This repository contains the Packer files to build Ubuntu 24.04 Vagrant boxes for ARM64 and AMD64.
To build the Vagrantboxes, enter the following commands:
packer init ubuntu-arm64.pkr.hcl
packer build -var-file="arm64.pkrvars.hcl" ubuntu-arm64.pkr.hcl
packer build -var-file="amd64.pkrvars.hcl" ubuntu-amd64.pkr.hcl
With debugging:
PACKER_LOG=debug PACKER_LOG_PATH=ubuntu.log packer build -var-file="arm64.pkrvars.hcl" ubuntu-arm64.pkr.hcl
PACKER_LOG=debug PACKER_LOG_PATH=ubuntu.log packer build -var-file="amd64.pkrvars.hcl" ubuntu-amd64.pkr.hcl
Packer will spin up the Ubuntu image and configure it for Vagrant. It will
generate the files in output-vagrant.
For ARM64, this Packer configuration currently uses a workaround for building the Vagrantbox since you cannot export VMs to OVF files in VirtualBox MacOS with Silicion (ARM64).
To manually build the Vagrantbox:
cd output-vagrant
tar -czf ubuntu-24-04-arm64.box ./metadata.json ./Vagrantfile ./box.ovf ./ubuntu-24-04-arm64-disk001.vmdk
If you install VirtualBox on MacOS, you may need to disable this DebugLevel configuration. With this default configuration, VirtualBox is unable to spin up the ARM64 image.
VBoxManage setextradata global "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DebugLevel"
Install the box.
vagrant box add ubuntu_24_04 output-vagrant/ubuntu-24-04-arm64.box
Create a working "test" directory and navigate into it.
mkdir vagrant_project
cd vagrant_project
Initialize a Vagrant project, using the ubuntu_24_04 as the base box.
vagrant init ubuntu_24_04
Spin up your Ubuntu virtual environment
vagrant up --provider virtualbox
To clean up your environment:
cd ..
vagrant box remove ubuntu_24_04
rm -rf vagrant_project/
You may need to delete stray disks to completely clean up the Packer buidl. First, list and identify the stray disks, then delete them.
VBoxManage list hdds
VBoxManage closemedium disk ${disk_uuid} --delete