Installing Parallels Tools automatically

[Alexander3]

Hello!

1. Is there any difference between defining "update_guest_tools = true" (no parallels-tools.iso mounted) Vagrantfile option and following code (parallels-tools.iso is mounted:
   

   # Mount parallels tools cd
   mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
   # Run parallels tools installer in unattanded mode
   /media/cdrom/install --install-unattended-with-deps

2. What is the most simple command-line way to detect full path to VM?
3. Is it possible to configure where VM should be created via Vagrantfile (i saw that vagrant-parallels support prlctl params, and prlctl has --dst parameter)?

 

[Mikhail Zholobov]

1. These actions are pretty the same. The only difference is that using the Vagrant provider option "update_guest_tools" it will do a pre-check whether Parallels Tools is up-to-date or not. But if you just run "/media/cdrom/install", it doesn't not check anything and starts installation process each time you run it.

2. Just run "prlctl list -i <vm_name_or_uuid>", and take the "Home: " value

$ prlctl list -i 771adf09-0d1f-4333-afb9-bbfbcecb7685 | sed -n "s/[ ]*Home:[ ]*//gp"
/Users/legal/Documents/Parallels/vagrant-test-b2d_default_1437596094558_66115.pvm/

3. Currently there is no such option for Vagrant Parallels provider and the VM is creating in the default folder, which can be configured globally in "Parallels Desktop -> Preferences -> General -> Virtual Machines Folder"
But it sounds like a good enhancement and might be implemented in the future. BTW, pull requests on GitHub repo are always welcome

 

[Alexander3]

Thanks for reply!