Vagrant VirtualBox second disk path - virtualbox

Question

I have Vagrant + VirtualBox.
In my Vagrantfile I have
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
v.customize [ "createhd", "--filename", "disk", "--size", 100000 ]
v.customize [ 'storageattach', :id, '--storagectl', 'SATA Controller', '--port', 1, '--device', 0, '--type', 'hdd', '--medium', "disk"]
end
When I fire up with vagrant up it looks for "disk" in
C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin\disk
VBoxManage.exe: error: Could not find file for the medium 'C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin\disk' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
I would like the disk to live alongside the virtual machine's first disk in
C:\Users\jma47\VirtualBox VMs\bin_build_1389371691
How can I do this in Vagrantfile?

Answer 1

This can be done if you define a name for virtual machine:
# Try to make it work on both Windows and Linux
if (/cygwin|mswin|mingw|bccwin|wince|emx/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM) != nil
vboxmanage_path = "C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\VBoxManage.exe"
else
vboxmanage_path = "VBoxManage" # Assume it's in the path on Linux
end
Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
config.vm.box = "debian/wheezy64"
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
vb.name = "VM Name"
# Get disk path
line = `"#{vboxmanage_path}" list systemproperties`.split(/\n/).grep(/Default machine folder/).first
vb_machine_folder = line.split(':', 2)[1].strip()
second_disk = File.join(vb_machine_folder, vb.name, 'disk2.vdi')
# Create and attach disk
unless File.exist?(second_disk)
vb.customize ['createhd', '--filename', second_disk, '--format', 'VDI', '--size', 60 * 1024]
end
vb.customize ['storageattach', :id, '--storagectl', 'IDE Controller', '--port', 0, '--device', 1, '--type', 'hdd', '--medium', second_disk]
end
end

Answer 2

You need to use something like this in your Vagrantfile:
For Vagrant API v1:
# Where to store the disk file
disk = 'C:\Users\jma47\VirtualBox VMs\bin_build_1389371691\extra_disk.vdi'
Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
config.vm.box = 'base'
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do | v |
unless File.exist?(disk)
config.vm.customize ['createhd', '--filename', disk, '--size', 500 * 1024]
end
config.vm.customize ['storageattach', :id, '--storagectl', 'SATA Controller', '--port', 1, '--device', 0, '--type', 'hdd', '--medium', disk]
end
end
For Vagrant API v2:
# Where to store the disk file
disk = 'C:\Users\jma47\VirtualBox VMs\bin_build_1389371691\extra_disk.vdi'
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
config.vm.box = 'base'
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do | p |
unless File.exist?(disk)
p.customize ['createhd', '--filename', disk, '--size', 1 * 1024]
end
p.customize ['storageattach', :id, '--storagectl', 'SATA Controller', '--port', 1, '--device', 0, '--type', 'hdd', '--medium', disk]
end
end

Answer 3

The "disk" parameter should be a path, Virtualbox needs it to store the second disk.
Use an absolute one like "c:\temp.disk" or "/tmp/disk.img"