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Vagrant 1.9.6

Jul 05 2017Chris Roberts

We are pleased to announce the release of HashiCorp Vagrant 1.9.6. This release includes many improvements and bug fixes.

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Notable improvements and bug fixes contained in Vagrant 1.9.6:

  • Snapshots: The snapshot command has been updated to prevent overwriting existing snapshots and to return expected status codes.
  • Docker Provisioner: The Docker provisioner now includes a post_install_provisioner option to enable Docker-related setup after installation but prior to the Vagrant provision.
  • Hyper-V: Hyper-V box imports now unpack and install correctly.
  • Provisioners: Provisioner duplication has been fixed to prevent multiple executions.
  • SmartOS: Guest capability enhancements.

This release also includes some updates in the installer packages. These updates include:

  • Update to Ruby version 2.3.4.
  • Fix for Gem installations requiring libxml2 and libxslt (like nokogiri).
  • Update to more recent versions for embedded libraries and executables.
  • Complete rebuild of Windows packages that now include expected core applications like rsync and ssh.

There are many more improvements, and bug fixes in this release. For a complete list of changes, please review the v1.9.6 changelog.

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