Vagrant multiple identical boxes?

Question

I have two projects that use the hashicorp/precise64 but they are completely different. How do I have multiple VMs of the hashicorp/precise64 box?

I tried creating a separate project folder with hashicorp/precise64 but it doesn't work as expected because the other project is using hashicorp/precise64. The error I get when I try vagrant up for this kind of setup is below:

$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'hashicorp/precise64'...
There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["import", "/home/USER/.vagrant.d/boxes/hashicorp-VAGRANTSLASH-precise64/1.1.0/virtualbox/box.ovf", "--vsys", "0", "--vmname", "precise64_1396016609451_23118", "--vsys", "0", "--unit", "9", "--disk", "/home/USER/VirtualBox VMs/precise64_1396016609451_23118/box-disk1.vmdk"]

Stderr: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting /home/USER/.vagrant.d/boxes/hashicorp-VAGRANTSLASH-precise64/1.1.0/virtualbox/box.ovf...
OK.
0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage: error: Could not open the medium storage unit '/home/USER/.vagrant.d/boxes/hashicorp-VAGRANTSLASH-precise64/1.1.0/virtualbox/box-disk1.vmdk'.
VBoxManage: error: VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file '/home/USER/.vagrant.d/boxes/hashicorp-VAGRANTSLASH-precise64/1.1.0/virtualbox/box-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Appliance, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 781 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp

Answer 1

Followed the suggestion here:

What I did was:

1. vagrant package in the main projects location.
2. Moved the package.box to the new project location.
3. vagrant init new_project_name ./package.box
4. vagrant up