Vagrant Issues on Windows

[kanikasingla]

Hi Everyone,

People who are struggling with vagrant up on their windows like:

@Gil_11681

G:\m103>vagrant up --provision
Must redirect to new repository for old Vagrant versions
It just hangs there for a long time.

Here are the possible solutions:

I used Win-7, Vagrant 1.9.6 and VirtualBox 5.2.16 at the beginning. The machine complained I need older version VirtualBox. Because I do not want to downgrade VirtualBox, I update Vagrant to 2.1.2. Meanwhile, I upgrade the windows PowerShell from 2 to 3. Everything worked.

i reinstall the last version 2.x.x and then run it, the error changed, so i launched vegrant --repair or the command mentioned in error message, and again i called the vegrant up , then it worked

According to “Chapter 0” notes, the users on Windows 7 SP1 were advised to install Vagrant 1.9.6. I am on Win7 and I did that but “vagrant up” command got stuck. I did some research and others experienced the same - and the solution was to upgrade the Windows PowerShell from pre-installed version 2.0 to at least 5.x+. I did that and it fixed the problem. Then - just for fun - I uninstalled Vagrant 1.9.6 and instead installed the latest Vagrant 2.1.5 and it worked just fine. Also, with Vagrant 2.1.5, I could use the latest available VirtualBox 5.2.18.

Here is what I did. I have a Windows7 SP1 machine.

1. I downloaded the latest versions of vagrant and virtual box.
2. I updated poweshell from 2 to 3 using the instructions here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/skypeforbusiness/set-up-your-computer-for-windows-powershell/download-and-install-windows-powershell-3-0
3. I enabled the virtualization in the BIOS (on my machine is was under device configuration)

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People who are struggling with the following error:

Command: [“startvm”, “d3da0d72-3297-4e35-b301-23c8cfb4db96”, “–type”, "headless "]

Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole

Please try these steps and let me know if nothing works:

• Enable virtualization in the BIOS.
• Make sure you have Hyper-V turned off in Windows 10 For Windows 10: Press Windows key. Type “Turn Windows features on or off” Deselect checkbox next to Hyper-V. Select OK. Select Restart now.

I hope it helps! Will keep this post updated as I see more solutions.

Kanika