In the first part I have shown how to create the Windows 10 VirtualBox VM. This time I will show you how to create a Vagrant Base Box.

Preconditions

• Windows 10 VM running
• RDP client installed
• Vagrant installed

Important Windows 10 Settings

Turn off and disable UAC (here you will find different ways)

Enable Remote Desktop

Configure WinRM on Windows

open the Command Prompt as Admin

> winrm quickconfig -q
> winrm set winrm/config/winrs @{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="300"}
> winrm set winrm/config @{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}
> winrm set winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted="true"}
> winrm set winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic="true"}
> sc config WinRM start=auto

Optional Settings for Windows

open the PowerShell as Admin

# remove all of the metro apps
> Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppXPackage

# remove log files
> Get-Childitem "C:\Windows\Logs\dosvc" | Remove-Item -Verbose

# disables the system restore feature
> Disable-ComputerRestore c:

# disable hibernation
> powercfg -h off

# allow Powershell scripts to provision
> Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Okay,… that is all. Now shutdown windows…

Create Vagrant BaseBox

# goto default directory
$ cd VirtualBox\ VMs/

# create base box from VM
$ vagrant package --base Win10x64 --output Win10x64.box

# add box
$ vagrant box add lupin/windows10 Win10x64.box

# check vagrant boxes
$ vagrant box list

Create and run test project

# create project folder
$ mkdir ~/test_project && cd ~/test_project

# initializes to be a Vagrant environment
$ vagrant init lupin/windows10

# edit Vagrantfile
$ vim Vagrantfile

# start VM
$ vagrant up

# start rdp client
$ vagrant rdp

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|

  config.vm.box = "lupin/windows10"
  config.vm.guest = :windows
  config.vm.communicator = "winrm"
  config.winrm.username = "vagrant"
  config.winrm.password = "vagrant"
  config.vm.boot_timeout = 600
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3389, host: 3389
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 5985, host: 5985, id: "winrm", auto_correct: true

  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
    # vb.gui = true
    vb.memory = "2048"
    vb.cpus = 2
    vb.name = "Windows_Vagrant"
  end

end

Values for username and password should match your needs!