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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Custom Provisioners - Plugin Development"
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sidebar_current: "plugins-provisioners"
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script: |-
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This page documents how to add new provisioners to Vagrant, allowing Vagrant
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to automatically install software and configure software using a custom
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provisioner. Prior to reading this, you should be familiar with the plugin
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development basics.
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# Plugin Development: Provisioners
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This page documents how to add new [provisioners](/docs/provisioning/) to Vagrant,
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allowing Vagrant to automatically install software and configure software
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using a custom provisioner. Prior to reading this, you should be familiar
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with the [plugin development basics](/docs/plugins/development-basics.html).
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<div class="alert alert-warning">
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<strong>Warning: Advanced Topic!</strong> Developing plugins is an
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advanced topic that only experienced Vagrant users who are reasonably
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comfortable with Ruby should approach.
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</div>
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## Definition Component
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Within the context of a plugin definition, new provisioners can be defined
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like so:
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```ruby
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provisioner "custom" do
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require_relative "provisioner"
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Provisioner
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end
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```
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Provisioners are defined with the `provisioner` method, which takes a
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single argument specifying the name of the provisioner. This is the
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name that used with `config.vm.provision` when configuring and enabling
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the provisioner. So in the case above, the provisioner would be enabled
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using `config.vm.provision :custom`.
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The block argument then lazily loads and returns a class that implements
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the `Vagrant.plugin(2, :provisioner)` interface, which is covered next.
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## Provisioner Class
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The provisioner class should subclass and implement
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`Vagrant.plugin(2, :provisioner)` which is an upgrade-safe way to let
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Vagrant return the proper parent class for provisioners.
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This class and the methods that need to be implemented are
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[very well documented](https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/blob/master/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/provisioner.rb).
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The documentation on the class in the comments should be enough
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to understand what needs to be done.
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There are two main methods that need to be implemented: the
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`configure` method and the `provision` method.
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The `configure` method is called early in the machine booting process
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to allow the provisioner to define new configuration on the machine, such
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as sharing folders, defining networks, etc. As an example, the
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[Chef solo provisioner](https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/blob/master/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb#L24)
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uses this to define shared folders.
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The `provision` method is called when the machine is booted and ready
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for SSH connections. In this method, the provisioner should execute
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any commands that need to be executed.
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