Not too sure where this should be asked. If irrelevant please redirect.
I'm wondering why all the Ubuntu boxes on VagrantCloud are targeted at virtualbox.
I need one tailored for the vagrant vmware provider.
The problem is that the vagrant boxes available from Ubuntu on VagrantCloud are specifically targeted at virtualbox, and as such can't be used with the vmware provider. What I'm trying to find out is who's maintaining those vagrant boxes, as they seem to be officialy released by Ubuntu: https://vagrantcloud.com/ubuntu
For example, look at this vagrant box. It is specifically advertised as an "official" Ubuntu cloud image, so I'd like to find out who maintains those images: https://vagrantcloud.com/ubuntu/boxes/trusty64
Who's responsible for those boxes ? Who should be contacted for this ?
Best Answer
Most of the vagrant boxes are build for virtualBox, because by default, vagrant is configured to use virtualBox as its provider. Moreover virtualBox is free of charge where that isn't the case with other providers. I can't find any good reason on why we should use other providers. I use vagrant for most of my projects both on LAMP and MEAN and using virtualBox without any problems.
Now you want to use vmware, you have to install plugins. You can always build a box from scratch if you don't get one from cloud. But of course, that is a time consuming process. I've published a guide on 'how to setup a ubuntu development environment using vagrant' and in that I have mentioned how to wrap an existing vagrant environment in to a new box. Again, I'm not sure if repackaging is possible for another provider. Please check it out and let us know about it.