CentOS 6.2 Box for Vagrant

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Installing CentOS

Download net install iso: CentOS-6.2-x86_64-netinstall.iso

Create a new VirtualBox machine

• Name: vagrant-centos
• Operating System: Linux
• Version: Red Hat
• Base Memory Size: 360 MB
• Create new hard disk
• Dynamically expanding storage
• 40 GB
• Disable Audio
• Disable USB
• Make sure network is set to NAT
• Attach the net install ISO to the CDROM
• Run it

Run through install procedure

• (mode: linux text)
• Installation Method: URL
• Disable IPv6, leave IPv4 enabled with DHCP
• URL Setup:
  • http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/
• Use text mode
• Re-initialize all drives
• Root password: vagrant
• Partitioning Type: Use entire drive
• Configure network: yes
  • Set hostname to vagrant-centos
• Customize software installation:
  • Unselect:
    • Dial-up networking
    • Editors
    • Text-based internet
    • Base
• Remove CDRom media
• Reboot
• Disable firewall
• Run Services:
  • Disable cups

Add stuff

yum install curl ftp rsync sudo time wget which openssh-clients

yum install gcc bzip2 make kernel-devel-`uname -r`

yum install gcc-c++ zlib-devel openssl-devel readline-devel sqlite3-devel

yum install perl Xorg

Disabled SELinux and firewall

• In /etc/selinux/config, set SELINUX=disabled
• chkconfig iptables off

Remove stuff

VirtualBox Additions

• export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64
• Devices -> Install Guest Additions…
• sudo mount -o ro -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
• sudo sh /mnt/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
• reboot

vagrant user

groupadd admin useradd -G admin vagrant passwd vagrant

visudo

echo ‘export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin’ >> ~vagrant/.bashrc

Install rvm then ruby

curl -L get.rvm.io | sudo bash -s stable logout login as root rvm install 1.9.2

Install Puppet by adding puppet repo

rpm -ivh http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/6/products/i386/puppetlabs-release-6-1.noarch.rpm yum install puppet

Add Vagrant’s “insecure” public key

mkdir .ssh chmod 755 .ssh curl http://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/raw/master/keys/vagrant.pub > .ssh/authorized_keys chmod 644 .ssh/authorized_keys

Fiddle with MAC addres

• sudo /sbin/ifconfig
• write down MAC address of eth0 (eg. 08:00:27:60:AE:41)

sudo yum clean headers packages dbcache expire-cache

• shut down vm

Export and package

Back on host

• vagrant package –base vbox_vm_name
• vagrant box add centos62 package.box