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Why are you introducing these changes? (Problem description, related links)

Fixes #962.

The CentOS Jenkins Konflux gate boots its Stream 10 guests successfully, then fails mounting /vagrant using NFSv3 over UDP. The gate deploys and tests over SSH and does not need the shared directory. Currently, disabling it requires editing a Vagrantfile or installing a user-level override, as in jenkins-jobs#627.

What are the changes introduced in this pull request?

  • Add forge vms --synced-folder {enabled,disabled} and the FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER environment variable. Sharing remains enabled by default.
  • Pass the setting through the VM playbook to Vagrant. An explicit CLI option overrides the environment; the option is not persisted.
  • Reject unsupported values in the Vagrantfile and expose the option in CLI help.
  • Add seven tests that exercise the real Forge CLI and Ansible playbook with a recording Vagrant stub, covering defaults, environment inheritance, CLI precedence, both up and provision, and invalid CLI values.

This is independent of the broader host-bootstrap work in #685/#757. Once available on the selected Foremanctl branch, CI can use this option instead of managing an overriding Vagrantfile.

How to test this pull request

On a prepared libvirt host:

./setup-environment
. .venv/bin/activate
FOREMANCTL_BASE_BOX=centos/stream10 ./forge vms start \
  --vms 'quadlet client' --synced-folder disabled

Both guests should provision without exporting or mounting /vagrant. Alternatively, export FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER=disabled before running Forge. An explicit --synced-folder enabled should override that environment setting.

Local validation completed:

  • pytest --confcutdir=tests/unit tests/unit/vms_test.py -q: 7 passed; no VMs allocated.
  • ruff check tests/unit/vms_test.py: passed.
  • ansible-lint --offline playbooks/vms/vms.yaml from development/: passed.
  • Real Vagrant 2.3.4 and 2.4.9 configuration loading: enabled by default, disabled when requested, invalid environment values rejected, across all built-in guests.

A live guest boot with this upstream change has not been run locally.

Checklist

  • Tests added/updated (if applicable)
  • Documentation updated (if applicable) — generated CLI help describes the option and default; no documentation files changed.

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Walkthrough

The VM command now accepts a synced-folder option and passes the selected setting to Vagrant. The /vagrant folder remains enabled by default and can be disabled. Unit tests cover defaults, overrides, propagation, and invalid options.

Changes: VM folder setting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Select and pass the folder setting
development/playbooks/vms/metadata.obsah.yaml, development/playbooks/vms/vms.yaml
The VM command adds a non-persistent --synced-folder option with enabled and disabled choices. The play sets FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER from the option, the existing environment value, or enabled, in that order.
Apply and validate the setting
Vagrantfile, tests/unit/vms_test.py
The Vagrantfile validates the setting and disables /vagrant when its value is disabled. Unit tests verify propagation to up and provision, inventory creation, defaults, overrides, and invalid-option rejection.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ForgeCLI
  participant VMPlaybook
  participant Vagrant
  participant Vagrantfile
  ForgeCLI->>VMPlaybook: Pass --synced-folder selection
  VMPlaybook->>Vagrant: Set FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER for up and provision
  Vagrant->>Vagrantfile: Read FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER
  Vagrantfile->>Vagrant: Configure /vagrant folder enabled or disabled
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Suggested reviewers: ehelms

Merge Risk: Low · up to bc784

The change is mergeable with bounded follow-up: an invalid environment value can prevent VM cleanup, and changing the option does not update an already running guest. Both limitations have straightforward workarounds.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Documentation-only edits and deletions within survi… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed Passed checks: 4 passed
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: allowing Forge VM runs to disable the default synced folder.
Description check Passed The description directly explains the synced-folder option, environment variable, behavior, testing, and motivation. It is related to the changeset.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #962 requires an opt-in way to disable /vagrant, with sharing enabled by default, CLI and environment inputs, consistent Vagrant propagation, and Vagrantfile validation. metadata.obsah.yaml …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The diff contains only the Vagrantfile setting, VM CLI metadata, VM playbook propagation, and tests for the requested behavior in issue #962. The tests support the implementation. No host-bootstrap, n…
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Explanation

Issue #962 requires an opt-in way to disable /vagrant, with sharing enabled by default, CLI and environment inputs, consistent Vagrant propagation, and Vagrantfile validation. metadata.obsah.yaml adds --synced-folder with enabled and disabled choices and persist: false. vms.yaml selects the CLI value, then FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER, then enabled, and applies it to the play tasks. Vagrantfile consumes the environment value, rejects other values, and disables the synced folder only for disabled. The added tests cover defaults, environment inheritance, CLI precedence, both Vagrant actions, and invalid CLI input.

