I want Vagrant to start the Play server in the /vagrant/ folder every time I do vagrant up. Putting @reboot on the crontab doesn't work because the script runs before the /vagrant/ folder is connected.
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I found using a seperate vagrant provisioner with the option run : "always" a lot easier, eg:
config.vm.provision :shell, path: "yourStartUp.sh", run: "always", privileged: false
See https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/provisioning/shell.html for full doc.
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3The provided link doesn't say anything about `"always"`. Maybe this was removed in an newer version. – Rafael Eyng Jan 26 '16 at 21:10
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7@RafaelEyng the docs for it are at https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/provisioning/basic_usage.html, search for "RUN ONCE OR ALWAYS" – Daniel Compton Jan 28 '16 at 03:10
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Retested in 2017. Works like a charm. This is the best answer and still up-to-date. – iaforek Sep 04 '17 at 13:32
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Instead of using crontab, have you tried using Upstart?
Vagrant emits a "vagrant-mounted" event when the shared folder is mounted, so you could create an upstart conf file, say /etc/init/play.conf, to run when that event is emitted:
description "Play server"
start on vagrant-mounted
pre-start script
[ "$MOUNTPOINT" == "/vagrant" ] || stop
end script
... rest of config file for starting Play server ...
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Thanks! Not sure why I got the error `/bin/sh: 1: [: =: unexpected operator`, so I just uncommented that line. – wrongusername Jan 17 '14 at 17:13
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For my upstart script `start on vagrant-mounted` doesn't work for some reason. Don't know why and don't know how to debug it at all. – maectpo Jan 04 '16 at 14:15