Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result

[tmertz]

Essentially 'vagrant up --provision' fails because APT repos no longer exist.

Scotchbox should have been upgraded to 18.04 a long time ago. In fact, it kinda boggles the mind that a dev tool is not running on the LTS version of Ubuntu.

[Brendonwbrown]

Bumped by head against this yesterday.
I don't think we are getting any more support, especially for the free or scotch box.

Follow this to upgrade a box that is up to the latest LTS Ubuntu: https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/upgrade-ubuntu-16-10-17-04-to-ubuntu-18-04.
Check comments if you have an errors.

If you had a linux headers error with installing vbox guest tools, follow this to install latest linux kernel headers: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/installing-latest-stable-mainline-linux-kernel-on-ubuntu-with-apt-get/

Follow this guide to package your updated box: https://scotch.io/tutorials/how-to-create-a-vagrant-base-box-from-an-existing-one

Now you have your own local Scotch box updated to latest Long Term Support version.
You can even change the SSH graphics by following this guide. https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-change-welcome-message-motd-on-ubuntu-18-04-server

[reddingwebpro]

Since it seems like Nick has abandoned this product, I'd like to direct you to my variation called Cognac box, which you can find at: https://github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox

[kden13]

Good morning, Jason. I was anxious to try this. I haven’t been able to get a Vagrant box with Drupal 7 to work. I’ve been searching for several months. I work with D7 so D8 isn’t an option for me. Anyway, I was very anxious to try this. I tried yesterday, but received this error. I’m hoping you can help me get past it and get my Vagrant dev environment built. There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below. Command: ["startvm", "0bb17dcb-8546-402d-b56b-5b2ec8fb000c", "--type", "headless"] Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: RawFile#0 failed to create the raw output file C:/Users/jason_06tt1g7/coding-public/newBox/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-cloudimg-console.log (VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole I’d appreciate your help! Karen Denholm From: Jason Olson <notifications@github.com> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 1:55 PM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com> Cc: Subscribed <subscribed@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) Since it seems like Nick has abandoned this product, I'd like to direct you to my variation called Cognac box, which you can find at: https://github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQydeqzxwlk$> — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-599249782__;Iw!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyda7Pf4oY$>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANN6TXYPHMA4HLGDMBDHXNTRHUQARANCNFSM4IT57OWA__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyd3T3k_bw$>.

[reddingwebpro]

You might need to make sure your running the very latest vagrant and virtual box. I’d download/update those and let me know. Jason J. Olson

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________________________________ From: kden13 <notifications@github.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 6:43:27 AM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com> Cc: Jason Olson <jasonjolson@outlook.com>; Comment <comment@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) Good morning, Jason. I was anxious to try this. I haven’t been able to get a Vagrant box with Drupal 7 to work. I’ve been searching for several months. I work with D7 so D8 isn’t an option for me. Anyway, I was very anxious to try this. I tried yesterday, but received this error. I’m hoping you can help me get past it and get my Vagrant dev environment built. There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below. Command: ["startvm", "0bb17dcb-8546-402d-b56b-5b2ec8fb000c", "--type", "headless"] Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: RawFile#0 failed to create the raw output file C:/Users/jason_06tt1g7/coding-public/newBox/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-cloudimg-console.log (VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole I’d appreciate your help! Karen Denholm From: Jason Olson <notifications@github.com> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 1:55 PM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com> Cc: Subscribed <subscribed@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) Since it seems like Nick has abandoned this product, I'd like to direct you to my variation called Cognac box, which you can find at: https://github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQydeqzxwlk$> — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-599249782__;Iw!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyda7Pf4oY$>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANN6TXYPHMA4HLGDMBDHXNTRHUQARANCNFSM4IT57OWA__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyd3T3k_bw$>. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#414 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALGOEYNY7OZSP6JTLNJ2VWLRH5477ANCNFSM4IT57OWA>.

[kden13]

Jason, Thank you for your quick response. I have upgraded to the latest versions and I’m still encountering the same issue. Any other thoughts or suggestions? Thank you! Karen From: Jason Olson <notifications@github.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 9:12 AM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com> Cc: Denholm, Karen K <KarenDenholm@creighton.edu>; Comment <comment@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) You might need to make sure your running the very latest vagrant and virtual box. I’d download/update those and let me know. Jason J. Olson

