How can I upload more than one file with vagrant file provisioning?

Question

In a Vagrant setup, I have to upload a couple of files from the host to the guest during the provisioning phase.

In https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/provisioning/file.html I can see how to upload a single file, from a source to a destination, but how can I upload multiple files or a folder structure?

NOTE: I know I can do that using the shell provisioner, but in this particular case a set of file uploads would be more appropriate.

Answer 1

You would need a separate config.vim.provision section for each file. You can add multiple of those sections to your Vagrantfile, like this:

config.vm.provision :file do |file|
  file.source = "/etc/file1.txt"
  file.destination = "/tmp/1.txt"
end

config.vm.provision :file do |file|
  file.source = "/etc/file2.txt"
  file.destination = "/tmp/2.txt"
end

Output:

[default] Running provisioner: file...
[default] Running provisioner: file...

You see it is executing both provisioning actions. You can verify the file presence inside the virtual machine:

vagrant ssh -- ls -al /tmp/{1,2}.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 vagrant vagrant 4 Aug 27 08:22 /tmp/1.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 vagrant vagrant 4 Aug 27 08:22 /tmp/2.txt