Instructions to create a vagrant base box for Ubuntu server 14.04

0 Create vagrant base box for Ubuntu 14.04.md

1. Download ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server (I used Trusty Tahr 14.04 LTS)
2. Create a new VM in VirtualBox

• 512MB RAM
• Expandable MKVD disk up to 10GB

1. Install Ubuntu in the VirtualBox

• Root password: vagrant
• Username: vagrant, password: vagrant
• Mount the Guest Additions DVD in VirtualBox UI

Notes: Host setup was done on a Windows 7 host machine using Powershell.

1 Ubuntu setup.sh

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
sudo umount /media/cdrom
sudo ln -s /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.10/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions /usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup

sudo apt-get clean
sudo reboot -h now

sudo su
visudo
# Add the following line to the end of the file.
vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
# Ctrl-O, [enter], Ctrl-X to exit nano
exit # To exit su mode

mkdir -p /home/vagrant/.ssh
wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/master/keys/vagrant.pub -O /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 0700 /home/vagrant/.ssh
chmod 0600 /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys
chown -R vagrant /home/vagrant/.ssh

sudo apt-get install openssh-server
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# Uncomment the following line
AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorized_keys
# Add the following line
UseDNS no
# Ctrl-O, [enter], Ctrl-X to exit nano

# Free up some space
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M
sudo rm -f /EMPTY

sudo shutdown -h now

# On host machine
vagrant package –-base trusty-vagrant-base 
# trusty-vagrant-base is the name of my VirtualBox VM
# this will create package.box
vagrant box add trusty64 file://package.box

cd <where-you-want-your-vagrantfile>
vagrant init trusty64
vagrant up
vagrant ssh