Using vagrant on NixOs : hostonlyifs

I installed vagrant with home manager.
When I run “vagrant up”
I git the following error message.

There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["list", "hostonlyifs"]

Stderr: Oracle VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 7.1.10
Copyright (C) 2005-2025 Oracle and/or its affiliates

VBoxManage: error: Unknown subcommand "hostonlyifs".

Usage - View system information and VM configuration details:

  VBoxManage list [--long] [--platform-arch= x86 | arm] [--sorted] [bridgedifs
      | cloudnets | cloudprofiles | cloudproviders | cpu-profiles | dhcpservers
      | dvds | extpacks | floppies | groups | hddbackends | hdds | hostcpuids |
      hostdrives | hostdvds | hostfloppies | hostinfo | hostonlyifs |
      hostonlynets | intnets | natnets | ostypes | ossubtypes | runningvms |
      screenshotformats | systemproperties | usbfilters | usbhost | vms |
      webcams]

How do I solve this ? and Is there any example config for vagrant ?

Hi, Can u run VirtualBox without vagrant? How u install VBox?

Yes. I can run virtualbox without it.
I add it to configuration file.

Like this?

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    virtualbox
  ];
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yes. and I can open VirtualBox without problem.

Show your Vagrantfile

`
vagrant init jasonc/centos7;

vagrant up
`

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
# you're doing.
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.

  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
  # boxes at https://vagrantcloud.com/search.
  config.vm.box = "jasonc/centos7"

  # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
  # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
  # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
  # config.vm.box_check_update = false

  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
  # within the machine from a port on the host machine. In the example below,
  # accessing "localhost:8080" will access port 80 on the guest machine.
  # NOTE: This will enable public access to the opened port
  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080

  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
  # within the machine from a port on the host machine and only allow access
  # via 127.0.0.1 to disable public access
  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080, host_ip: "127.0.0.1"

  # Create a private network, which allows host-only access to the machine
  # using a specific IP.
  # config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"

  # Create a public network, which generally matched to bridged network.
  # Bridged networks make the machine appear as another physical device on
  # your network.
  # config.vm.network "public_network"

  # Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
  # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
  # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
  # argument is a set of non-required options.
  # config.vm.synced_folder "../data", "/vagrant_data"

  # Disable the default share of the current code directory. Doing this
  # provides improved isolation between the vagrant box and your host
  # by making sure your Vagrantfile isn't accessible to the vagrant box.
  # If you use this you may want to enable additional shared subfolders as
  # shown above.
  # config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true

  # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
  # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
  # Example for VirtualBox:
  #
  # config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
  #   # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
  #   vb.gui = true
  #
  #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
  #   vb.memory = "1024"
  # end
  #
  # View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
  # information on available options.

  # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
  # Ansible, Chef, Docker, Puppet and Salt are also available. Please see the
  # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
  # config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
  #   apt-get update
  #   apt-get install -y apache2
  # SHELL
end

Vagrantfile is good. You need to remove virtualbox from here:

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    virtualbox
  ];

And install VBox with this lines:

virtualization.virtualbox.enable = true;
users.extraGroups.vboxusers.members = [ "you_username" ];

Probably it can resolve your problem.

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