{"id":868,"date":"2024-02-26T10:58:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T10:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=868"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:58:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T10:58:43","slug":"build-vms-mac-silicon-with-vagrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Build VMs on Mac M1\/M2 with Vagrant & VMware Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAC silicon M1\/M2 chips use ARM architecture which is different from x86 used by Intel processors.<\/p>\n

The only solution to run virtual machines on mac silicon is using VMware fusion and Vagrant. I have tried Virtualbox<\/a> and it doesnt work well and you dont find good ARM based vagrant boxes that has support for Virtual box.<\/p>\n

Virtual box + Vagrant <\/strong>works great on my MAC intel based system. But for my MAC silicon, I use VMware Fusion + vagrant and it works great.<\/p>\n

In this blog I will walk you through step by step process of setting up VMware fusion and vagrant to create VMs.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites<\/h2>\n

Following are the prerequisites for this setup.<\/p>\n

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  1. macOS (M1\/M2) with admin access.<\/li>\n
  2. Homebrew<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Setting Up VMware Fusion<\/h2>\n

    Since Broadcom acquired Vmware, we have to download it form the Broadcom website.<\/p>\n

    VMware Fusion pro can be used for free with the personal free licence. Follow the steps given below to setup VMware Fusion.<\/p>\n

    Step 1:<\/strong> Register for the Broadcom Account<\/a>. You need this account to download softwares from the Broadcom website.<\/p>\n

    Step 2:<\/strong> Download and install VMware Fusion Pro Personal<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"Vmware<\/figure>\n

    Follow the installation wizard. All are self explanatory steps.<\/p>\n

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    Important Note:<\/strong><\/b> When asked for licence, choose the personal licence option so that you dont have to provide any licence key.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    You can cancel the final installation method as we will be managing the VMs using Vagrant<\/p>\n

    \"cancel<\/figure>\n

    Step 1:<\/strong> Install vagrant from the Downloads page<\/a><\/h3>\n

    If you have homebrew, you can install it using the following commands.<\/p>\n

    brew tap hashicorp\/tap\nbrew install hashicorp\/tap\/hashicorp-vagrant<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Step 2:<\/strong> Install Vagrant VMware Utility<\/h3>\n
    Download and install the  VMware Vagrant Utilty<\/a> <\/a>for MAC<\/p>\n
    \"MAC<\/figure>\n
    Step 3:<\/strong> Install VMware Provide plugin using the vagrant command.<\/h3>\n
    sudo vagrant plugin install vagrant-vmware-desktop<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Step 4: Restart Your System<\/h3>\n
    Once all the above mentioned installations are done, restart your MAC.<\/p>\n
    If you dont restart your MAC, you will get the following error.<\/p>\n
    Vagrant failed to create a new VMware networking device. The following\nerror message was generated while attempting to create a new device:\n\n  Failed to enable device\n\nPlease resolve any problems reported in the error message above and\ntry again.<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Building a VM with Vagrant<\/h2>\n
    To test the setup, you can clone the Kubernetes certification repo<\/a> where we have the Vagrantfile to deploy three VMs.<\/p>\n
    git clone https:\/\/github.com\/techiescamp\/kubernetes-certification-guide.git<\/code><\/pre>\n
    cd in the the mac silicon folder. It has a Vagrantfile with bento\/ubuntu-22.04 <\/strong> vargantbox for arm architecture that deploys three VM’s. You can modify the VM details in the settings.yaml <\/strong>file present in the folder.<\/p>\n
    cd lab-setup\/mac-silicon<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Now, bring up the VMs using vagrant.<\/p>\n
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    Important Note:<\/strong><\/b> Ensure you use sudo with the command. Without sudo, it wont work.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
    sudo vagrant up<\/code><\/pre>\n
    It should bring up three VMs.<\/p>\n
    Using the VM<\/h2>\n
    To login to specific VM, use the node name with ssh.<\/p>\n
    To get the node names, execute,<\/p>\n
    $ sudo vagrant status\n\nCurrent machine states:\n\ncontrolplane              running (vmware_fusion)\nnode01                    running (vmware_fusion)\nnode02                    running (vmware_fusion)<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Use the machine names to ssh. For example,<\/p>\n
    sudo vagrant ssh controlplane<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Top stop the VMs,<\/p>\n
    sudo vagrant halt<\/code><\/pre>\n
    To bring up the VMs again, run<\/p>\n
    sudo vagrant up<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Conclusion<\/h2>\n
    Vagrant is a great utility for running VMs locally on MAC silicon.<\/p>\n
    You can setup multi node applications, kubeadm kubernetes clusters<\/a> etc that closely replicates the production systems.<\/p>\n
    If you face any errors during the setup, drop a comment. We will look at it.<\/p>\n
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    Ngu\u1ed3n:<\/strong> Build VMs on Mac M1\/M2 with Vagrant & VMware Fusion \u2014 DevOpsCube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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