Mount USB directory from host to Vagrant guest

[jeff1evesque]

We need to resolve the issue of being able to mount a USB drive from the host machine, to the guest vagrant virtual machine.

[jeff1evesque]

In order to resolve the issue of accessing USB devices on the guest VM, we need to add the host machine user name to the vboxusers on the host machine:

sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers jeffrey

Then, we need to define the following fields:

This can be accomplished via the VirtualBox Settings -> USB -> USB Device Filters, or by defining the properties via the Vagrantfile. However, to attain adequate information, we can implement the VBoxManage list usbhost within terminal:

$ sudo VBoxManage list usbhost
[sudo] password for jeffrey: 
Host USB Devices:

UUID:               xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
VendorId:           0x064e (064E)
ProductId:          0xc107 (C107)
Revision:           2.49 (0249)
Port:               4
USB version/speed:  2/2
Manufacturer:       SuYin
Product:            HP Webcam
SerialNumber:       xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx-R02.43.01
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.5//device:/dev/vboxusb/002/003
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
VendorId:           0x0781 (0781)
ProductId:          0x5575 (5575)
Revision:           1.39 (0139)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  2/2
Manufacturer:       SanDisk
Product:            Cruzer Glide
SerialNumber:       xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Address:            sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1//device:/dev/vboxusb/001/011
Current State:      Busy

If the Vagrantfile approach is used, we need to either vagrant halt, followed by vagrant up, or vagrant provision, followed by vagrant reload.

[jeff1evesque]

This issue has been resolved, and properly documented in the Vagrant wiki page.