- Login to Guest Box
You can login to the guest box using vagrant or ssh client example putty.
Via vagrant command
Execute form the same folder location that we were in
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$ vagrant ssh
This will log you into the guest operating system that was booted by vagrant
Via Putty
Since this virtual machine is running on your computer.
We know that loop back IP address is 127.0.0.1 and from above output the virtual machine SSH port is 2222.
So start putty and execute the below steps
Enter 127.0.0.1 In host name or IP address section.
Select SSH radio in connection type.
Update Port to 2222
Click on “Open” button to connect to this configuration
A new window will open, and you will see the below output.
Using username “vagrant”.
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vagrant@localhost's password:
# Enter "vagrant" as password (without quotes).
# You will see the below output.
Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64)
- Stop Virtual Machine
The above created virtual machine can be stopped by two ways
By using vagrant
Execute the below command on the guest OS
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$ exit
This command will exit from the guest OS but will keep it running.
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$ vagrant halt
This command will shut down the VM
By using Linux poweroff command
Execute the below command on the guest OS
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sudo poweroff
This command will use the super user access and will then start the shutdown sequence on the guest OS
- Destroying the VM
To destroy or delete the above created virtual machine.
Execute form the same folder location that we were in
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$ vagrant destroy
to force destroy
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$ vagrant destroy -f
The first command will ask for a user confirmation before deleting the VM, whereas in the second case VirtualBox will silently proceed and delete the VM.