So here is the thing...I really struggled to get this working. After finally taking a break and googling better I have some simple steps that I want to write so I don't forget. To Note: I'm using windows 11, vagrant 2.4.1, and virtual box. You'll need to run `export VAGRANT_WSL_ENABLE_WINDOWS_ACCESS="1"` to make sure that you can connect to virtual box. ## Let's get to it To start I was getting the following error: >default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes... default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2200 default: SSH username: vagrant default: SSH auth method: private key default: Warning: Connection refused. Retrying... I was looking high and low on why this private key that vagrant provides within itself doesn't work. It seems like with wsl you need to use port 2222 and have a plugin that does all the fun connection stuff behind the scenes. You can find the plugin details [here](https://github.com/Karandash8/virtualbox_WSL2) or just run `vagrant plugin install virtualbox_WSL2`. I did all this and was like "ok I can finally get into this box". Wrong! Here is the new error I got. >==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes... default: SSH address: 172.17.112.1:2222 default: SSH username: vagrant default: SSH auth method: private key default: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying... I solved this error with the Vagrant file below. This still doesn't let me connect with the ssh key per se but I mean the password is pretty simple. Welp I got what I needed even if unclean so hope this helps you too. ## Final Nerd Detour I didn't realize this but the folder you use to run your "app" connects to /vagrant on the box. Cool right! Here is the proof: >==> default: Mounting shared folders... default: /vagrant => /mnt/c/Users/orang/Documents/test-ubi ## Vagrant File ``` Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| config.vm.box = "<box_you_want_to_use>" config.ssh.username = 'vagrant' config.ssh.password = 'vagrant' config.ssh.insert_key = 'true' end ```