Chef kitchen converge instance requires ssh password

Question

To run kitchen converge and set up my test kitchen vagrant instance, such as in this guide, I have noticed that I must first create a $COOKBOOK_ROOT_DIR/.kitchen/default-centos-72.yml file. After the file has been created with kitchen converge I must then control + c edit the file to include the password: vagrant line and then run kitchen converge again. In the end the file will look something like this:

---
hostname: 127.0.0.1
port: '2222'
username: vagrant
password: vagrant
ssh_key: "$COOKBOOK_ROOT_DIR/.kitchen/kitchen-vagrant/kitchen-$COOKBOOK_NAME-default-centos-72/.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/private_key"
last_action: converge

How can I have chef kitchen automatically know to use password: vagrant before running kitchen converge? Or better yet how can I have chef create test instances without any ssh passwords?

Are you using vagrant 1.8.5? It is known to have issues with Kitchen and we recommend 1.8.4. — coderanger, Sep 18 '16 at 06:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '16 at 00:17

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Yep @coderanger got it. I needed to downgrade to vagrant 1.8.4 and virtualbox 4.3.4 because virtualbox version 5+ doesnt work with vagrant 1.8.4.

answered Oct 25 '16 at 00:17

Alex Cohen

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Chef kitchen converge instance requires ssh password

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