Vagrant: Vagrant fails to ssh to the ubuntu/xenial64 (asks for password) when env vars are used in Vagrantfile

Created on 4 Sep 2016  ·  9Comments  ·  Source: hashicorp/vagrant

Vagrant version

1.8.4

Host operating system

Arch Linux

Guest operating system

ubuntu/xenial64 box

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
  if ENV['B'] == 'ubuntu'
    config.vm.box = 'ubuntu/xenial64'
  else
    config.vm.box = 'centos/7'
  end
end

Debug output

https://gist.github.com/x-yuri/ef4dd24dbf72a2e5ffa0f28bbd46c9d0~~
https://gist.github.com/x-yuri/4bbcf7cf8c37746627409e34f00ea2e1

Expected behavior

It shouldn't ask for password when doing vagrant ssh.

Actual behavior

It asks for password.

Steps to reproduce

  1. B=ubuntu vagrant up
  2. vagrant ssh

    References

This issue is related, but seems to be a separate one. The one I'm describing here looks like an issue with vagrant. With the following Vagrantfile it works:

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
  config.vm.box = 'ubuntu/xenial64'
end

If you have a workaround in mind, you're welcome.

More info

If you make ubuntu default box:

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
  if ENV['B'] == 'centos'
    config.vm.box = 'centos/7'
  else
    config.vm.box = 'ubuntu/xenial64'
  end
end

And do vagrant up && vagrant ssh, it logs in. So, it seems like something is grepping Vagrantfile and takes the last occurrence. Or the environment variable gets lost somewhere along the way.

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Most helpful comment

the same issue, happens to me.

Host operating system: macOS Sierra
Guest operating system: ubuntu/xenial64 box
Vagrant version: 1.8.6
Virtualbox version: 5.0.26 r108824

picture encodia on 18 Oct 2016
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All 9 comments

Same for me (on macOS). vagrant up always ask for password.

rap2hpoutre picture rap2hpoutre on 4 Oct 2016
👍2

👍 happens here as well. MacOS

nickescobedo picture nickescobedo on 6 Oct 2016
👍1

Happens to me, also.

Host operating system: Xubuntu 16.04
Guest operating system: ubuntu/xenial64 box
Vagrant version: 1.8.6
Virtualbox version: 5.0.26 r108824

lekum picture lekum on 18 Oct 2016
👍1

the same issue, happens to me.

Host operating system: macOS Sierra
Guest operating system: ubuntu/xenial64 box
Vagrant version: 1.8.6
Virtualbox version: 5.0.26 r108824

encodia picture encodia on 18 Oct 2016
👍4

Affects me, too.

Host operating system: Sabayon Linux
Guest operating system: ubuntu/xenial64 (box_version = "20161022.0.0")
Vagrant version: 1.8.5
Virtualbox version: 5.1.6 r110634

Ryuno-Ki picture Ryuno-Ki on 3 Nov 2016

+1

neuralsandwich picture neuralsandwich on 8 Dec 2016
👍2

Same for me. I think this it the bug, so this issue should be closed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1569237

Host operating system: Ubuntu
Guest operating system: ubuntu/xenial64 (box_version = "20170118.1.0")
Vagrant version: 1.9.1
Virtualbox version: 5.1.14r112924

SamuelMarks picture SamuelMarks on 19 Jan 2017

Closing this as an upstream issue with box author. Cheers!

chrisroberts picture chrisroberts on 2 Mar 2017

I'm going to lock this issue because it has been closed for _30 days_ ⏳. This helps our maintainers find and focus on the active issues.

If you have found a problem that seems similar to this, please open a new issue and complete the issue template so we can capture all the details necessary to investigate further.

hashibot[bot] picture hashibot[bot] on 2 Apr 2020
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