Vagrant vmware how to#

In general, you should know how to use vagrant and esxi.The boxes must have open-vm-tools or vmware-tools installed to properly transition to the 'running' state.Google 'How to enable ssh access on esxi'.You MUST enable ssh access on your ESXi hypervisor.This plugin requires ovftool from VMware.This is a vagrant plugin, so you need vagrant installed.Specify GuestOS types, virtual HW version, or any custom vmx settings.Disks provisioned using thin, thick or eagerzeroedthick.Use Vagrants private_network, public_network options to set a static IP addresses on additional network interfaces.Create additional network interfaces, set nic type, MAC addresses, static IPs.Provision using built-in Vagrant provisioner.rsync & NFS using built-in Vagrant synced folders.Supports adding your VM to Resource Pools to partition CPU and memory usage from other VMs on your ESXi host.Automatic VM names are 'PREFIX-HOSTNAME-USERNAME-DIR'.Will automatically upload the box to your ESXi host.

Will automatically download boxes from the web.

To be fully functional, you must have open-vm-tools or vmware tools installed.

vmware_desktop, vmware_fusion, vmware_workstation.

Any of the vmware Box formats should be compatible.

Refer to the WIKI for documentation, examples and other information. ESXi hypervisor is a free download from VMware! This allows Vagrant to control and provision VMs directly on an ESXi hypervisor without a need for vCenter or VShpere.

This is a Vagrant plugin that adds a VMware ESXi provider support.

Vagrant vmware