Amazon Linux 2 vagrant box construction, using an Amazon supplied VDI disk image as a base. This approach avoids actually booting the Amazon supplied VDI disk image by mounting it and applying vagrant related changes to it, and then calling vagrant to package the resulting image as a box file. Available updates are applied as part of this process.
These scripts also shrink the consumed disk space, such that these box files are significantly smaller than others I've seen posted online.
VirtualBox Guest Additions are included in this box.
The box file has been uploaded to the Hashicorp Vagrant Cloud. The following shows an example usage of this box:
$ vagrant init gbailey/amzn2
A `Vagrantfile` has been placed in this directory. You are now
ready to `vagrant up` your first virtual environment! Please read
the comments in the Vagrantfile as well as documentation on
`vagrantup.com` for more information on using Vagrant.$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'gbailey/amzn2'...
==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> default: Checking if box 'gbailey/amzn2' is up to date...
==> default: Setting the name of the VM: amzn2_default_1525380016562_9257
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
default: SSH username: vagrant
default: SSH auth method: private key
default:
default: Vagrant insecure key detected. Vagrant will automatically replace
default: this with a newly generated keypair for better security.
default:
default: Inserting generated public key within guest...
default: Removing insecure key from the guest if it's present...
default: Key inserted! Disconnecting and reconnecting using new SSH key...
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
==> default: Mounting shared folders...
default: /vagrant => /home/gbailey/amzn2$ vagrant ssh
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