Vagrant error : Failed to mount folders in Linux guest

Question

I have some issues with Vagrant shared folders, my base system is Ubuntu 13.10 desktop.

I do not understand why I have this error is something that is not right conf

Answer 1

This is 2017. Just in case someone faces the same issue.

For bento/centos-6.7, I was getting same error. That was solved by adding plugin vagrant-vbguest (0.13.0). c:> vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

Box url: http://opscode-vm-bento.s3.amazonaws.com/vagrant/virtualbox/opscode_centos-7.0_chef-provisionerless.box

This centos-7 version was giving me same error

Error:

==> build: Mounting shared folders...
    build: /vagrant => C:/projects/
Vagrant was unable to mount VirtualBox shared folders. This is usually
because the filesystem "vboxsf" is not available. This filesystem is
made available via the VirtualBox Guest Additions and kernel module.
Please verify that these guest additions are properly installed in the
guest. This is not a bug in Vagrant and is usually caused by a faulty
Vagrant box. For context, the command attempted was:

mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 vagrant /vagrant

The error output from the command was:

/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device

My Configuration:

C:\projects>vagrant -v
Vagrant 1.9.1

C:\projects> vboxmanage -v
5.0.10r104061

C:\projects>vagrant plugin list
vagrant-cachier (1.2.1)
vagrant-hostmanager (1.8.5)
vagrant-hosts (2.8.0)
vagrant-omnibus (1.5.0)
vagrant-share (1.1.6, system)
vagrant-vbguest (0.13.0)
vagrant-vbox-snapshot (0.0.10)

Since I already have vagrant-vbguest plugin, it tries to update the VBoxGuestAdditions in centos-7 when it sees different version of VBGuestAdditions are installed in Host 5.0.10 and guest 4.3.20.

I even have checked that symbolic link exists.

[root@build VBoxGuestAdditions]# ls -lrt /usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root root   53 Jan 14 12:06 VBoxGuestAdditions -> /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.0.10/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions
[root@build VBoxGuestAdditions]# mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 vagrant /vagrant
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device

This did not work as suggested by user3006381

vagrant ssh
sudo yum -y install kernel-devel
sudo yum -y update
exit
vagrant reload --provision

Solution for centos-7: as given by psychok7 worked

Diabled autoupdate. config.vbguest.auto_update = false Then vagrant destroy --force and vagrant up

Result:

javareport: Guest Additions Version: 4.3.20
javareport: VirtualBox Version: 5.0
==> javareport: Setting hostname...
==> javareport: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...
==> javareport: Mounting shared folders...
javareport: /vagrant => C:/projects

C:\project>

Answer 2

I found this issue addressed here vagrant issues. Two ways to do it:

1. Run this on guest (i.e. after you ssh into vbox via vagrant ssh )

   sudo ln -s /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.10/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions /usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions
   

   Then run vagrant reload to correctly mount the folders.

2. As @klang pointed out, update the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file on your mac:

   wget https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.11-93070.iso‌​
   sudo cp VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.11-93070.iso /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
   

UPDATE (16may2014)

Since the iso is no longer available, you can use the 4.3.12 one (http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.3.12/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.12.iso)

note : the binary vbox4.3.12 for os X is not available at this time

Answer 3

As mentioned in Vagrant issue #3341 this was a Virtualbox bug #12879.

It affects only VirtualBox 4.3.10 and was completely fixed in 4.3.12.

Answer 4

The plugin vagrant-vbguest solved my problem:

$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

Output:

$ vagrant reload
==> default: Attempting graceful shutdown of VM...
...
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
GuestAdditions 4.3.12 running --- OK.
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...
==> default: Exporting NFS shared folders...
==> default: Preparing to edit /etc/exports. Administrator privileges will be required...
==> default: Mounting NFS shared folders...
==> default: VM already provisioned. Run `vagrant provision` or use `--provision` to force it

Just make sure you are running the latest version of VirtualBox

Answer 5

I experienced the same issue with Centos 7, I assume due to an outdated kernel in combination with an updated version of VirtualBox. Based on Blizz's update, this is what worked for me (vagrant-vbguest plugin already installed):

vagrant ssh
sudo yum -y install kernel-devel
sudo yum -y update
exit
vagrant reload --provision

Answer 6

Fix Step by step:

If you not have vbguest plugin, install it:

$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

Run Vagrant

It is show a error.

$ vagrant up

Login on VM

$ vagrant ssh

Fix!

In the guest (VM logged).

$ sudo ln -s /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.10/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions /usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions

Back on the host, reload Vagrant

$ vagrant reload