How to solve errors in Jenkins Essentials (LFS267) Lab 2.1 Step 4

idelossantos4

When running vagrant up command, the following I get the this error.

`Starting Vagrant VM

\devops-repo\jenkins-labs\LFS267-lab-resources\LFS267-lab-resources> vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'labVM-v1.box'...
Progress: 10%There was an error while executing VBoxManage, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["import", "\\?\C:\Users\Ivan\.vagrant.d\boxes\labVM-v1.box\0\virtualbox\box.ovf", "--vsys", "0", "--vmname", "docker_default_1635702107088_96897_1709998748342_3217", "--vsys", "0", "--unit", "11", "--disk", "C:/Users/Ivan/VirtualBox VMs/docker_default_1635702107088_96897_1709998748342_3217/box-disk001.vmdk"]

Stderr: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting \?\C:\Users\Ivan.vagrant.d\boxes\labVM-v1.box\0\virtualbox\box.ovf...
OK.
0%...10%...20%...E_INVALIDARG
VBoxManage.exe: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage.exe: error: Code E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) (extended info not available)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleImportAppliance(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 1436 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp`

I changed the default directory for virtual box. I am using a Windows 10 machine; Vagrant 2.4.1 & VirtualBox 7.0.14

luisviveropena

Moved to the correct forum.

luisviveropena

Hi @idelossantos4,

I was unable to reproduce the issue, in fact it worked for me (on MacOS, I don't have a Windows OS to test on):

vagrant up
==> vagrant: A new version of Vagrant is available: 2.4.1 (installed version: 2.3.7)!
==> vagrant: To upgrade visit: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html

Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'labVM-v1.box'...
==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> default: Setting the name of the VM: LFS267-lab-resources_default_1710175111830_64061
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
default: 5000 (guest) => 5000 (host) (adapter 1)
default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
default: SSH username: vagrant
default: SSH auth method: private key
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
default: The guest additions on this VM do not match the installed version of
default: VirtualBox! In most cases this is fine, but in rare cases it can
default: prevent things such as shared folders from working properly. If you see
default: shared folder errors, please make sure the guest additions within the
default: virtual machine match the version of VirtualBox you have installed on
default: your host and reload your VM.
default:
default: Guest Additions Version: 6.1.28 r147628
default: VirtualBox Version: 7.0
==> default: Mounting shared folders...
default: /vagrant => /Users/luiseduardo/Documents/Archivos importantes/IT/LF/Courses/LFS267/LFS267-lab-resources

So, I was researching on the error and I found the following:

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vagrant-up-error-while-executing-vboxmanage/16825

So your action plan is the following:

1.- Ensure you have enough free space on the disk/partition to start the VM, make space if needed.
2.- Destroy the VM.
3.- Start the VM.

Let me know of the results

Regards,
Luis.

lobsab

I have tried all these with my Windows PC and still couldn't access the Jenkins GUI via http://localhost:5000/

luisviveropena

Hi @lobsab, I suggest to get a Linux VM, perhaps a cloud one, so it's fast to setup and try there, because that way I can ask you for specific commands and its outputs.

Regards,
Luis.