Hi, I think the answer is "it depends." :) In most cases it's fine, but there may be issues when the versions don't match (such as with shared folders).
I can offer a couple of suggestions in the context of Vagrant: - Using a Vagrant box that includes the latest guest additions (such as bento/centos-7) - Using the vagrant-vbguest plugin ( https://github.com/dotless-de/vagrant-vbguest) to update the guest additions on your VM automatically Cheers, Jeff On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 4:08 PM BDutta <banibrata.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 1:29:01 AM UTC+5:30, BDutta wrote: >> >> >> On Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8:07:38 PM UTC+5:30, Jeff Bonhag wrote: >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> The generic boxes are maintained by https://roboxes.org/ (see >>> https://app.vagrantup.com/generic). That organization maintains a set >>> of Packer templates for each provider. For example, here is their builder >>> for VirtualBox/CentOS 7: >>> >>> >>> https://github.com/lavabit/robox/blob/master/generic-virtualbox.json#L1781 >>> >>> >> Perfect. Just the bit of information I needed. It is indeed based on >> CentOS7 Minimal ISO, as I could see. >> Thanks. >> > > Wrote too soon. I noticed that the box is using a rather old Guest > Additions iso, from the 5.x line: > "guest_additions_url": " > https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.34/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.34.iso > ", > where-as my VirtualBox is from the 6.x line. > > In my vagrant ssh console, here is what I see: > [vagrant@centos7 yum.repos.d]$ lsmod | grep vboxguest > vboxguest 311499 2 vboxsf > > and also, > [vagrant@centos7 yum.repos.d]$ sudo /usr/sbin/VBoxService --version > 5.2.34r133893 > > Does it mean that the guest additions from Virtualbox 5.x are working well > with Virtualbox 6.x ? Seems unlikely based on what I recollect about > virtualbox guest additions. > > In anycase, I think this question is perhaps more appropriate for > Virtualbox forums, but would be happy to find answer here as well, > especially in vagrant box context. > > >> Cheers, >>> Jeff >>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 9:44 AM BDutta <banibra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the response. >>>> >>>> It there a way to know if the generic/centos7 box is built using >>>> CentOS7 'minimal' image or 'full image' ? >>>> Is there some box specific metadata that is available or a way to check >>>> for this information with the box publisher ? >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 16, 2020 at 4:33:06 AM UTC+5:30, Alvaro Miranda >>>> Aguilera wrote: >>>>> >>>>> hello >>>>> >>>>> in general: >>>>> >>>>> you can run scripts and install the software you need. >>>>> https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/provisioning/shell.html >>>>> >>>>> if the process is too slow, you can build your own boxes ready to use. >>>>> >>>>> Alvaro >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 9:39 PM BDutta <banibra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Absolute Vagrant newbie here. >>>>>> >>>>>> Are the generic/centos7 or generic/rhel7 Vagrant boxes, extensible or >>>>>> upgradable such that additional operating system rpms could be installed >>>>>> ? >>>>>> I am assuming that those boxes might be setup using the minimal >>>>>> image? What if I need some of the rpms that are available as part of >>>>>> standard RHEL7/CentOS7 distribution, but not on the box ? >>>>>> >>>>>> cheers, >>>>>> B >>>>>> >>>>> -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues > IRC: #vagrant on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vagrant" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/e7194967-bd76-4ac6-bb15-2a2a1e909ca9%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/e7194967-bd76-4ac6-bb15-2a2a1e909ca9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues IRC: #vagrant on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/CAAf6GacYBEZLndAfGu0_U7B3%3DUZVax8vYBRx-SZQR26aOX3VTw%40mail.gmail.com.
