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layout: "docs"
page_title: "Usage - VMware Provider"
sidebar_current: "providers-vmware-usage"
description: |-
  The Vagrant VMware providers are used just like any other provider. Please
  read the general basic usage page for providers.
---

# Usage

The Vagrant VMware providers are used just like any other provider. Please
read the general [basic usage](/docs/providers/basic_usage.html) page for
providers.

The value to use for the `--provider` flag is `vmware_fusion` for VMware
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, 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.

<div class="alert alert-info">
  <strong>Note:</strong> At some point in the future, the providers
  will probably be merged into a single `vagrant-vmware` plugin. For now,
  the Workstation and Fusion codebases are different enough that they
  are separate plugins.
</div>