Vagrant up failed, /dev/vboxnetctl: no such file or directory

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Can be useful, I found this error. The common solution is reinstall virtualbox but there are a better way.

Solution

sudo /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox restart

or

sudo /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox start

VirtualBox 4.3+

On recents versions, the file (/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox) don't exists, so you need to use the command below:

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist

Error

Print: http://d.pr/i/1Bvi

There was on error while executing VBoxManage, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below
Command: ["hostonlyif", "create"]

Stderr: 0%… Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE VBoxManage: error:
Failed to create the host-only adapter VBoxManage: error:
VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while adding new interface: failed to open
/dev/vboxnetctl: No such file or directory

VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005),
component HostNetworkInterface, interface IHostNetworkInterface
VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleCreate(HandlerArg*, int, int*)"
at line 68 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp

Vagrant Git issue about the error: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/1671#issuecomment-22304107

Best Answer

I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 and VirtualBox 5.2.2.

This worked for me:

  1. Grant permission to VirtualBox under System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General (this request is new to macOS High Sierra)
  2. Open Terminal and run: sudo "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh" restart
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