Where does Vagrant download its .box files to

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What happens to the .box file after the following command is executed?

vagrant box add lucid32 http://files.vagrantup.com/lucid32.box

I can't find the lucid32.box file on the file system after download has completed.

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As mentioned in the docs, boxes are stored at:

Mac OS X and Linux: ~/.vagrant.d/boxes
Windows: C:/Users/USERNAME/.vagrant.d/boxes

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Vagrant imports the base box which is located at ~/.vagrant.d/boxes/, like you said. This is where the base boxes are kept. It uses it to start a VM from the clean state. When importing a VM, the responsibility of where to store data files and VM state is up to VirtualBox itself. This is a configurable location but typically defaults to ~/VirtualBox\ VMS for Mac OS X and Linux. In Windows the boxes are kept in %userprofile%\.vagrant.d\boxes

It is easy to find the place where they are getting created, regardless of what platform you happen to be using.

1. Start VirtualBox. 
2. Go to the VM that shows as running instance. 
3. Check out the Settings ->Storage. 
4. You can find the path to location where VMs are created and stored in your file system.

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

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

This worked for me:

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

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This worked for me:

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