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The diff contains only the Vagrantfile setting, VM CLI metadata, VM playbook propagation, and tests for the requested behavior in issue #962. The tests support the implementation. No host-bootstrap, networking, or unrelated product changes are present.

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tests/unit/vms_test.py: 1

30-36: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Poor tradeoff

Cover the Vagrantfile synced-folder expression in a unit test.

The unit tests replace vagrant with a stub. The stub records its arguments and FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER, but it never loads Vagrantfile. No test therefore exercises disabled: SYNCED_FOLDER == 'disabled' at Vagrantfile:20. A regression in that expression would leave the tests passing while --synced-folder disabled no longer disables the /vagrant share.

The current expression is correct. Vagrant receives a boolean disabled: value, so this is a test coverage gap, not a functional defect.

Add a test that loads Vagrantfile with a stubbed Vagrant.configure. The stub should record the synced_folder call and its disabled: value. Assert false for enabled and true for disabled. The Ruby stub can use a generic method_missing that returns itself and yields when a block is given. This covers the config.vm.define and provider blocks that the file also uses.

Sketch of the test
def test_vagrantfile_synced_folder_disabled_flag(tmp_path):
    prelude = tmp_path / 'stub.rb'
    prelude.write_text('''
require 'json'
class Recorder
  attr_reader :calls
  def initialize(calls) @calls = calls end
  def method_missing(name, *args, **kw, &block)
    @calls << [name.to_s, args, kw] if name.to_s == 'synced_folder'
    block.call(self) if block
    self
  end
  def respond_to_missing?(*) true end
end
module Vagrant
  def self.configure(_v, &block)
    calls = []
    block.call(Recorder.new(calls))
    puts JSON.generate(calls)
  end
end
''')

The sketch is illustrative. It does not cover every Ruby method in Vagrantfile. The test also depends on ruby being present where the unit suite runs. The sandbox has ruby at /usr/local/bin/ruby, but the CI runtime is not established.

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Add a unit test that loads Vagrantfile with a stubbed Vagrant.configure and
records the synced_folder call’s disabled value. Assert it is false for enabled
and true for disabled, ensuring the Vagrantfile expression is exercised rather
than relying on the vagrant executable stub.

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Review comments at @Vagrantfile:
- Around line 7-9: Update the SYNCED_FOLDER validation in the Vagrantfile to run
only for commands that require synced-folder configuration, such as up,
provision, and reload; let destroy proceed without aborting on an invalid
inherited value.
- Line 20: Update the help text for the vm_synced_folder parameter to clarify
that the setting applies when a VM boots and a running VM retains its current
setting until restarted. Do not add a vagrant reload instruction.

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- Around line 30-36: Add a unit test that loads Vagrantfile with a stubbed
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is false for enabled and true for disabled, ensuring the Vagrantfile expression
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unless %w[enabled disabled].include?(SYNCED_FOLDER)
abort('FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER must be enabled or disabled')
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Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '1,85p' development/playbooks/vms/vms.yaml; sed -n '1,30p' Vagrantfile; rg -n 'vms stop|vagrant destroy|FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER' development forge

Repository: theforeman/foremanctl

Length of output: 4066


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set -u
echo "== forge vms dispatch =="
rg -n -F -e 'vms' -e 'obsah' -- forge | head -n 60 || test "$?" -eq 1
echo "== metadata.obsah.yaml =="
nl -ba development/playbooks/vms/metadata.obsah.yaml | sed -n '1,60p'
echo "== vms.yaml full =="
nl -ba development/playbooks/vms/vms.yaml | sed -n '1,80p'
echo "== base vms.yaml =="
git show bda4c5b08060d1005583c80d999317475ed6f7d4:development/playbooks/vms/vms.yaml 2>&1 | nl -ba | sed -n '1,80p'
echo "== base Vagrantfile head =="
git show bda4c5b08060d1005583c80d999317475ed6f7d4:Vagrantfile 2>&1 | nl -ba | sed -n '1,30p'
echo "== head Vagrantfile head =="
nl -ba Vagrantfile | sed -n '1,30p'
echo "== unit test =="
nl -ba tests/unit/vms_test.py | sed -n '1,90p'
echo "== env var references =="
rg -n -F -e 'FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER' -e 'vm_synced_folder' -- . || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: theforeman/foremanctl

Length of output: 13425


Skip the synced-folder check for destroy, or forge vms stop fails.

