Accessing apache on a vagrant sandbox using ssl (port forwarding)

Question

I\'ve built a vagrant/virtualbox web server as a development sandbox, and configured apache in the VM for ssl (on the default port 443, with a self-signed certificate). I\'ve te

Answer 1

1) Configure the file Vagrantfile

Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
    config.vm.box = "lucid32"
    config.vm.network "33.33.33.10"
    config.vm.forward_port "http", 80, 8080
end

2) Access your VM "lucid32"

vagrant ssh

3) Inside your VM, configure the Apache "Virtual Host":

<VirtualHost 33.33.33.10:80>
    ServerName        your-domain.dev
    DocumentRoot    /vagrant
    DirectoryIndex    index.php index.html index.htm

    <Directory /vagrant>
        AllowOverride All
        Allow from All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 33.33.33.10:443>
    ServerName        your-domain.dev
    DocumentRoot    /vagrant
    DirectoryIndex    index.php index.html index.htm

    <Directory /vagrant>
        AllowOverride All
        Allow from All
    </Directory>

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /path/to/certicate/apache.pem
</VirtualHost>

4) Exit VM and configure the file "hosts" in your host machine:

33.33.33.10    your-domain.dev

Answer 2

The answer above would require you to keep repeating steps 2 and 3 each time you destroy the box. I'd suggest you use Chef to achieve your goal. See the example below:

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|

    config.vm.box       = "precise64"
    config.vm.box_url   = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box"

    config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 8080
    config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 443, host: 443

    config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"

    config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|

        chef.cookbooks_path = "/path/to/your/cookbooks"

        # Install PHP
        chef.add_recipe "php"
        chef.add_recipe "php::module_mysql"

        # Setup Apache
        chef.add_recipe "apache2"
        chef.add_recipe "apache2::mod_php5"

        chef.json = { :apache => { :default_site_enabled => true } }

    end

end