--- page_title: "vagrant init - Command-Line Interface" sidebar_current: "cli-init" --- # Init **Command: `vagrant init [box-name] [box-url]`** This initializes the current directory to be a Vagrant environment by creating an initial [Vagrantfile](/v2/vagrantfile/index.html) if one doesn't already exist. If a first argument is given, it will prepopulate the `config.vm.box` setting in the created Vagrantfile. If a second argument is given, it will prepopulate the `config.vm.box_url` setting in the created Vagrantfile.