How can I get a more clear name for Vagrant machine

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Solution

You can add a config.vm.define block in your vagrant file.

E.g:

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|

  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"

  config.vm.define "{YOUR NICE NAME HERE}" do |web|

    web.vm.box       = "CentOs"
    web.vm.box_url   = "http://developer.nrel.gov/downloads/vagrant-boxes/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-v20130731.box"
    web.vm.hostname  = 'dev.local'

    web.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 90, host: 9090
    web.vm.network :private_network, ip: "22.22.22.11"

    web.vm.provision :puppet do |puppet|
      puppet.manifests_path = "puppet/manifests"
      puppet.manifest_file  = "web.pp"
      puppet.module_path    = "puppet/modules"
      puppet.options        = ["--verbose", "--hiera_config /vagrant/hiera.yaml", "--parser future"]
    end

  end

end

This way you will see your defined name back when you check the list in virtual box. But remember that Vagrant will always append a random string behind the VM's name, since it needs to identify the correct machine when running multiple vm's of the same vagrant file.

Problem

I am working with Vagrant and it is a wonderful tool for virtualized enviroments. But I have a doubts about how VirtualBox changes the name of VM created. I have this Vagrantfile configuration ``` # -*- mode: ruby -*- # vi: set ft=ruby : Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| config.vm.hostname = "ubuntu" config.vm.box = "ubuntu-12.04" config.vm.network :private_network, ip: "33.33.33.13" config.berkshelf.enabled = true end ``` When I run vagrant up the virtualbox tool creates my machine with a different name. ``` roberto@rcisla-pc:~/myface$ VBoxManage list vms "myface_default_1390750040" {eed39077-32da-44e5-961f-2bb772a2bf31} ``` Why virtualbox creates the machine with the name myface_default_1390750040 when I configured in the Vagrantfile a different name, in this case ubuntu-12.04. This is my myface cookbook structure ``` . ├── attributes │   └── default.rb ├── Berksfile ├── Berksfile.lock ├── chefignore ├── definitions ├── files │   └── default ├── Gemfile ├── libraries ├── LICENSE ├── metadata.rb ├── providers ├── README.md ├── recipes │   └── default.rb ├── resources ├── templates │   └── default │   ├── test │   └── integration │   └── default │   └── serverspec │   ├── default │   │   ├── test_spec.rb │   │   └── demo_spec.rb │   └── spec_helper.rb ├── Thorfile └── Vagrantfile ``` I don't understand why VirtualBox take the name relative to the cookbook and not take the name ubuntu-12.04 I am using - Vagrant 1.3.5 - VirtualBox 4.3.5 r91406

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