hashicorp/vagrant · error · VagrantPlugins::CommunicatorWinRM::Errors::WinRMNotReady

The box is not able to report an address for WinRM to connec

Error message

The box is not able to report an address for WinRM to connect to yet.
WinRM cannot access this Vagrant environment. Please wait for the
Vagrant environment to be running and try again.

What it means

Error "The box is not able to report an address for WinRM to connect to yet. WinRM cannot access this Vagrant environment. Please wait for the Vagrant environment to be running and try again." thrown in hashicorp/vagrant.

Source

Thrown at plugins/communicators/winrm/helper.rb:21

module VagrantPlugins
  module CommunicatorWinRM
    # This is a helper module that provides some functions to the
    # communicator. This is extracted into a module so that we can
    # easily unit test these methods.
    module Helper
      # Returns the host and port to access WinRM.
      #
      # This asks the provider via the `winrm_info` capability if it
      # exists, otherwise defaulting to its own heuristics.
      #
      # @param [Vagrant::Machine] machine
      # @return [Hash]
      def self.winrm_info(machine)
        info = {}
        if machine.provider.capability?(:winrm_info)
          info = machine.provider.capability(:winrm_info)
          raise Errors::WinRMNotReady if !info
        end

        info[:host] ||= winrm_address(machine)
        info[:port] ||= winrm_port(machine, info[:host] == "127.0.0.1")
        return info
      end

      # Returns the address to access WinRM. This does not contain
      # the port.
      #
      # @param [Vagrant::Machine] machine
      # @return [String]
      def self.winrm_address(machine)
        addr = machine.config.winrm.host
        return addr if addr

        ssh_info = machine.ssh_info
        raise Errors::WinRMNotReady if winrm_info_invalid?(ssh_info)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at plugins/communicators/winrm/helper.rb:21 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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