Error: The requested URL returned error: 403 with vagrant up

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I’m completely new to vagrant.

It looks like I faced something similar to this post: unable to download a box from vagrantcloud.com.

But the mentioned post is quite old so I decided to post a new one (please tell me if it wasn’t a good idea).

Setup

Vagrant version: 
$ vagrant version
Installed Version: 2.4.3
Latest Version: 2.4.3

You're running an up-to-date version of Vagrant!

Host operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

Guest operating system: arrikto/minikf

Vagrantfile: 
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
# you're doing.
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.

  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
  # boxes at https://vagrantcloud.com/search.
  config.vm.box = "arrikto/minikf"

  # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
  # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
  # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
  # config.vm.box_check_update = false

  # 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.
  # NOTE: This will enable public access to the opened port
  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080

  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
  # within the machine from a port on the host machine and only allow access
  # via 127.0.0.1 to disable public access
  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080, host_ip: "127.0.0.1"

  # Create a private network, which allows host-only access to the machine
  # using a specific IP.
  # config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"

  # Create a public network, which generally matched to bridged network.
  # Bridged networks make the machine appear as another physical device on
  # your network.
  # config.vm.network "public_network"

  # Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
  # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
  # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
  # argument is a set of non-required options.
  # config.vm.synced_folder "../data", "/vagrant_data"

  # Disable the default share of the current code directory. Doing this
  # provides improved isolation between the vagrant box and your host
  # by making sure your Vagrantfile isn't accessible to the vagrant box.
  # If you use this you may want to enable additional shared subfolders as
  # shown above.
  # config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true

  # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
  # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
  # Example for VirtualBox:
  #
  # config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
  #   # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
  #   vb.gui = true
  #
  #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
  #   vb.memory = "1024"
  # end
  #
  # View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
  # information on available options.

  # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
  # Ansible, Chef, Docker, Puppet and Salt are also available. Please see the
  # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
  # config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
  #   apt-get update
  #   apt-get install -y apache2
  # SHELL
end

Actual behavior

Got an error when running vagrant up command:

$ vagrant init arrikto/minikf
A `Vagrantfile` has been placed in this directory. You are now
ready to `vagrant up` your first virtual environment! Please read
the comments in the Vagrantfile as well as documentation on
`vagrantup.com` for more information on using Vagrant.

$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Box 'arrikto/minikf' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
    default: Box Provider: virtualbox
    default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Loading metadata for box 'arrikto/minikf'
    default: URL: https://vagrantcloud.com/api/v2/vagrant/arrikto/minikf
==> default: Adding box 'arrikto/minikf' (v20210428.0.1) for provider: virtualbox
    default: Downloading: https://vagrantcloud.com/arrikto/boxes/minikf/versions/20210428.0.1/providers/virtualbox/unknown/vagrant.box
An error occurred while downloading the remote file. The error
message, if any, is reproduced below. Please fix this error and try
again.

The requested URL returned error: 403

Debug log

Generated with vagrant up --debug command.

Question

How can I add the arrikto/minikf box?

Attempts

  • I tried to add the box “manually” (as suggested in https: // github . com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/12390#issuecomment-847850305):
$ vagrant box add --name arrikto/minikf https://vagrantcloud.com/arrikto/boxes/minikf/versions/20210428.0.1/providers/virtualbox/unknown/vagrant.box
There was an error while downloading the metadata for this box.
The error message is shown below:

The requested URL returned error: 501
  • I tried to add 34.195.37.70 vagrantcloud.com to my /etc/hosts file (as suggested in the previously mentioned link)
  • I tried to download the box with wget:
$ wget https://vagrantcloud.com/arrikto/boxes/minikf/versions/20210428.0.1/providers/virtualbox/unknown/vagrant.box
--2025-03-17 10:43:16--  https://vagrantcloud.com/arrikto/boxes/minikf/versions/20210428.0.1/providers/virtualbox/unknown/vagrant.box
Resolving vagrantcloud.com (vagrantcloud.com)... 18.204.71.16, 54.210.75.96
Connecting to vagrantcloud.com (vagrantcloud.com)|18.204.71.16|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://vagrantcloud.com/arrikto/boxes/minikf/versions/20210428.0.1/providers/virtualbox/unknown/fetch/vagrant.box [following]
--2025-03-17 10:43:16--  https://vagrantcloud.com/arrikto/boxes/minikf/versions/20210428.0.1/providers/virtualbox/unknown/fetch/vagrant.box
Reusing existing connection to vagrantcloud.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://storage.googleapis.com/arrikto/vagrant/boxes/minikf/20210428.0.1-l1-release-develop/virtualbox/minikf.box [following]
--2025-03-17 10:43:16--  https://storage.googleapis.com/arrikto/vagrant/boxes/minikf/20210428.0.1-l1-release-develop/virtualbox/minikf.box
Resolving storage.googleapis.com (storage.googleapis.com)... 2a00:1450:4007:819::201b, 2a00:1450:4007:818::201b, 2a00:1450:4007:813::201b, ...
Connecting to storage.googleapis.com (storage.googleapis.com)|2a00:1450:4007:819::201b|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2025-03-17 10:43:17 ERROR 403: Forbidden.