Help with Installing Applications on the Guest OS

[VagrantUser1290]

Hi Everyone.

 

I have set up my virtual box to run Windows 2012 and it boots up fine with the Vagrant Up command. I would like to automatically install applications on this virtual machine through provisioning, however I am having a tough time. I want to start with a simple app, like Notepad ++. I have the installer (exe) file on my host machine and I have written a batch file and added the path to the vagrant file to run the batch file upon provisioning. Every time I do this, however, I get an error saying the path cannot be found on the host. I will post my codes below, but does anyone have any recommendations as to how to do this easily? Downloading from the Internet will be tough, too, as there is a tough corporate proxy. Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Codes:

 

In Vagrant File:

 

config.vm.provision :shell, :path => "C:\Vagrant - Copy\install.bat", :privileged => false

 

In Batch File:

 

start C:\Vagrant - Copy\NPP.exe

[Chris Baldauf]

Hi,

Normally the path to a shell provisioner is described relative to the Vagrantfile on the host machine, so if you have an install.bat as a sibling of your Vagrantfile, I would expect that to read:

config.vm.provision :shell, path: "install.bat", ...

Would it be possible for you to post the output of running vagrant up or vagrant provision?

Chris

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[VagrantUser1290]

Oh, ok I am using different drives because of space issues, however I did try to use the same drive on the Guest and the Host and it still didn't cause anything to happen. My vagrant provision file is attached; it runs but doesn't do anything.

[Fraser Goffin]

Take a look at Chocolatey. Much easier than writing you own installers and 3000+ packages that you can use off the shelf. When you need more configuration capability, I would recommend Puppet (a fairly simple DSL for automated provisioning that you can bootstrap directly from your Vagrant file (and you can use a Chocolatey provider so you get the best of both). See https://docs.puppetlabs.com/windows/ and https://chocolatey.org

HTH

Fraser.

[Alan Frye]

Did you this issue resolved? I am having a similar issue wit trying to install a custom software package that I have developed. 

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello alan,

If you can explain your goal, and what issue you have we can help.

Alvaro

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[Alan Frye]

I am trying to install a piece of software by using the provisioning in vagrant. I have created a batch file that should run the installer. I have used the file mechanism in the provisioning to copy the file inside the vagrant vm

Thanks 

Alan 

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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Any errors?

If you can share the error you get when running this, and you can share the Vagrantfile and the provision script to have a look will be easier to help.

Thanks

Alvaro.

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[Alan Frye]

I am not seeing an error the application just does not get installed inside the vm.

I am attaching my batch file and vagrant file

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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

hello

Can you share the output of

vagrant provision

please note that installing software in windows using a remote CLI is not easy sometimes.

some application rely on the user session, and someother require non easy tricks like using 

start /minimized cmd.exe <some long command>

So, if you can see the echo of your script after vagrant provision

or you can do some other action, that will confirm that vagrant is uploading the file and running the script

If the installer is the one that is not working then the effort would be there, making the script to work.

thanks!

Alvaro.

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