How to use Vagrant plugins

Overview:

Vagrant plugins are third-party tools that extend the functionality of the Vagrant installed on your system. Be aware of the risks related to third-party plugins when using them in your environment.

Also, be aware that some of the plugins are paid and locked behind the license agreements.

Plugin commands:

1. To install the plugin use:

   vagrant plugin install [plugin_name]
   

   For example vbinfo plugin gives info about available VirtualBox images on the system:

   vagrant plugin install vbinfo
   

2. To use the plugin:

   vagrant [plugin_name]
   

3. To list all installed plugins use:

   vagrant plugin list
   

4. To update the plugin use:

   vagrant plugin update [plugin_name]
   

5. In case of errors with plugins, use the following command to repair plugin with common solutions:

   vagrant plugin repair
   

6. To associate the plugin with licence file you have use:

   vagrant plugin license [license_file]
   

7. To remove the plugin use:

   vagrant plugin uninstall [plugin_name]
   

8. To delete all plugins use:

   vagrant plugin expunge
   

9. To reinstall all expunged plugins use:

   vagrant plugin expunge --reinstall
   

Provider plugins:

Provider plugins adds functionality to communicate with cloud providers and hypervisors. For example to install AWS Cloud provider plugin use:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-aws

To see the complete list of provider plugins go here

Useful plugins:

1. vbguest plugin install VirtualBox guest addition to the system automatically (manage machines via GUI):

   vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
   

2. For Windows-based machines to enable NFS support:

   vagrant plugin install vagrant-winnfsd
   

3. Hostmanager for multi-machine setups:

   vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmanager
   

4. To show all forwarded ports from guest to host machine use:

   vagrant plugin install vagrant-netinfo
   

5. To work with Git repositories use:

   vagrant plugin install vagrant-git
   

Reference:

1. Vagrant core plugins
2. Vagrant plugins docs
3. Available Vagrant plugins