Is it possible to require certain Vagrant and VirtualBox versions in Vagrantfile?

Question

I recently noticed that I managed to have a version of Vagrant and VirtualBox installed that did not work with my Vagrantfile. Upgrading to the latest Vagrant & VirtualBox fixed the problem.

Is it possible to ensure minimum Vagrant and VirtualBox versions are installed before allowing vagrant up to launch?

For vagrant there's Vagrant.require_version: http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/vagrantfile/vagrant_version.html — Emyl, May 04 '14 at 07:37
Thanks @Emyl. If you mind to create an answer about this same, I am happy to accept it. — Ville Mattila, Jun 14 '14 at 15:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '17 at 21:57

For Vagrant itself, there is built-in support:

Vagrant.require_version ">= 1.3.5"

For Virtualbox, you can run some code at the top of your Vagrantfile like this:

if Gem::Version.new(`VBoxManage --version`.strip) < 
Gem::Version.new('5.1.6')
  abort "Please upgrade Virtualbox to 5.1.6 or later!"
end

Is it possible to require certain Vagrant and VirtualBox versions in Vagrantfile?

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