The play sets FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER from the inherited environment. The Vagrantfile aborts at load time on any value other than enabled or disabled. vagrant destroy also loads the Vagrantfile, so the abort blocks the stop command. Because the destroy task has no error handling, the play fails before any VM is destroyed. The inventory removal task in the same block is skipped.

Before this change, the inherited value was ignored, so the stop path succeeded with the same environment.

./forge vms stop --synced-folder enabled avoids the failure, because the play-level value uses vm_synced_folder first. Unsetting the variable also avoids it.

🐛 Suggested fix
--- "a/Vagrantfile"
+++ "b/Vagrantfile"
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 end
 
 DOMAIN = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_DOMAIN', 'example.com'.freeze)
 SYNCED_FOLDER = ENV.fetch('FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER', 'enabled')
-unless %w[enabled disabled].include?(SYNCED_FOLDER)
+if ARGV.any? { |arg| %w[up provision reload].include?(arg) } && !%w[enabled disabled].include?(SYNCED_FOLDER)
   abort('FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER must be enabled or disabled')
 end
 
 # Official CentOS libvirt images include swap; Vagrant Cloud boxes do not.
 def set_centos_box_url(vm)

This keeps the validation for up, provision, and reload. For destroy, the invalid value reaches only the disabled: option, which evaluates to false and has no effect.

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unless %w[enabled disabled].include?(SYNCED_FOLDER)
abort('FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER must be enabled or disabled')
end
if ARGV.any? { |arg| %w[up provision reload].include?(arg) } && !%w[enabled disabled].include?(SYNCED_FOLDER)
abort('FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER must be enabled or disabled')
end
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Review comment at @Vagrantfile around lines 7 - 9:
Update the SYNCED_FOLDER validation in the Vagrantfile to run only for commands
that require synced-folder configuration, such as up, provision, and reload; let
destroy proceed without aborting on an invalid inherited value.

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Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant"
config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: SYNCED_FOLDER == 'disabled'

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

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command -v vagrant || true
ruby -e 'puts Gem.path' 2>/dev/null || true
sed -n '1,120p' Vagrantfile

Repository: theforeman/foremanctl

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Web query:

Vagrant libvirt action up running machine synced folders IsRunning provision action source

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<source kind="search">
<title>RubyDoc.info: Module: VagrantPlugins::ProviderLibvirt::Action – Documentation for vagrant-libvirt (0.0.37) – RubyDoc.info</title>
<location>https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/vagrant-libvirt/0.0.37/VagrantPlugins/ProviderLibvirt/Action</location>
<excerpt>citeturn1search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last month; lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/share_folders.rb, ...               b3.use Provision ...               b3.use SyncedFolderCleanup
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    # File &#39;lib/vagrant-libvirt/action.rb&#39;, line 286
    
    def self.action_ssh_run
      Vagrant::Action::Builder.new.tap do |b|
        b.use ConfigValidate
        b.use Call, IsCreated do |env, b2|
          unless env[:result]
            b2.use MessageNotCreated
            next
          end
    
          b2.use Call, IsRunning do |env2, b3|
            unless env2[:result]
              b3.use MessageNotRunning
              next
            end
    
            b3.use SSHRun
          end
        end
      end

### .action_start ⇒ `Object`

Assuming VM is created, just start it. This action is not called directly by any subcommand. VM can be suspended, already running or in poweroff state.
    
