HTTPClient::KeepAliveDisconnected: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

[mskutin]

Host OS	OS X, Windows 10 Enterprise
Guest OS	Windows 10 Enterprise
Vagrant	1.7.4
VirtualBox	5.0.4
Provider	virtualbox

Vagrantfile:

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "custom"
  config.vm.guest = :windows
  config.vm.communicator = "winrm"
  config.winrm.username = "vagrant"
  config.winrm.password = "vagrant"
  config.winrm.max_tries = 20
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3389, host: 3389
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 5985, host: 5985, id: "winrm", auto_correct: true

  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
     vb.name = "custom"
     vb.gui = true
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "2048"]
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--vram", "256"]
  end

  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "./ps/Install-Chocolatey.ps1"
  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "./ps/InstallApps.ps1"
end

Preparation:

• Firewall is turned off on host and guest machines, anyway ports were opened manually:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="5985" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5985
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="3389" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=3389

• Enabled private networking :

Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -NetworkCategory Private

• WinRM service and client configured next way:

winrm quickconfig -q
winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="512"}'
winrm set winrm/config '@{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service/auth '@{Basic="true"}'
sc config "WinRM" start=auto

Export:

$path = "F:\custom" 
vagrant package --base custom --output $path/custom.box --vagrantfile $path/Vagrantfile
vagrant box add custom.box --name custom

Result:

F:\custom> vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'custom.box'...
==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> default: Setting the name of the VM: custom_default_1445570609823_89912
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
    default: 3389 => 3389 (adapter 1)
    default: 5985 => 5985 (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    default: WinRM address: 127.0.0.1:5985
    default: WinRM username: vagrant
    default: WinRM transport: plaintext
An error occurred executing a remote WinRM command.

Shell: powershell
Command: hostname
if ($?) { exit 0 } else { if($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE } else { exit 1
 } }
Message: HTTPClient::KeepAliveDisconnected: An existing connection was forcibly
closed by the remote host.

vagrant up on Windows host : https://gist.github.com/mskutin/3c57928ff608f8ad7991
vagrant up on OS X host : https://gist.github.com/mskutin/fad15bba67032b6f7745

The VM is starting but WinRM is unable to connect due to exception above.

[rrzaripov]

Same issue with Windows 7 as guest and host OS. Error message:

An error occurred executing a remote WinRM command.

Shell: powershell
Command: hostname
if ($?) { exit 0 } else { if($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE } else { exit 1 } }
Message: HTTPClient::KeepAliveDisconnected: Broken pipe

[d-baranowski]

Same issue here, with Windows 10 Professional. My vagrant file is:

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  config.vm.guest = :windows
  config.vm.communicator = "winrm"
  config.winrm.username = "robot"
  config.winrm.password = "robot"
  config.vm.boot_timeout = 6000
  config.vm.graceful_halt_timeout = 6000

  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
  # within the machine from a port on the host machine. In the example below,
  # accessing "localhost:8080" will access port 80 on the guest machine.
  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 54473, host: 1234
  #config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3389, host: 3389
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 5985, host: 5985, id: "winrm", auto_correct: true

  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
  # Customize the name of VM in VirtualBox manager UI:
    vb.name = "BJSS.DevEnvNew"
    #vb.gui = true
    #v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", 2048]
    #v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", 2]
    #v.customize ["setextradata", "global", "GUI/SuppressMessages", "all" ]
  end

  config.vm.box = "BJSS.DevEnv.box"
  config.vm.provision :shell, :path => "setup_requirements.cmd"

  config.vm.provision :shell, inline: "cinst java.jdk puppet"
  config.vm.provision :shell, inline: "puppet module install --force rismoney/chocolatey"

  config.vm.provision :puppet do |puppet|
    puppet.manifests_path = ""
    puppet.manifest_file  = "base.pp"
  end
end

The box was preparred using this tutorial: http://huestones.co.uk/node/305

[rrzaripov]

I'm updated the vagrant to version 1.8.1. But still have no success with run Windows guest in Windows host:

    default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
    default: 5985 (guest) => 55985 (host) (adapter 1)
    default: 5986 (guest) => 55986 (host) (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    default: WinRM address: 127.0.0.1:55985
    default: WinRM username: vagrant
    default: WinRM execution_time_limit: 6h
    default: WinRM transport: plaintext
An error occurred executing a remote WinRM command.

Shell: powershell
Command: $ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue';
hostname
if ($?) { exit 0 } else { if($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE } else { exit 1 } }
Message: HTTPClient::KeepAliveDisconnected: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine. @ io_fillbuf - fd:7

[rrzaripov]

@sethvargo, @mskutin for me this issue is fixed by using additional options:

  config.winrm.retry_limit = 30
  config.winrm.retry_delay = 10

Thanks to this explanation in WinRb documentation. Somebody can confirm this?

[rrzaripov]

@rhiann0n can you show you're Vagrantfile?

[mskutin]

@rrzaripov Unfortunately your suggestion didn't help me, I believe something wrong with the box I have prepared.

[rrzaripov]

@mskutin I'm using veewee for preparing boxes. There are no template for Windows 10 now, but possible will use template for Windows 7-8 as a start point.

[mskutin]

@rrzaripov thanks, didn't know about veewee, I'll have a look whenever I need to use vagrant again.

[johnjelinek]

#6430 (comment) did not fix it for me. I do not have this problem when the host is MacOS, but I am having this problem when the host is Ubuntu 16.04.

[rrzaripov]

@johnjelinek after more deep learning about how works WinRM and the Windows firewall, I'm also confirm, that it is not solution. This parameters not required for proper connection via WinRM. For me issue is gone after next steps:

• Using veewee for preconfiguring the Windows.
• Opening WinRM ports in firewall for public networks (detailed here). This not necessary, but needed in my case, because my network is not in domain. By default WinRM ports opened to communicate only over domain network.

In your case vagrant, virtualbox and box versions are same?

[johnjelinek]

@rrzaripov: I just ran vagrant on a new win10 vm (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/). After I Set-NetConnectionProfile to make the interface Private (it defaulted to Public) and configured wirnm, it started to work. Then I did a vagrant reload and now I only get the error message you have:

An error occurred executing a remote WinRM command.

Shell: powershell
Command: $ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue';
hostname
if ($?) { exit 0 } else { if($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE } else { exit 1 } }
Message: HTTPClient::KeepAliveDisconnected:

[dbroeglin]

It may be unrelated but this issue might help: boxcutter/windows#51
In my case, if I do a first vagrant up I get the error, then if I do a vagrant reload everything is fine. Using the trick indicated in the issue when building the box solves the problem for me.