Creating a Base Box
Creating a Base Box
As with every Vagrant provider, the Vagrant Hyper-V provider has a custom box format that affects how base boxes are made.
Prior to reading this, you should read the general guide to creating base boxes. Actually, it would probably be most useful to keep this open in a separate tab as you may be referencing it frequently while creating a base box. That page contains important information about common software to install on the box.
Additionally, it is helpful to understand the basics of the box file format.
Advanced topic! This is a reasonably advanced topic that a beginning user of Vagrant does not need to understand. If you are just getting started with Vagrant, skip this and use an available box. I
