run-vagrant-init.md

Vagrant Error Message: A Vagrant environment is required to run this command. Run vagrant init

The error message that looks like the following is an error message that is common to run into.

It is important that you DO NOT RUN the vagrant init command it tell you to. That command will not fix your problem and will cause other problems if you run it.

Here is what you need to know about this specific error message.

Why this happens

After running the vagrant up command this error message can happen on both Windows and Mac computers. The reason this command will fail is that the folder you are running the command in requires that the folder you're running the command from includes a file named Vagrantfile.

This file needs to include the contents of the configuration was built specifically for this web development environment configuration. If this does not include this, it won't work.

How to fix this problem

First, open up a Finder window if you're on a Mac or Windows Explorer on Windows and navigate to your Desktop folder. Inside your desktop there should be a folder called coding-environment.

Double click to navigate into that folder.

If there is no coding-environment folder in your Desktop — that is the problem.

You need to get the coding-environment folder on your desktop with the code for the environment in it.

[Download the coding-environment.zip] file and move it into the Desktop on your computer.

If there is a vagrant folder in your Desktop — double click that vagrant folder in the Finder or Windows Explorer that you just opened.

Make sure that directly inside the Desktop/coding-environment folder there is a file called Vagrantfile. If there is no Vagrantfile in there, delete the entire coding-environment folder that is on your Desktop, because it doesn't have the files you need it to.

[Download the coding-environment.zip] file and move it into the Desktop on your computer.

After that — try a clean start of the section that suggested that you run vagrant up.

First, close out any command windows that are opened.

Then, open a fresh new command window to use.

From that point, follow all the steps in the install guide listed under "Starting Your Virtual Machine".

Note: make sure to run through each of the two steps the instructions tell you. Keep in mind, there is one step that tells you to run a command with cd. After that, there the instructions to run the vagrant up command.

You will need to run both.

Once you run these commands again it should take a few moments and setup your Web Development environment.