The current and only template was created for Debian 8.8.0 VM boxes, I may add more in due course. The boxes are "vanilla" with a minimal setup, 512MB RAM, 1 CPU. These settings can be easily changed in vagrant. They are based on https://github.com/tech-angels/packer-templates - thanks guys.

• Packer (>= 0.5.0)(http://www.packer.io/downloads.html)
• Vagrant (>= 1.2.4)(http://downloads.vagrantup.com/)
• Vmware or Virtualbox
• Vagrant vmware plugin if you're using vmware (http://www.vagrantup.com/vmware)

Edit the debian-8.json (or the other one you prefer) and check the variables at the beginning of the file.

Note:

To change the Debian version used go to http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ or http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/, find which net-inst version you want and copy its checksum from the SHA1SUMS file. Then edit the .json file and update these variables at the beginning of the .json file:

• "iso_url": update the link to the iso file
• "iso_checksum": insert the new MD5 checksum
• "vm_name": update the version

$ packer build debian-8.json

or optionnaly, select only one provider, for example VirtualBox:

$ packer build -only virtualbox-iso debian-8.json

$ vagrant box add debian-8 ./packer_vmware-iso_vmware.box

or

$ vagrant box add debian-8 ./packer_virtualbox-iso_virtualbox.box

The VM image has been imported to vagrant, it's now available on your system.

To use this image with Vagrant, create a vagrant file (vagrant init), and use the newly created box:

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # All Vagrant configuration is done here. The most common configuration
  # options are documented and commented below. For a complete reference,
  # please see the online documentation at vagrantup.com.

  # Every Vagrant virtual environment requires a box to build off of.
  config.vm.box = "debian-8"

  # Make ssh login secure
  # config.ssh.private_key_path = '~/.ssh/id_rsa'
  #
  # [...]
end

And initialize the vm:

$ vagrant up --provider=virtualbox

The --provider option is only needed if another vagrant provider is available, like vmware_fusion.

$ echo ".vagrant/" >> .gitignore