mech
I made this because I don't like VirtualBox and I wanted to use vagrant
with VMWare Fusion but was too cheap to buy the Vagrant plugin.
https://blog.kchung.co/mech-vagrant-with-vmware-integration-for-free/
Usage is pretty straightforward:
Usage: mech [options] <command> [<args>...]
Options:
-v, --version Print the version and exit.
-h, --help Print this help.
--debug Show debug messages.
Common commands:
(list, ls) lists all available boxes
init initializes a new Mech environment by creating a Mechfile
destroy stops and deletes all traces of the Mech machine
(up, start) starts and provisions the Mech environment
(down, stop, halt) stops the Mech machine
suspend suspends the machine
pause pauses the Mech machine
ssh connects to machine via SSH
ssh-config outputs OpenSSH valid configuration to connect to the machine
scp copies files to and from the machine via SCP
ip outputs ip of the Mech machine
box manages boxes: installation, removal, etc.
global-status outputs status Mech environments for this user
status outputs status of the Mech machine
ps list running processes in Guest OS
provision provisions the Mech machine
reload restarts Mech machine, loads new Mechfile configuration
resume resume a paused/suspended Mech machine
snapshot manages snapshots: saving, restoring, etc.
port displays information about guest port mappings
push deploys code in this environment to a configured destination
For help on any individual command run `mech <command> -h`
Example:
Initializing and using a machine from HashiCorp's Vagrant Cloud:
mech init bento/ubuntu-14.04
mech up
mech ssh
mech init can be used to pull a box file which will be installed and
generate a Mechfile in the current directory. You can also pull boxes
from Vagrant Cloud with mech init freebsd/FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE.
Barring that, mech up <name> can also be used to specify a vmx file
to start.
Install
pip install -U mech
or for the latest:
pip install -U git+https://github.com/mechboxes/mech.git
Shared Folders
If the box you init was created properly, you will be able to access
the host's current working directory in /mnt/hgfs/mech. If you are
having trouble try running:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) open-vm-tools
followed by
sudo vmware-config-tools.pl
or
vmhgfs-fuse .host:/mech /mnt/hgfs