# Is the official \`discourse-16.04\` Vagrant box compatible with VMware Workstation, or it is for VirtualBox only?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-official-discourse-16-04-vagrant-box-compatible-with-vmware-workstation-or-it-is-for-virtualbox-only/76692
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [24 december 2017 om 11:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-official-discourse-16-04-vagrant-box-compatible-with-vmware-workstation-or-it-is-for-virtualbox-only/76692 "2017-12-24T11:24:19Z")
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### Author: ![dmitry\_fedyuk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dmitry_fedyuk/32/293153_2.png) [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [24 december 2017 om 11:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-official-discourse-16-04-vagrant-box-compatible-with-vmware-workstation-or-it-is-for-virtualbox-only/76692/1 "2017-12-24T11:24:19Z")

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> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/v1.9.0.beta17/Vagrantfile#L6-L7>

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### Author: ![schleifer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/schleifer/32/86416_2.png) [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)
#### Post date: [27 december 2017 om 18:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-official-discourse-16-04-vagrant-box-compatible-with-vmware-workstation-or-it-is-for-virtualbox-only/76692/2 "2017-12-27T18:28:51Z")

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That box is very old. It was created when Vagrant _only_ supported VirtualBox.