    
    
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    # File &#39;lib/vagrant-libvirt/action.rb&#39;, line 66
    
    def self.action_start
      Vagrant::Action::Builder.new.tap do |b|
        b.use ConfigValidate
        b.use Call, IsRunning do |env, b2|
          # If the VM is running, then our work here is done, exit
          next if env[:result]
    
          b2.use Call, IsSuspended do |env2, b3|
            # if vm is suspended resume it then exit
            if env2[:result]
              b3.use ResumeDomain
              next
            end
    
            if !env[:machine].config.vm.box
              # With no box, we just care about network creation and starting it
              b3.use CreateNetworks
              b3.use SetBootOrder
              b3.use StartDomain
            else
              # VM is not running or suspended.
    
              b3.use Provision
    
              # Ensure networks are created and active
              b3.use CreateNetworks
              b3.use SetBootOrder
    
              b3.use PrepareNFSValidIds
              b3.use SyncedFolderCleanup
              b3.use SyncedFolders
    
              # Start it..
              b3.use StartDomain
    
              # Machine should gain IP address when comming up,
              # so wait for dhcp lease and store IP into machines data_dir.
              b3.use WaitTillUp
    
              b3.use ForwardPorts
              b3.use PrepareNFSSettings
              b3.use ShareFolders
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end

</excerpt>
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<title>RubyDoc.info: Class: VagrantPlugins::ProviderLibvirt::Action::IsRunning – Documentation for vagrant-libvirt (0.0.37) – RubyDoc.info</title>
<location>https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/vagrant-libvirt/0.0.37/VagrantPlugins/ProviderLibvirt/Action/IsRunning</location>
<excerpt>citeturn1search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last month; # Class: VagrantPlugins::ProviderLibvirt::Action::IsRunning

Libraries » vagrant-libvirt (0.0.37) » Index (I) » VagrantPlugins » ProviderLibvirt » Action » IsRunning

# Class: VagrantPlugins::ProviderLibvirt::Action::IsRunning

Inherits:
    Object

  * Object
  * VagrantPlugins::ProviderLibvirt::Action::IsRunning
show all

Defined in:
    lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/is_running.rb

## Overview

This can be used with &quot;Call&quot; built-in to check if the machine is running and branch in the middleware.

## Instance Method Summary collapse

  * #call(env) ⇒ Object

  * #initialize(app, _env) ⇒ IsRunning constructor

A new instance of IsRunning.

## Constructor Details

### #initialize(app, _env) ⇒ `IsRunning`

Returns a new instance of IsRunning.
    
    
    
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      @app = app
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## Instance Method Details

### #call(env) ⇒ `Object`

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    def call(env)
      domain = env[:machine].provider.driver.connection.servers.get(env[:machine].id.to_s)
      raise Errors::NoDomainError if domain.nil?
      env[:result] = domain.state.to_s == &#39;running&#39;
    
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    end</excerpt>
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<title>Action Hooks - Vagrant Documentation - TypeError</title>
<location>https://typeerror.org/docs/vagrant/plugins/action-hooks</location>
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  * `machine_action_config_validate` - called after all `Vagrantfile`s have been loaded, merged, and validated.

  * `machine_action_destroy` - called after the hypervisor has reported the virtual machine is down.

  * `machine_action_halt` - called after the hypervisor has moved the machine into a halted state (usually &quot;stopped&quot; but not &quot;terminated&quot;).

  * `machine_action_package` - called after Vagrant has successfully packaged a new box.

  * `machine_action_provision` - called after all provisioners have executed.

  * `machine_action_read_state` - called after Vagrant has loaded state from disk and the hypervisor.

  * `machine_action_reload` - called after a virtual machine is reloaded (varies by hypervisor).

  * `machine_action_resume` - called after a virtual machine is moved from the halted to up state.

  * `machine_action_run_command` - called after a command is executed on the machine.

  * `machine_action_ssh` - called after an SSH connection has been established.

  * `machine_action_ssh_run` - called after an SSH command is executed.

  * `machine_action_start` - called after the machine has been started.

  * `machine_action_suspend` - called after the machine has been suspended.

  * `machine_action_sync_folders` - called after synced folders have been set up.

