Debian GNU/Linux Base Boxes for Vagrant.

debian-boxes provides a simple shell script janitor and some configuration stuff to install, configure and pack Debian based Vagrant boxes. The OS is installed from a minimal network install ISO image. The current provider is VirtualBox only.

To run janitor following software is required:

• jq
• Packer
• VirtualBox

$ ./janitor -h

  usage: janitor -r|--release=<version> -k|--kernel=<version> [-d|--dry-run]
         janitor -h|--help
         janitor -v|--version

  options:
        -h --help                   display this message
        -v --version                display version

        -r --release=<version>      set release version
        -k --kernel=<version>       set kernel version
        -d --dry-run                process arguments, but don't build anything

  dependencies: jq, packer, virtualbox

You can choose the kernel version (latest stable [base] or backport [bpo]) and the Debian release version (stable, wheezy, v770, v760).

For further information and configuration see the JSON file.

The installation process sets up a minimal Debian with following extra packages:

• openssh-server
• sudo
• acpid
• bash-completion
• less
• file
• psmisc
• ntpdate
• curl
• nfs-common
• task-german

The environment is prepared for English (default) and German locales. The timezone is set to Europe/Berlin and time is synchronized via network. Apt is configured to not install recommended packages and the mirror points to http.debian.net (main, contrib, non-free, updates, backports). The default user is named installer with password installer and has superuser permission without password reentry - see Vagrant SSH settings

Further the hostname is set to the Debian release codename (e.g. wheezy) with domain local and all getty's are deactivated.

The proper VirtualBox guest additions are installed, the container is shrinked, packed as Vagrant box and named debian-version-kernel-amd64-provider.box. The box is configured to use 512M memory and 1 CPU - see Vagrant VirtualBox Configuration

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