This time a few things which make life easier.

Check for Windows

There a quit some situations for Vagrant where you have platform specific steps to do. Here an example for Windows.

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

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # some content

  if Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows? then
    # do something Windows specific
  else
    # do something not Windows specific
  end
end

Set a default provider

By default, VirtualBox is the default provider for Vagrant but sometimes it is needed to change.

# set provider via vagrant up command
$ vagrant up --provider vmware_fusion

It is possible to use environment variables in Vagrantfile. So the 2nd option is to set provider inside Vagrantfile!

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

ENV['VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER'] = 'vmware_fusion'

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # some content
end

Multiple Vagrantfiles in one directory

Sometimes it could happen that you have multiple Vagrantfiles in one directory. In such case environment variables helps.

# select specific Vagrantfile
$ VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE=Vagrantfile_01 vagrant up

Create log files

To enable detailed logging use the VAGRANT_LOG environmental variable.

# run with info log level (Linux and Mac OS)
$ VAGRANT_LOG=info vagrant up

# run with info log level (Windows)
$ set VAGRANT_LOG=info
$ vagrant up

Level names can be “debug”, “info”, “warn” and “error”.

Jenkins log without colored output

For Jenkins log, the color output is superfluous! Here an simple example:

pipeline {
  agent any

  stages {
    stage('Build') {
      steps {
        // Make the output without color
        vagrant up --no-color
      }
    }
  }
}