Switch Vagrant to use Parallels instead of VirtualBox

Question

Is it possible to use Parallels instead of (insane slow) VirtualBox in Vagrant?

Answer 1

While it's not Parallels (which you may have already paid for), there is a plugin for using VMWare Fusion:

http://www.vagrantup.com/vmware

The plugin is not free, so you'll need to buy licenses for both the plugin and Fusion.

I get a kernel panic in my VM a few times a week. According to Mitchell, VirtualBox has had kernel panic issues on Macs for years that have never been well resolved, and swapping to Fusion is the best alternative.

Answer 2

Finally there is an official Vagrant Provider from and for Parallels! Unfortunately it's not mentioned on www.vagrantup.com.

See Paralles' Vagrant Documentation and the Parallels GitHub page of the Vagrant provider project. For further questions about the provider there is a dedicated official forum.

As of now there is just one limitation: "The Parallels provider supports all basic Vagrant features, except the next: "Forwarded ports" configuration is not available yet." (taken from the readme on GitHub)

Thank you, AgentK, for pointing out that that "Forwarded ports" are available as of Parallels 10 for Mac.