what other option would be the one you are after. Would you be able to provide an example?

Thanks

Alvaro.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:28 PM, 'scott molinari' via Vagrant <vagra...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Is there another way to tell Packer to load guest additions other than through the provisioners?

Scott

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[scott molinari]

I am sorry, but your answer is confusing me. 

Currently I've gotten Packer to install guest additions through the shell provisioner. It works, so I am happy. However, you said

By default packer will upload the current version (of guest additions?)

Packer didn't load guest additions at all (automatically) and my question is, how can Packer install guest additions, if not through the shell provisioner? Is there another way to tell Packer to install guest additions?

I guess this question is better on the Packer forum too. If you want, I'll ask there. 

Scott