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vagrant box — Manage Vagrant boxes (virtual machine images). See also: `vagrant`. More information: <https://devel

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Problem

How to use the vagrant box command: Manage Vagrant boxes (virtual machine images). See also: vagrant. More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/cli/box>.

Solution

vagrant box — Manage Vagrant boxes (virtual machine images). See also: vagrant. More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/cli/box>.

List all installed boxes:

vagrant box list

Add a new box:

vagrant box add {{hashicorp/bionic64}}

Add a box from a custom URL:

vagrant box add {{my-box}} {{https://example.com/my-box.box}}

Remove an installed box:

vagrant box remove {{hashicorp/bionic64}}

Update all boxes that are in use in the current Vagrant environment:

vagrant box update

Update a specific box:

vagrant box update --box {{bento/debian-12}}

Check if there is a new version available for the box that you are using:

vagrant box outdated

Clean up old versions of installed boxes:

vagrant box prune

Code Snippets

List all installed boxes

vagrant box list

Add a new box

vagrant box add {{hashicorp/bionic64}}

Add a box from a custom URL

vagrant box add {{my-box}} {{https://example.com/my-box.box}}

Remove an installed box

vagrant box remove {{hashicorp/bionic64}}

Update all boxes that are in use in the current Vagrant environment

vagrant box update

Context

tldr-pages: common/vagrant box

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