vagrant up command times out after "SSH auth method: private key" line - ssh

Question

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on in VirtualBox on Windows 8.1 operating system.
I boot my Virtual box with Ubuntu 16.04 and inside it, when I am trying to run vagrant up, it freezes at default: ssh auth method: private key line and finally times out after 600 seconds (which I set into Vagrantfile).
Timed out while waiting for the machine to boot. This means that
Vagrant was unable to communicate with the guest machine within
the configured ("config.vm.boot_timeout" value) time period. If you look above, you should be able to see the error(s) that Vagrant had when attempting to connect to the machine. These errors are usually good hints as to what may be wrong. If you're using a custom box, make sure that networking is properly working and you're able to connect to the machine. It is a common problem that networking isn't setup properly in these boxes. Verify that authentication configurations are also setup properly,
as well. If the box appears to be booting properly, you may want to increase the timeout ("config.vm.boot_timeout") value.
I am running vagrant up command from its location.
$ /var/www/yrc-2017$ vagrant up
My Vagrantfile looks like this:
if Gem::Version.new(Vagrant::VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("1.5.0")
puts "ERROR: Outdated version of Vagrant"
puts " Chassis requires Vagrant 1.5.0+ "
puts
exit 1
end
if not File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "puppet", "modules", "apt", ".git"))
puts "NOTICE: Submodules not found, updating for you"
if not system("git submodule update --init", :chdir => File.dirname(__FILE__))
puts "WARNING: Submodules may be missing, and could not automatically\ndownload them for you."
end
# Extra new line, please!
puts
end
require_relative "puppet/chassis.rb"
CONF = Chassis.config
Chassis.install_extensions(CONF)
base_path = Pathname.new( File.dirname( __FILE__ ) )
module_paths = [ base_path.to_s + "/puppet/modules" ]
module_paths.concat Dir.glob( base_path.to_s + "/extensions/*/modules" )
module_paths.map! do |path|
pathname = Pathname.new(path)
pathname.relative_path_from(base_path).to_s
end
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
# Set up potential providers.
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
# Use linked clones to preserve disk space.
vb.linked_clone = true if Vagrant::VERSION =~ /^1.8/
end
config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-16.04"
# Adding boot timeout
config.vm.boot_timeout = 600
# Enable SSH forwarding
config.ssh.forward_agent = true
# Disable updating of Virtual Box Guest Additions for faster provisioning.
if Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-vbguest")
config.vbguest.auto_update = false
end
# Having access would be nice.
if CONF['ip'] == "dhcp"
config.vm.network :private_network, type: "dhcp", hostsupdater: "skip"
else
config.vm.network :private_network, ip: CONF['ip'], hostsupdater: "skip"
end
config.vm.hostname = CONF['hosts'][0]
config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 22, host: 2222, host_ip: "127.0.0.1", id: 'ssh'
preprovision_args = [
CONF['apt_mirror'].to_s,
CONF['database']['has_custom_prefix'] ? "" : "check_prefix"
]
config.vm.provision :shell, :path => "puppet/preprovision.sh", :args => preprovision_args
config.vm.provision :puppet do |puppet|
puppet.manifests_path = "puppet/manifests"
puppet.manifest_file = "development.pp"
module_paths.map! { |rel_path| "/vagrant/" + rel_path }
puppet.options = "--modulepath " + module_paths.join( ':' ).inspect
puppet.options += " --hiera_config /dev/null"
puppet.options += " --disable_warnings=deprecations"
end
config.vm.provision :shell do |shell|
shell.path = "puppet/postprovision.sh"
shell.args = [
# 0 = hostname
CONF['hosts'][0],
# 1 = username
CONF['admin']['user'],
# 2 = password
CONF['admin']['password']
]
end
synced_folders = CONF["synced_folders"].clone
synced_folders["."] = "/vagrant"
mount_opts = CONF['nfs'] ? [] : ["dmode=777","fmode=777"]
synced_folders.each do |from, to|
config.vm.synced_folder from, to, :mount_options => mount_opts, :nfs => CONF['nfs']
if CONF['nfs'] && Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-bindfs")
config.bindfs.bind_folder to, to
end
end
# Success?
end
I only added the following two lines in above file:
config.vm.boot_timeout = 600
Reference
and
config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 22, host: 2222, host_ip: "127.0.0.1", id: 'ssh'
Reference
What should I do?
UPDATE
I have the following settings in VirtualBox > System on Windows 8.1
Paravitualization Interface: Default
Hardware Virtualization:
- Enable VT-x/AMD-V
- Enable Nested Paging
And all the options above are disabled, means I cannot change anything.
Screenshot:

Answer 1

Try and write "Vagrant ssh" after vagrant up, and if it asks for credentials it is "vagrant", if the issue is not fixed with a vagrant up --provision or a vagrant reload (halt and up), then delete your box and rebuild it from the box you started out with.
it have happen to me some times, when i try to upgrade the boxes i have, then i just have to re-setup the box and everything works.
it happens that the system does not gets the system propperly started.