  * `machine_action_up` - called after the machine has entered the up state.
</excerpt>
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<title>vagrant/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb at main · hashicorp/vagrant · GitHub</title>
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# Copyright IBM Corp. 2010, 2025

# SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1

require &quot;log4r&quot;

require_relative &quot;mixin_provisioners&quot;

module Vagrant

module Action

module Builtin

# This class will run the configured provisioners against the

# machine.

#

# This action should be placed BEFORE the machine is booted so it

# can do some setup, and then run again (on the return path) against

# a running machine.

class Provision

include MixinProvisioners

def initialize(app, env)

@app = app

@logger = Log4r::Logger.new(&quot;vagrant::action::builtin::provision&quot;)

end

def call(env)

@env = env

# Tracks whether we were configured to provision

config_enabled = true

config_enabled = env[:provision_enabled] if env.key?(:provision_enabled)

# Check if we already provisioned, and if so, disable the rest

provision_enabled = true

ignore_sentinel = true

if env.key?(:provision_ignore_sentinel)

ignore_sentinel = env[:provision_ignore_sentinel]

end

if ignore_sentinel

@logger.info(&quot;Ignoring sentinel check, forcing provision&quot;)

end

@logger.info(&quot;Checking provisioner sentinel file...&quot;)

sentinel_path = env[:machine].data_dir.join(&quot;action_provision&quot;)

update_sentinel = false

if sentinel_path.file?

# The sentinel file is in the format of &quot;version:data&quot; so that

# we can remain backwards compatible with previous sentinels.

# Versions so far:

#

# Vagrant &lt; 1.5.0: A timestamp. The weakness here was that

# if it wasn&#39;t cleaned up, it would incorrectly not provision

# new machines.

#

# Vagrant &gt;= 1.5.0: &quot;1.5:ID&quot;, where ID is the machine ID.

# We compare both so we know whether it is a new machine.

#

contents = sentinel_path.read.chomp

parts = contents.split(&quot;:&quot;, 2)

if parts.length == 1

@logger.info(&quot;Old-style sentinel found! Not provisioning.&quot;)

provision_enabled = false if !ignore_sentinel

update_sentinel = true

elsif parts[0] == &quot;1.5&quot; &amp;&amp; parts[1] == env[:machine].id.to_s

@logger.info(&quot;Sentinel found! Not provisioning.&quot;)

provision_enabled = false if !ignore_sentinel

else

@logger.info(&quot;Sentinel found with another machine ID. Removing.&quot;)

sentinel_path.unlink

end

end

# Store the value so that other actions can use it

env[:provision_enabled] = provision_enabled if !env.key?(:provision_enabled)

# Ask the provisioners to modify the configuration if needed

provisioner_instances(env).each do |p, _|

p.configure(env[:machine].config)

end

# Continue, we need the VM to be booted.

@app.call(env)

# If we&#39;re configured to not provision, notify the user and stop

if !config_enabled

env[:ui].info(I18n.t(&quot;vagrant.actions.vm.provision.disabled_by_config&quot;))

return

end

# If we&#39;re not provisioning because of the sentinel, tell the user

# but continue trying for the &quot;always&quot; provisioners

if !provision_enabled

env[:ui].info(I18n.t(&quot;vagrant.actions.vm.provision.disabled_by_sentinel&quot;))

end

# Write the sentinel if we have to

if update_sentinel || !sentinel_path.file?

@logger.info(&quot;Writing provisioning sentinel so we don&#39;t provision again&quot;)

sentinel_path.open(&quot;w&quot;) do |f|

f.write(&quot;1.5:#{env[:machine].id}&quot;)

end

end

type_map = provisioner_type_map(env)

provisioner_instances(env).each do |p, options|

type_name = type_map[p]

if options[:run] == :never

next if env[:provision_types].nil? || !env[:provision_types].include?(options[:name])

else

next if env[:provision_types] &amp;&amp; \

!env[:provision_types].include?(type_name) &amp;&amp; \

!env[:provision_types].include?(options[:name])

# Don&#39;t run if sentinel is around and we&#39;re not always running

next if !provision_enabled &amp;&amp; options[:run] != :always

end

name = type_name

if options[:name]

name = &quot;#{options[:name]} (#{type_name})&quot;

end

env[:ui].info(I18n.t(

&quot;vagrant.actions.vm.provision.beginning&quot;,

provisioner: name))

env[:hook].call(:provisioner_run, env.merge(

callable: method(:run_provisioner),

provisioner: p,

provisioner_name: type_name,

))

end

end

# This is pulled out into a separate method so that users can

# subclass and implement custom behavior if they&#39;d like to work around

# this step.

def run_provisioner(env)

env[:provisioner].provision

end

end

end

end

end

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<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 weeks ago; extend Vagrant::Action::Builtin::MixinSyncedFolders ... This is assigned by the Vagrantfile. ... # Run the action with the action runner on the environment ... # implementation class for the synced folders.

