devopsgroup-io/vagrant-hostmanager

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Vagrant plugin that automatically manages the hosts file on guest machines and optionally the host machine. It enables hostname resolution in multi-machine Vagrant environments where IP addresses are not known in advance, such as cloud-provider deployments.

Use cases

• manage hosts files across multiple vagrant machines
• resolve hostnames between vagrant guest machines
• automatically update hosts file on vagrant up and destroy
• enable name resolution for multi-machine vagrant environments with dynamic IPs
• add hostname aliases for vagrant boxes
• keep host machine hosts file in sync with vagrant guests

When to choose

• you run multi-machine Vagrant environments where machines need to reach each other by hostname
• you deploy Vagrant boxes to cloud providers where IP addresses are assigned dynamically
• you want hosts file updates automated on vagrant up/destroy instead of editing files manually
• you need both guest and host hosts file management with configurable aliases

When to avoid

• you use Docker Compose or Kubernetes, which provide built-in service discovery
• you run a single Vagrant machine and can hardcode its IP in your hosts file
• you need DNS management beyond local hosts files
• your project has moved from Vagrant to other tooling

Facets

plugin · maturity maintenance

configuration-management networking developer-tools cli developer-tools networking cross-platform cli vagrant-plugin hosts-file dns multi-machine development-environment virtual-machine ruby devops virtualization

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