Vagrant create your own base box

apt-get install vim sudo update-alternatives --config editor ensure you have sudo installed

apt-get install sudo

add vagrant to sudoers file and passwordless login vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

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 Ensure we have the correct permissions set chmod 0700 /home/vagrant/.ssh chmod 0600 /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys chown -R vagrant /home/vagrant/.ssh

apt-get install -y openssh-server

$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential linux-headers-server

# Mount guest additions ISO via virtualbox window then run... $ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom $ sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run $ sudo umount /media/cdrom $ sudo apt-get clean

Make sure that GRUB_TIMEOUT is set to “1”, GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET is set to “true”, and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT is set tp “quiet.” Save & close the file then update GRUB. sudo vi /etc/default/grub $ sudo update-grub

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M

$ sudo rm -f /EMPTY # Shutdown the machine $ sudo shutdown -h now

The next command will actually create our box. The directory where you run this command is where the box file will be created.

$ vagrant package --base vagrant-{distro}-{version}