## Prep the base machine init, up, ssh; apt as needed ### Make it small: #### Dump the package remnants after install sudo apt-get clean #### For Ubuntu, make a huge zeroed file then remove it so it can compress out: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M sudo rm -f /EMPTY #### Clear bash history and bail out: cat /dev/null > ~/.bash_history && history -c && exit ### Repackage it vagrant package --output mynew.box #### Stash somewhere, like artifactory :) #### Add it to the local box store vagrant box add mynewbox mynew.box ### Trash the builder machine vagrant destroy rm Vagrantfile # Use the new box vagrant init mynewbox