{"record":{"id":"bc20e46ab2363eee","repo":"hashicorp/vagrant","slug":"a-vagrant-environment-or-target-machine-is-require","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"A Vagrant environment or target machine is required to run this\ncommand. Run `vagrant init` to create a new Vagrant environment. Or,\nget an ID of a target machine from `vagrant global-status` to run this\ncommand on. A final option is to change to a directory with a\nVagrantfile and to try again.","messagePattern":"A Vagrant environment or target machine is required to run this\ncommand\\. Run `vagrant init` to create a new Vagrant environment\\. Or,\nget an ID of a target machine from `vagrant global-status` to run this\ncommand on\\. A final option is to change to a directory with a\nVagrantfile and to try again\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Vagrant::Errors::NoEnvironmentError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/vagrant/plugin/v1/command.rb","lineNumber":70,"sourceCode":"\n          opts.parse!(argv)\n          return argv\n        rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption\n          raise Errors::CLIInvalidOptions, help: opts.help.chomp\n        end\n\n        # Yields a VM for each target VM for the command.\n        #\n        # This is a convenience method for easily implementing methods that\n        # take a target VM (in the case of multi-VM) or every VM if no\n        # specific VM name is specified.\n        #\n        # @param [String] name The name of the VM. Nil if every VM.\n        # @param [Boolean] single_target If true, then an exception will be\n        #   raised if more than one target is found.\n        def with_target_vms(names=nil, options=nil)\n          # Using VMs requires a Vagrant environment to be properly setup\n          raise Errors::NoEnvironmentError if !@env.root_path\n\n          # Setup the options hash\n          options ||= {}\n\n          # Require that names be an array\n          names ||= []\n          names = [names] if !names.is_a?(Array)\n\n          # First determine the proper array of VMs.\n          vms = []\n          if names.length > 0\n            names.each do |name|\n              if pattern = name[/^\\/(.+?)\\/$/, 1]\n                # This is a regular expression name, so we convert to a regular\n                # expression and allow that sort of matching.\n                regex = Regexp.new(pattern)\n\n                @env.vms.each do |name, vm|","sourceCodeStart":52,"sourceCodeEnd":88,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/blob/35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1/command.rb#L52-L88","documentation":"A v1 plugin command tried to operate on VMs through with_target_vms but the environment has no root project (env.root_path is nil), i.e. the current directory (or VAGRANT_CWD) is not inside a Vagrant project (lib/vagrant/plugin/v1/command.rb:70). V1 commands predate `vagrant global-status` machine IDs, so they have no target to fall back on. The fix is to run the command where a Vagrantfile exists.","triggerScenarios":"Executing a v1-era plugin command in a directory with no Vagrantfile in it or any parent; or with VAGRANT_CWD pointing at a non-project directory — with_target_vms raises immediately before yielding any VM.","commonSituations":"Running from the home directory or a scripts folder; wrong tmux pane; a stale VAGRANT_CWD env var left over from another project.","solutions":["cd into the directory containing the Vagrantfile and re-run the command","Run `vagrant init` there first if you intended to create a new environment","Unset a stale VAGRANT_CWD (`unset VAGRANT_CWD`) or point it at the real project","Prefer the equivalent built-in v2 command, which also accepts machine IDs from `vagrant global-status`"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"env = Vagrant::Environment.new\nabort \"run this inside a Vagrant project (directory with a Vagrantfile)\" unless env.root_path","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"begin\n  command.with_target_vms { |vm| operate(vm) }\nrescue Vagrant::Errors::NoEnvironmentError\n  warn \"cd into a directory with a Vagrantfile or run `vagrant init` first\"\nend","preventionTips":["In scripts, cd to the project directory (or set VAGRANT_CWD) before invoking vagrant","Unset VAGRANT_CWD when switching projects","Use `vagrant global-status` IDs with v2 commands instead of relying on cwd"],"tags":["cli","environment","working-directory","v1-plugins"],"backgroundTag":"missing-project-root","analyzedSha":"35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T13:34:32.514Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T18:17:14.833Z"}