Run code in Vagrantfile only if provisioning

Question

I want to display some text on the screen when running vagrant up (or vagrant provision, etc.) if and only if provisioning is being done. (For vagrant up it is only run the first time, or if specifically forced with --provision.)

How can this be done?

Answer 1

Adding a shell provisioner is probably the easiest solution, with the small cost that it is executed on the VM over SSH.

Another option is to use the vagrant-host-shell plugin:

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
  # other config and provisioners
  # [...]

  config.vm.provision :host_shell, inline: 'echo "Provisioned!"'
end

If you like over-engineering, you can even make your own plugin in Vagrantfile. ;)

class EchoPlugin < Vagrant.plugin('2')
  class EchoAction
    def initialize(app, env)
      @app = app
    end

    def call(env)
      @app.call(env)
      puts "Provisioned!"
    end
  end

  name 'echo'

  action_hook 'echo' do |hook|
    hook.before Vagrant::Action::Builtin::Provision, EchoAction
  end
end

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
  # ...
end