Vagrant/VirtualBox not connecting (“Connection refused. Retrying…”)

Question

I'm using Vagrant 1.7.2 and VirtualBox 4.3.28 (basically the latest builds as of the date) on Windows 8. I'm having trouble ssh-ing into the VM via vagrant up.

Here is the message I get:

$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Checking if box 'hashicorp/precise32' 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 => 2222 (adapter 1)
==> 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: Connection refused. Retrying...
    default: Warning: Connection refused. Retrying...
    default: Warning: Connection refused. Retrying...
    default: Warning: Connection refused. Retrying...
    default: Warning: Connection refused. Retrying...
    default: Warning: Connection refused. Retrying...
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    default: Warning: Connection refused. Retrying...

I have a feeling this has something to do with my private key, but I have no idea how to solve it.

Here is my Vagrant file, which is basically the default one:

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
    config.vm.box = "hashicorp/precise32"
end

Usually vagrant uses a custom key, which is stored in $HOME/.vagrant.d/insecure_private_key (on Linux).. I'm not sure where it is stored on Windows, but I expect it also being located in the home folder. Can you search for that file? — hek2mgl

cormac farrell cormac farrell · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-10T11:01:28

Possibly unrelated but have you installing the VM VirtualBox Extension Pack for your particular version of virtualbox? https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Vagrant/VirtualBox not connecting (“Connection refused. Retrying…”)

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