Setting up a freebsd box with Vagrant

It makes sense to be able to spin up a freebsd system to use as for test of new ideas and concepts. It is also a good way for one to familiarize himself with the platform and experiment with new settings and technologies.

One of the easiest ways to do this is to use Vagrant. All it is needed is the following Vagrantfile:

# -*- mode: ruby -*-"

# vi: set ft=ruby :

box_type  = "freebsd/FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE"

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|

  config.vm.box = "#{box_type}"

  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", :disabled => true

  config.vbguest.auto_update = false

  config.ssh.shell = "sh"

  config.vm.base_mac = "080027D14C66"

  config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|

    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024"]

    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", "1"]

    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--hwvirtex", "on"]

    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--audio", "none"]

    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nictype1", "virtio"]

    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nictype2", "virtio"]

  end

end