Adding Vagrant Plugins

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Adding Vagrant Plugins

While Vagrant offers plenty of features out of the box, it's not uncommon to come across a Vagrantfile that requires some kind of additional plugin to run properly. Vagrant plugins can be managed via the `vagrant plugin` command, and are generally single-command installs. In this hands-on lab, we will add, remove, and otherwise manage various plugins to ensure we have the proper setup to support our Vagrantfile.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

May 17, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Review and Update Current Vagrant Setup
1. List current plugins:
  
  vagrant plugin list
2. Remove existing plugins; any of the following commands will work:
  
  vagrant plugin uninstall vagrant-hostmanager vagrant plugin expunge
Challenge

Add Required Provider and Plugin
1. Install the LXC provider:
  
  vagrant plugin install vagrant-lxc
2. Install the vagrant-git plugin:
  
  vagrant plugin install vagrant-git
Challenge

Run the Vagrantfile
1. We can check that we have the proper plugins installed by running the provided Vagrantfile:
  
  cd lxc-env vagrant up

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