vagrant-hostmaster

vagrant-hostmaster is a Vagrant plugin to manage /etc/hosts entries on both the host OS and guest VMs.

Installation

Install into vagrant's isolated RubyGems instance using:

$ vagrant gem install vagrant-hostmaster

Usage

vagrant-hostmaster will automatically add/update /etc/hosts entries when you run vagrant up (or vagrant provision).

The host entries will automatically be removed when you run vagrant destroy.

Configuration

By default, the name specified in the vm.host_name configuration option will be associated with the address of the first network interface.

For example:

Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
  ...

  config.vm.host_name = "www.example.com"

  config.vm.network :hostonly, "33.33.33.60"
end

This would result in the following hosts entry:

33.33.33.60 www.example.com # VAGRANT: ...

Using a different host name

To use a different host name, specify it in your Vagrantfile using the hosts.name configuration option.

For example:

Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
  ...

  config.vm.host_name = "www.example.com"
  config.hosts.name = "example.com"

  config.vm.network :hostonly, "33.33.33.60"
end

This would result in the following hosts entry:

33.33.33.60 example.com # VAGRANT: ...

Host aliases

In addition, the hosts.aliases configuration option can be used to provide aliases for your host names.

For example:

Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
  ...

  config.vm.host_name = "www.example.com"
  config.hosts.aliases = %w(example.com)

  config.vm.network :hostonly, "33.33.33.60"
end

This would result in the following hosts entry:

33.33.33.60 www.example.com example.com # VAGRANT: ...

Command Line

In addition to automatically updating the hosts file, the hosts command supports manual modification (or verification) of the hosts entries.

Usage: vagrant hosts <command> [<args>]

Available subcommands:
     list
     remove
     update

For help on any individual command run `vagrant hosts COMMAND -h`

List Host Entries

vagrant hosts list [vm-name]

Remove Host Entries

vagrant hosts remove [vm-name]

Update Host Entries

vagrant hosts update [vm-name]

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request