# machine.rb

# Copyright IBM Corp. 2010, 2025

# SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1

require_relative &quot;./util/ssh&quot;

require_relative &quot;./action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders&quot;

require &quot;digest/md5&quot;

require &quot;thread&quot;

require &quot;log4r&quot;

module Vagrant

# This represents a machine that Vagrant manages. This provides a singular

# API for querying the state and making state changes to the machine, which

# is backed by any sort of provider (VirtualBox, VMware, etc.).

class Machine

extend Vagrant::Action::Builtin::MixinSyncedFolders

# The box that is backing this machine.

#

# @return [Box]

attr_accessor :box

# Configuration for the machine.

#

# @return [Object]

attr_accessor :config

# Directory where machine-specific data can be stored.

#

# @return [Pathname]

attr_reader :data_dir

# The environment that this machine is a part of.

#

# @return [Environment]

attr_reader :env

# ID of the machine. This ID comes from the provider and is not

# guaranteed to be of any particular format except that it is

path

return nil if !path.file?

return uid_file.read.chomp

end

# Temporarily changes the machine UI. This is useful if you want

# to execute an {#action} with a different UI.

def with_ui(ui)

@ui_mutex.synchronize do

begin

old_ui = @ui

@ui = ui

yield

ensure

@ui = old_ui

end

end

end

# This returns the set of shared folders that should be done for

# this machine. It returns the folders in a hash keyed by the

# implementation class for the synced folders.

#

# @return [Hash&lt;Symbol, Hash&lt;String, Hash&gt;&gt;]

def synced_folders

self.class.synced_folders(self)

end

protected

# Returns the path to the file that stores the UID.

def uid_file

return nil if !@data_dir

@data_dir.join(&quot;creator_uid&quot;)

end

# Checks the current directory for a given machine

# and displays a warning if that machine has moved

# from its previous location on disk. If the machine

# has moved, it prints a warning to the user.

def check_cwd

desired_encoding = @env.root_path.to_s.encoding

vagrant_cwd_filepath = @data_dir.join(&#39;vagrant_cwd&#39;)

vagrant_cwd = if File.exist?(vagrant_cwd_filepath)

File.read(vagrant_cwd_filepath,

external_encoding: desired_encoding

).chomp

end

if !File.identical?(vagrant_cwd.to_s, @env.root_path.to_s)

if vagrant_cwd

ui.warn(I18n.t(

&#39;vagrant.moved_cwd&#39;,

old_wd: &quot;#{vagrant_cwd}&quot;,

current_wd: &quot;#{@env.root_path.to_s}&quot;))

end

File.write(vagrant_cwd_filepath, @env.root_path.to_s,

external_encoding: desired_encoding

)

end

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Citations:

- 1: https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/vagrant-libvirt/0.0.37/VagrantPlugins/ProviderLibvirt/Action?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/vagrant-libvirt/0.0.37/VagrantPlugins/ProviderLibvirt/Action/IsRunning?utm_source=openai

Document that vm_synced_folder takes effect when a VM boots, not on a running VM.

forge vms start runs vagrant up and vagrant provision on an existing VM. The inspected start path does not reapply synced folders to a running guest, so a changed value leaves the current /vagrant mount in place.

Do not add vagrant reload to this help text. A plain vagrant reload aborts unless ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH is set, and it does not receive a value passed on the forge command line.

Suggested help-text change
   vm_synced_folder:
     parameter: --synced-folder
-    help: Enable or disable /vagrant sharing. Defaults to FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER or enabled.
+    help: Enable or disable /vagrant sharing. Defaults to FOREMANCTL_SYNCED_FOLDER or enabled. Applies when a VM boots. A running VM keeps its current setting until it restarts.
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Review comment at @Vagrantfile at line 20:
Update the help text for the vm_synced_folder parameter to clarify that the
setting applies when a VM boots and a running VM retains its current setting
until restarted. Do not add a vagrant reload instruction.

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@ehelms do we ever need the synced folder?
I'd prefer to fully disable it.

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@ehelms do we ever need the synced folder?
I'd prefer to fully disable it.

I do not think so. This was added as part of initial import from Forklift most likely. Just drop it. If it comes back up that it needs to be used, we can discuss it then.

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#981 - lets see

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Allow Forge VM runs to disable the default shared folder

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