austincv/local_vagrant_box_hosting

Sets up a nginx server which hosts vagrant boxes

Shell

Hosting vagrant boxes

Sets up an nginx server which hosts vagrant boxes

Requirements

*nix (tested with Ubuntu 14.04)
Docker (http://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/)

Usage

First time

Clone the repo.
Put your box file(s) in the appropriate directories (See changeme example).
Boxes must be named <box_name>_<version>.box (e.g. foo_1.0.box)
Run init.sh

Box changes

Put your box file(s) in the appropriate directories (See changeme example).
Run generate_manifests.sh

Vagrant box url

The vm box should be named the same as the folder you put the box file into
The vm box url should be set to the url of the folder

config.vm.box = "changeme"

config.vm.box_url = "http://example.com:1234/vagrant/changeme"

Configuration

You may specify an alternate hostname/port in the .env file in the project root.
Host defaults to hostname --fqdn
Port defaults to 1234

Thanks to https://github.com/hollodotme/Helpers/blob/master/Tutorials/vagrant/self-hosted-vagrant-boxes-with-versioning.md#5-hosting for the walkthrough.