Open the Vagrantfile and change config.vm.box = 'base' line to the following: config.vm.box = 'ubuntu/trusty64'. To find a list of available virtual boxes, refer to Discovering Vagrant Boxes. You can specify any other virtual box based on your needs. It contains a basic Ubuntu virtual machine. Specify the virtual boxĪs an example, we will specify the ubuntu/trusty64 box. The config.vm.box = '.' line specifies the virtual box that will be used in a project. You will see that Vagrantfile already has a predefined configuration. In the Project tool window Alt+1, switch to the Project files view and double-click the Vagrantfile to open it in the embedded editor. This will initialize the Vagrantfile and put it into your project root folder by default.įrom the main menu, choose Tools | Vagrant | Init in Project Root and select the target root folder from the opened window. Open the embedded Terminal ( Alt+F12) and run the following command: vagrant init To start working with Vagrant, you need to initialize the Vagrantfile.

Make sure virtualization is enabled on your computer. Install Vagrant and Oracle's VirtualBox applications. Install and enable Vagrant plugin as described in Installing plugins from JetBrains repository. In this article, we will explain how to initialize the Vagrantfile, specify the virtual box, run and interact with the virtual machine from IntelliJ IDEA. Vagrant works with different providers of virtual boxes, such as Oracle's VirtualBox, VMWare or AWS. Virtual box: a virtual sandbox that contains a preconfigured virtual machine.

Vagrantfile: the main configuration file that defines the Vagrant environment, stores all the configuration for the virtual boxes and tells Vagrant how to work with virtual machines. In the context of working with Vagrant, you will meet the following definitions: IntelliJ IDEA provides a full integration with Vagrant allowing you to configure the Vagrant virtual environment, control the behavior of virtual machines, and execute Vagrant commands from within your project. Vagrant is a command-line utility used to manage the lifecycle of virtual machines.

Vagrant with virtualbox