vagrant up fails with cannot load winrm

Question

I am trying to run a Vagrant box with SQL Server for local development. I am running Fedora 23. The box in question is this.

vagrant up fails with the following error message:

/usr/share/vagrant/plugins/communicators/winrm/shell.rb:9:in `require':
cannot load such file -- winrm (LoadError)

I have tried to install winrm with gem install winrm, and it installs just fine, but vagrant still fails.

The following ruby script runs without errors:

require "winrm"
puts "hello world"

Does anyone know how to fix this?

your problem in fact is winrm install. What is your error when to try to install winrm ? — darkomen, Jan 26 '16 at 17:16
winrm installs just fine. I've updated the question with more info. — lalo, Jan 27 '16 at 07:08

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 09 '18 at 01:36

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The winrm and winrm-fs gems are not packaged with Fedora or Debian. You can run:

$ vagrant plugin install winrm
$ vagrant plugin install winrm-fs

(i.e. vagrant plugin install, not gem install).

Note: Using Vagrant version 1.8.1, the winrm gem failed to install and this fixed it:

$ vagrant plugin install winrm --plugin-version 1.8.1
$ vagrant plugin install winrm-fs

edited Jan 09 '18 at 01:36

SomeGuyOnAComputer

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answered Oct 18 '16 at 11:22

jim-minter

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '16 at 10:19

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Not sure what the problem was, but I fixed it by uninstalling vagrant with dnf, and installing the latest version from vagrantup.com. Seems winrm is included in the latest vagrant version.

answered Jan 28 '16 at 10:19

lalo

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This was the easiest solution for me. Just `sudo apt remove vagrant` followed by a download and install of the latest .deb from the vagrantup. – Doug Bradshaw Jul 25 '18 at 15:20

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '16 at 13:52

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Same resolution as here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vagrant-up/mBYMUHm-YBI

So this is an issue with the Debian packaged version of Vagrant. Installing the DEB package from https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html works (both for 1.6.5 and 1.7+).

780036 has been raised with Debian to track this issue.

answered Feb 01 '16 at 13:52

Ich

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This was the easiest solution for Debian 8 (Jessie), which throws errors (zlib, Ruby version...) if I try to do vagrant plugin install winrm... – Colin Jun 20 '17 at 17:41

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 06 '20 at 15:36

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Had the same issue: With Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS running ruby 2.7.0p0 and Vagrant 2.2.6

The solution that worked for me -

$ vagrant plugin install winrm  
$ vagrant plugin install winrm-fs  
$ vagrant plugin install winrm-elevated (this additional error showed after the first two were installed)

edited Dec 06 '20 at 15:36

Luke Dunstan

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answered Nov 29 '20 at 12:40

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vagrant up fails with cannot load winrm

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