I have a primary Aegir project which I created using: $ ./aegir-up aegir. It runs just fine!

I created a second project using the aegir-up command (per Ergonlogic's help): $ ./aegir-up -t custom aegir2

Once that second project is in place and I go to the project and execute vagrant up, I get this error related to the rename of the vbox:
[hm] Importing base box 'debian-LAMP-6.0.4'...
[hm] Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
[hm] Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
[hm] Fixed port collision for 22 => 2222. Now on port 2200.
[hm] Forwarding ports...
[hm] -- 22 => 2200 (adapter 1)
[hm] Creating shared folders metadata...
[hm] Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
[hm] Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
[hm] Running any VM customizations...
A customization command failed:

["modifyvm", "5462ae4d-acc0-4878-be2d-1a96d5ddc926", "--name", "Aegir"]

The following error was experienced:

VBoxManage: error: Could not rename the directory '/Users/shrop/VirtualBox VMs/aegir2_1331055398' to '/Users/shrop/VirtualBox VMs/Aegir' to save the settings file (VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component SessionMachine, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports
Context: "SaveSettings()" at line 2300 of file VBoxManageModifyVM.cpp

Please fix this customization and try again.

I then edited the project's settings.rb and change the Vmname to "Aegir2" in the Hm class. It was "Aegir" and I think that was the conflict.

That worked, but I then noticed that the user password reset link started with http://aegir.local and not http://aegir2.aegir.local as it should per ergonlogic. I then edited the Hostname link in class Hm of settings.rb to have the proper hostname.

I also had to change Subnet = "11" in the settings.rb Class Vm.

So the above got me close, but even with /etc/hosts set to point aegir2.aegir.local to 192.168.11.10, I still didn't get hostmaster via a browser. I had to do the following to get the vhost for Aegir to work for me:

$ vagrant ssh
$ sudo su aegir
$ mv /var/aegir/config/server_master/apache/vhost.d/aegir.local /var/aegir/config/server_master/apache/vhost.d/aegir2.aegir.local
Exited out of the aegir user session
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

So that is what I had to do to get things working. I will be glad to test and submit patches, but I am still learning many of the tools involved, including Vagrant and Puppet so I am not sure where things need to go at this point.

Let me know if you need additional info.

Thanks
shrop

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IIRC, you're running on OSX, for which I don't have a test platform, so I won't be able to debug directly. Also, I assume you meant './aegir-up-init' as the command to initialize a project.

Anyway, I used 'sed' to do some find/replace stuff in those files (http://drupalcode.org/project/aegir-up.git/blob/HEAD:/lib/scripts/aegir-...). There's also a small snippet of perl a little higher up in the script (http://drupalcode.org/project/aegir-up.git/blob/HEAD:/lib/scripts/aegir-...) Could you check if sed & perl are installed on OSX by default? If not, I'll add it to the docs.

The work-around is pretty much as you describe:

  • In settings.rb:
      Hostname  = "<project_name>.aegir.local"
  Vmname    = "Aegir(<project_name>)"
  Subnet    = "11"  # or whatever
  • In manifests/hm.pp:
      # For now it's best to specify the front-end URL here, though this should no
  # longer be necessary once http://drupal.org/node/1459126 lands
  $aegir_hostmaster_url = '<project_name>.aegir.local'

By doing this before running 'vagrant up' you shouldn't have to mess with the vhosts, as this'll be done properly during the installation of Aegir itself.

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Thanks!

1. sed and perl are both in OS X by default. I checked to be sure.
2. I can be your OS X tester. No worries there.
3. With the info you provided, I think I can work on figuring out what is going on. I will be glad to submit patches from there.

Thanks!
shrop

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Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

1. Hmm, I still suspect it's those lines though; I wonder why they aren't working... What shell does OS X use by default? I thought BASH.
2. Great! Thank you!
3. Please let me know, as I'd like to make sure Aegir-up can work on any Unix-like OS.

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Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (won't fix)

Aegir-up has been re-written in PHP as a Drush extension. This is a drastic enough change that I doubt this issue will remain; at least, in it's present form.

So, I'm closing this, but feel free to post a new issue if you come across something similar again.