Vagrant and VirtualBox on Windows 11 and WSL

Download VirtualBox's latest version for Windows and its extension pack from here.

After installing VirtualBox, install the pack by going into tools > extensions then clicking install:

Install vagrant according to their instructions for Linux. All you have to do is to runt he following command in WSL:

wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install vagrant

Export some global variables to be able to run vagrant (these need to be reset each time you open a new terminal):

export VAGRANT_WSL_ENABLE_WINDOWS_ACCESS="1"
export PATH="$PATH:/mnt/c/Program Files/Oracle/VirtualBox"

You also have to add the folder where your project is located:

export VAGRANT_WSL_WINDOWS_ACCESS_USER_HOME_PATH="/mnt/c/<path-to-folder-where-Vagrantfile-is>"

And you have to ssh from PowerShell 🫠

ssh vagrant@127.0.0.1 -p 2222

Add this line to your Vagrantfile to be able to have a project in your ubuntu file system:

config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true

For more info on WSL installs, click here.