Download vagrant box file locally from atlas and configuring it

Question

I want to download a vagrant box file from Atlas for using it later locally with my vagrant file. How can I do this, and how can I configure it?

Answer 1

Download virtualbox.box:

https://app.vagrantup.com/laravel/boxes/homestead/versions/6.4.0/providers/virtualbox.box

You can change the version(6.4.0) of homestead box with the Current Version.

Current version: 6.4.0.

Check for the latest version here: https://app.vagrantup.com/laravel/boxes/homestead

After downloading the box, rename it to virtualbox.box

Don't forget to include the .box extension.

Add the downloaded homestead box to vagrant:

vagrant box add laravel/homestead file:///f:/virtualbox.box

Change the Drive( c: or d: or e:) or Path(c:/folder1/folder2/virtualbox.box) to the location where you have stored your downloaded homestead box.

You will get success massage like image below:

Update homestead box

Navigate to vagrant directory:

c:/users/YourUserName/.vagrant.d/boxes/laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead

After that, Create a file called metadata_url

NOTE: There is no extension for metadata_url

Then add the link below and save the file

https://app.vagrantup.com/laravel/homestead

Do not add a newline after link in above file.

Rename folder 0 to 6.4.0

6.4.0 is your homestead box version.

And it's Done. Hope it help.