From fe312beef25739f9e9c7ac286122d416c6b2e1e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seth Vargo Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 11:07:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Do not encourage users to download a box directly Instead of having the user download a .box file and manually installing it, just use the hashicorp/precise64 box and let Vagrant handle the download. --- website/docs/source/v2/vmware/usage.html.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/usage.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/usage.html.md index 7dacce6bc..29ffa2180 100644 --- a/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/usage.html.md +++ b/website/docs/source/v2/vmware/usage.html.md @@ -15,10 +15,29 @@ Fusion, and `vmware_workstation` for VMware Workstation. The Vagrant VMware provider does not support parallel execution at this time. Specifying the `--parallel` option will have no effect. -

-To get started, a 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS VMware box is available at: -http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64_vmware.box -

+To get started, create a new `Vagrantfile` that points to a VMware box: + +```ruby +# vagrant init hashicorp/precise64 +Vagrant.configure(2) do |config| + config.vm.box = "hashicorp/precise64" +end +``` + +VMware Fusion users should then run: + +```shell +$ vagrant up --provider vmware_fusion +``` + +VMware Workstation users should then run: + +```shell +$ vagrant up --provider vmware_workstation +``` + +This will download and bring up a new VMware Fusion/Workstation virtual machine +in Vagrant.