Vagrant can't install guest additions + (Vagrant::Errors::NFSMountFailed) + with SOLUTION!

David Foix Armengol

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Jun 6, 2019, 7:21:04 AM6/6/19

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Hi guys,

my goal was to setup a sample open source site from basic instructions from:

https://github.com/timble/openpolice-platform

I had some problems until it is up and running. Copied here all my steps to final solution.

Installed Ubuntu 19.4 LTS locally.

Installed everything needed with no problems and cloned the project with this steps and notes:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install php7.2-cli

sudo apt install openssh-server

1. composer

https://getcomposer.org/doc/faqs/how-to-install-composer-programmatically.md

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

$ composer => answer ok

2. virtualbox

https://vitux.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu/

3. vagrant

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-vagrant-on-ubuntu-18-04/

sudo apt install vagrant

ok version 2.2.3

4. sudo apt install git

sudo git clone https://github.com/timble/openpolice-platform.git

5. cd openo..

sudo vagrant up

Tried to run with “sudo vagrant up”

This is the console output:

*** output 1 START ***

…

==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...

default: The guest additions on this VM do not match the installed version of

default: VirtualBox! In most cases this is fine, but in rare cases it can

default: prevent things such as shared folders from working properly. If you see

default: shared folder errors, please make sure the guest additions within the

default: virtual machine match the version of VirtualBox you have installed on

default: your host and reload your VM.

default:

default: Guest Additions Version: 4.2.0

default: VirtualBox Version: 5.2

==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...

==> default: Exporting NFS shared folders...

==> default: Preparing to edit /etc/exports. Administrator privileges will be required...

==> default: Mounting NFS shared folders...

#<Thread:0x000055b5f66f00c0@/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/vagrant-2.0.2/lib/vagrant/batch_action.rb:71 run> terminated with exception (report_on_exception is true):

Traceback (most recent call last):

...

1: from /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/vagrant-2.0.2/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator.rb:267:in `sudo'

/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/vagrant-2.0.2/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator.rb:257:in `execute': The following SSH command responded with a non-zero exit status. (Vagrant::Errors::NFSMountFailed)

Vagrant assumes that this means the command failed!

mount -o vers=3,udp 192.168.52.1:/home/david/openpolice-platform /var/www/police.dev

Stdout from the command:

Stderr from the command:

mount.nfs: requested NFS version or transport protocol is not supported

The following SSH command responded with a non-zero exit status.

Vagrant assumes that this means the command failed!

mount -o vers=3,udp 192.168.52.1:/home/david/openpolice-platform /var/www/police.dev

Stdout from the command:

Stderr from the command:

mount.nfs: requested NFS version or transport protocol is not supported

*** output 1 END ***

So the error comes from the incompatibility of the VirtualBox Guest Additions.

Notice versions:

default: Guest Additions Version: 4.2.0

default: VirtualBox Version: 5.2

So tried to update the Guest Additions:

A) first attempt

https://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/virtualization/how-to-auto-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-additions-with-vagrant/

>> sudo vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

Installing the 'vagrant-vbguest' plugin. This can take a few minutes...

=> ERROR:

Bundler, the underlying system Vagrant uses to install plugins,

reported an error. The error is shown below. These errors are usually

caused by misconfigured plugin installations or transient network

issues. The error from Bundler is:

conflicting dependencies fog-core (~> 1.43.0) and fog-core (= 1.45.0)

Activated fog-core-1.45.0

which does not match conflicting dependency (~> 1.43.0)

Conflicting dependency chains:

fog-core (= 1.45.0), 1.45.0 activated

versus:

vagrant-libvirt (> 0), 0.0.41 activated, depends on

fog-core (~> 1.43.0)

B) second attempt

sudo vagrant halt

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49180469/vagrant-2-0-2-fails-to-install-plugins

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45760176/bundler-how-to-uninstall-conflicting-dependency

VAGRANT_DISABLE_STRICT_DEPENDENCY_ENFORCEMENT=1 vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

sudo reboot

+++++++++++

Also checked

sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server

it was up to date.

Checked the NFS configuration file and noticed duplicated entry...:

# VAGRANT-BEGIN: 0 392f6b0a-6749-400e-8907-71b551c071bd

"/home/david/openpolice-platform" 192.168.52.10(rw,no_subtree_check,all_squash,anonuid=0,anongid=0,fsid=2756773252)

# VAGRANT-END: 0 392f6b0a-6749-400e-8907-71b551c071bd

.. so made a backup and erased one of the duplicated lines

sudo cp -a /etc/exports /etc/exports.backup

sudo nano /etc/exports

(then erase duplicated line)

sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart

At this point, everything worked with "sudo vagrant up"

Now I notice that those lines again are duplicated there, so that not sure it helped.

Then finally needed 10 more minutes to find a setting in firefox not to default all sites to htpps:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30532471/firefox-redirects-to-https

Go to about:config

Look for network.stricttransportsecurity.preloadlist and set it to "false"

Enjoy

Johan Janssens

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Jun 7, 2019, 3:02:02 PM6/7/19

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Great to hear you been able to resolve this. Will check if your solution is something we can add to our docs.

Thanks!

Johan Janssens

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Jun 10, 2019, 12:41:41 PM6/10/19

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We added a little note in our FAQ about this issue: https://www.joomlatools.com/developer/tools/vagrant/faq#how-to-troubleshoot-nfs-mount-issues