3.2. Getting into your box

3.2. Getting into your box
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Start the VM if it isn’t already started, then login to the virtual machine using vagrant ssh

cd ~/vms/myproject && vagrant up 
vagrant ssh

	cd to the vagrant project and invoke `vagrant up` to boot the machine
	use ssh to login to your machine

	Tip
	If you would like to use another ssh client such as PuTTy, you may. Login to your machine via PuTTy using username=vagrant password=vagrant

Note

	Note
Vagrant boxes tend to have a username named vagrant defined already. The most natural and friction-less way of using vagrant is to simply use this default credentials. Having said that, you can use a credential of your choosing, you just need to do some work. It involves (a) creating your desired username either via the `useradd` command or some other admin tools (b) create your secure certificate and (c) make the appropriate changes to the Vagrantfile so that it knows it shouldn’t use the default `vagrant` credentials

Vagrant boxes tend to have a username named vagrant defined already. The most natural and friction-less way of using vagrant is to simply use this default credentials. Having said that, you can use a credential of your choosing, you just need to do some work. It involves (a) creating your desired username either via the useradd command or some other admin tools (b) create your secure certificate and (c) make the appropriate changes to the Vagrantfile so that it knows it shouldn’t use the default vagrant credentials

If you want to quit your vagrant session, just type exit at the prompt.

Example 3.1. Typical vagrant session

vagrant up 
vagrant ssh 
# do something productive
exit 
vagrant halt

	Boot the machine up
	Login into the machine
	Exit the vagrant session
	Power down the machine