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Viktor Malyi
Viktor Malyi

Reputation: 2386

Correct "config.ssh.shell" value for vagrant windows box?

I'm starting vagrant box with Windows 7 from host which is also Windows 7 with "vagrant up" command.

Contents of Vagrantfile: 

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "win7_base_test"
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 88, host: 3088
  config.ssh.username = "vagrant"
  config.ssh.password = "vagrant"
  config.ssh.port = "3088"
  config.ssh.host = "127.0.0.1"
  config.ssh.shell = "cmd"
end

As a result I get following listing with an error at the end:

vagrant up

Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
    default: 88 => 3088 (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:3088
    default: SSH username: vagrant
    default: SSH auth method: password
    default: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
The configured shell (config.ssh.shell) is invalid and unable
to properly execute commands. The most common cause for this is
using a shell that is unavailable on the system. Please verify
you're using the full path to the shell and that the shell is
executable by the SSH user.

Notice: I'm able to connect to vagrant box by executing "vagrant ssh" in the meantime and issue shell commands there.

Therefore I have a question: do I use the correct value ("cmd") for "config.ssh.shell" parameter? What values are possible there at all?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5398

Answers (4)

alex_1948511
alex_1948511

Reputation: 7369

I had "The configured shell (config.ssh.shell) is invalid..." error after having deleted the vagrant box used for machine creating.

I restored the box and everything worked fine then.

Upvotes: 0

nostrada
nostrada

Reputation: 1

Use the config.ssh.shell = "powershell" instead of config.ssh.shell = "cmd"

Upvotes: 0

Emil Styrke
Emil Styrke

Reputation: 1071

One option is to use WinRM instead of SSH: set config.vm.communicator to "winrm".

Upvotes: 2

IBam
IBam

Reputation: 11844

According to the Vagrant docs, config.ssh.shell only affects what shell is used within Vagrant, not what is used as the shell when you perform vagrant ssh. By default it uses bash, and unless you have a specific need to change this then leave it as that I reckon.

Upvotes: 0

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