acntech / vagrant-basic

Vagrant Basic box

AcnTech Basic

AcnTech Basic box.

The box comes in two flavors, one based on Ubuntu Desktop and one based on Xubuntu Desktop.

AcnTech Ubuntu

See details in folder /ubuntu.

AcnTech Xubuntu

See details in folder /xubuntu.

Prerequisites

The host computer must have Intel VT/AMD-V virtualization support enabled in the BIOS.

Oracle VirtualBox and Vagrant must also be installed on the host.

Setup

This box was created using the following setup method:

• Create new VirtualBox Machine
  • Choose name AcnTech Ubuntu or AcnTech Xubuntu
  • Choose 1024 MB RAM
  • Choose 128 MB Video Memory
  • Choose harddisk type VMDK and a 100 GB size
• Start install from Live CD
  • Choose Minimal installation
  • User Vagrant
  • Username vagrant
  • Password vagrant
  • Hostname acntech
• Ubuntu: Disable screensaver and lock screen

  • Settings > Privacy > Screen Lock > Disable screen lock

  • Settings > Power > Power Saving > Disable blank screen

• Xubuntu: Disable screensaver and lock screen

  • Settings > Screensaver > Screensaver tab > Disable screensaver

  • Settings > Screensaver > Lock Screen tab > Disable lock screen

  • Settings > Power Management > Display tab > Disable display power management

• Install required packages:
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt -y upgrade
  • sudo apt -y install build-essential dkms ssh openssh-server curl wget vim net-tools
• Installed VirtualBox Guest Additions:

  • Machine > Devices > "Insert Guest Additions CD image..."

  • sudo /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
• Restart VirtualBox Machine
• Install Puppet repo
  • sudo curl -o /tmp/puppet.deb https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppet7-release-jammy.deb
  • sudo dpkg -i /tmp/puppet.deb
  • sudo rm /tmp/puppet.deb
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt -y install puppet
• Added Vagrant insecure public SSH key to the vagrant user:
  • mkdir ~/.ssh
  • curl -k -o ~/.ssh/authorized_keys https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchellh/vagrant/master/keys/vagrant.pub
• Allowed for use of the authorized keys file:
  • sudo sed -i 's/#AuthorizedKeysFile/AuthorizedKeysFile/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
• Add sudo access for the vagrant user:
  • echo "vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers
• Created vagrant folder:
  • sudo mkdir /vagrant
  • sudo chown -R vagrant:vagrant /vagrant
• Clear APT history
  • sudo apt -y autoremove
  • sudo apt -y autoclean
  • sudo apt -y clean
  • sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
• Zeroed out the disk of the Vagrant box:
  • sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M
  • sudo rm -f /EMPTY
• Clear BASH history:
  • cat /dev/null > ~/.bash_history && history -c && exit

Packcaging

Package with vagrant package --base "AcnTech Ubuntu" or vagrant package --base "AcnTech Xubuntu"