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________________________________ From: kden13 <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 6:43:27 AM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com<mailto:scotch-box@noreply.github.com>> Cc: Jason Olson <jasonjolson@outlook.com<mailto:jasonjolson@outlook.com>>; Comment <comment@noreply.github.com<mailto:comment@noreply.github.com>> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) Good morning, Jason. I was anxious to try this. I haven’t been able to get a Vagrant box with Drupal 7 to work. I’ve been searching for several months. I work with D7 so D8 isn’t an option for me. Anyway, I was very anxious to try this. I tried yesterday, but received this error. I’m hoping you can help me get past it and get my Vagrant dev environment built. There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below. Command: ["startvm", "0bb17dcb-8546-402d-b56b-5b2ec8fb000c", "--type", "headless"] Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: RawFile#0 failed to create the raw output file C:/Users/jason_06tt1g7/coding-public/newBox/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-cloudimg-console.log (VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole I’d appreciate your help! Karen Denholm From: Jason Olson <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 1:55 PM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com<mailto:scotch-box@noreply.github.com>> Cc: Subscribed <subscribed@noreply.github.com<mailto:subscribed@noreply.github.com>> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) Since it seems like Nick has abandoned this product, I'd like to direct you to my variation called Cognac box, which you can find at: https://github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQydeqzxwlk$><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox*3Chttps:/*urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQydeqzxwlk$*3E__;JS8l!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPSbTfJY7Q$> — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-599249782__;Iw!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyda7Pf4oY$%3E, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANN6TXYPHMA4HLGDMBDHXNTRHUQARANCNFSM4IT57OWA__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyd3T3k_bw$%3E. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#414 (comment)><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-600078755*3E__;IyU!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPS9FiV6UA$>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALGOEYNY7OZSP6JTLNJ2VWLRH5477ANCNFSM4IT57OWA><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALGOEYNY7OZSP6JTLNJ2VWLRH5477ANCNFSM4IT57OWA*3E__;JQ!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPS9TKThAM$>. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-600093296__;Iw!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPSCXiHCCM$>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANN6TXZ46EMDSJOMX2SZH4DRH6ALVANCNFSM4IT57OWA__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPSjwVQxIM$>.

[kden13]

Never mind, Jason. I got it. I manually created that folder and changed permissions and it was able to proceed. From: Jason Olson <notifications@github.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 9:12 AM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com> Cc: Denholm, Karen K <KarenDenholm@creighton.edu>; Comment <comment@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) You might need to make sure your running the very latest vagrant and virtual box. I’d download/update those and let me know. Jason J. Olson

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________________________________ From: kden13 <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 6:43:27 AM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com<mailto:scotch-box@noreply.github.com>> Cc: Jason Olson <jasonjolson@outlook.com<mailto:jasonjolson@outlook.com>>; Comment <comment@noreply.github.com<mailto:comment@noreply.github.com>> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) Good morning, Jason. I was anxious to try this. I haven’t been able to get a Vagrant box with Drupal 7 to work. I’ve been searching for several months. I work with D7 so D8 isn’t an option for me. Anyway, I was very anxious to try this. I tried yesterday, but received this error. I’m hoping you can help me get past it and get my Vagrant dev environment built. There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below. Command: ["startvm", "0bb17dcb-8546-402d-b56b-5b2ec8fb000c", "--type", "headless"] Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: RawFile#0 failed to create the raw output file C:/Users/jason_06tt1g7/coding-public/newBox/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-cloudimg-console.log (VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole I’d appreciate your help! Karen Denholm From: Jason Olson <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 1:55 PM To: scotch-io/scotch-box <scotch-box@noreply.github.com<mailto:scotch-box@noreply.github.com>> Cc: Subscribed <subscribed@noreply.github.com<mailto:subscribed@noreply.github.com>> Subject: Re: [scotch-io/scotch-box] Ubuntu 17.10 is EOL, and provisioning new box now fails as a result (#414) Since it seems like Nick has abandoned this product, I'd like to direct you to my variation called Cognac box, which you can find at: https://github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQydeqzxwlk$><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox*3Chttps:/*urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQydeqzxwlk$*3E__;JS8l!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPSbTfJY7Q$> — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-599249782__;Iw!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyda7Pf4oY$%3E, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANN6TXYPHMA4HLGDMBDHXNTRHUQARANCNFSM4IT57OWA__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!g8Ntc2NmtcR-4lkvxfaty7BLry-Ol1-cZOk1ZXktBeFMNgzdzhcz3gz3WADBkQyd3T3k_bw$%3E. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#414 (comment)><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-600078755*3E__;IyU!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPS9FiV6UA$>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALGOEYNY7OZSP6JTLNJ2VWLRH5477ANCNFSM4IT57OWA><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALGOEYNY7OZSP6JTLNJ2VWLRH5477ANCNFSM4IT57OWA*3E__;JQ!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPS9TKThAM$>. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box/issues/414*issuecomment-600093296__;Iw!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPSCXiHCCM$>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANN6TXZ46EMDSJOMX2SZH4DRH6ALVANCNFSM4IT57OWA__;!!MuWMPV1_1eXDnA!imYaqmfQza2EKbJUEJHNXSKAi5QjcDVCCxbYS8radwZ5YXn-PSsSb60n78PoZUPSjwVQxIM$>.

[plutinolabs]

Not sure if you're still looking for a solution to our original problem @tmertz . I changed the repo location to point to the old ones. So provisioning shouldn't fail, but you'll be stuck with the old packages unless you jump through some hoops in your provisioning script.

I added the following to the start of my provision script to point to the old repo.

sed -i 's|archive.ubuntu.com|old-releases.ubuntu.com|g' /etc/apt/sources.list

But, like it has been said previous, I got tired of waiting for an update to the box and decided to make my own. If you're interested you can have a look here https://github.com/prefixstudio/merlot