Vagrant authorization issue when executing kitchen create in Chef

Выполняя команду kitchen create при тестировании поваренной книги в Chef можно получить следующую ошибку при работе с Vagrant 1.8.5: Chef can fail with the following error running kitchen create command if you have Vagrant 1.8.5:

default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...

The full text of the error is the following:

kitchen create
-----> Starting Kitchen (v1.11.1)
-----> Creating ...
       Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
       ==> default: Checking if box 'bento/centos-7.2' is up to date...
       ==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
       ==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
       ==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
           default: Adapter 1: nat
       ==> default: Forwarding ports...
           default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
       ==> default: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations...
       ==> default: Booting VM...
       ==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
           default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
           default: SSH username: vagrant
           default: SSH auth method: private key
           default: Warning: Remote connection disconnect. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...
           default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying...

It turns out that the authorized_keys file has the wrong permissions in the vagrant test environment. The workaround is to log into the virtual machine using the console in the virtualbox interface with the following details:

• login: vagrant
• password: vagrant

Next, you need to run the following command:

chmod 644 /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys

This solution is not entirely suitable, since you will have to perform extra steps when creating new test machines. I would recommend installing a previous version of Vagrant (v.1.8.4).

According to the discussion at the following link, the developers are aware of this issue and plan to fix it in the next Vagrant releases:

• https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/7627

The Vagrant release archive is available at the following link:

• https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.8.4/