Creating a ubuntu vm using Parallels Pro with Vagrant and Ansible with a HD size of 128GB

EricG14 · Feb 22, 2026

I am using Vagrant and Ansible to create a ubuntu vm in parallels pro. I want the hd for the ubuntu vm to be 128gb.

My folder structure is:

Code:

$ tree ubuntu                                                                                                             
ubuntu
├── ansible
│   ├── files
│   │   └── config.fish
│   └── playbook.yml
├── main.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
└── Vagrantfile

3 directories, 6 files

My playbook is

Code:

---
- name: Configure dev_vm
  hosts: all
  become: true
  vars:
   username: vagrant
   user_home: "/home/{{ username }}"
   depot_path: "{{ user_home }}/depot"
   fish_config_src: "files/config.fish"
   fish_config_dir: "{{ user_home }}/.config/fish"
   fish_config_dest: "{{ fish_config_dir }}/config.fish"
  tasks:
   - name: Update apt cache
     apt:
       update_cache: yes
       cache_valid_time: 3600
   - name: Install required packages
     apt:
       name:
         - git
         - fish
         - cloud-guest-utils
       state: present
   - name: Ensure depot directory exists
     file:
       path: "{{ depot_path }}"
       state: directory
       owner: "{{ username }}"
       group: "{{ username }}"
       mode: "0755"
   - name: Ensure fish config directory exists
     file:
       path: "{{ fish_config_dir }}"
       state: directory
       owner: "{{ username }}"
       group: "{{ username }}"
       mode: "0755"
   - name: Copy fish config
     copy:
       src: "{{ fish_config_src }}"
       dest: "{{ fish_config_dest }}"
       owner: "{{ username }}"
       group: "{{ username }}"
       mode: "0644"
   - name: Set fish as default shell for user
     user:
       name: "{{ username }}"
       shell: /usr/bin/fish
   - name: Grow the root partition
     command: growpart /dev/sda 1
     changed_when: false
     ignore_errors: true
   - name: Resize the root filesystem
     command: resize2fs /dev/sda1

My Vagrantfile is:

Code:

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-24.04"
  config.vm.hostname = "dev-vm"
  config.vm.provider "parallels" do |prl|
   prl.name = "dev-vm"
   prl.memory = 16384
   prl.cpus = 6
   prl.update_guest_tools = true
   prl.linked_clone = false
   prl.customize "post-import", ["set", :id, "--device-set", "hdd0", "--size", "131072"]
  end
  config.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
   ansible.playbook = "ansible/playbook.yml"
   ansible.compatibility_mode = "2.0"
   ansible.verbose = "vvv"
  end
end

When I issue the vagrant up command, I get:

Code:

==> default: Forcing shutdown of VM...
==> default: Destroying VM and associated drives...
==> default: Destroying unused networking interface...
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'parallels' provider...
==> default: Registering VM image from the base box 'bento/ubuntu-24.04'...
==> default: Creating new virtual machine as a full clone of the box image...
==> default: Unregistering the box VM image...
==> default: Setting the default configuration for VM...
==> default: Running 'post-import' VM customizations...
A customization command failed:

["set", :id, "--device-set", "hdd0", "--size", "131072"]

The following error was experienced:

#<VagrantPlugins::Parallels::Errors::ExecutionError:"There was an error while command execution. The command and stderr is shown below.\n\nCommand: [\"/usr/local/bin/prlctl\", \"set\", \"1b9e189f-8dd8-4074-a328-bcaf78b2a1c2\", \"--device-set\", \"hdd0\", \"--size\", \"131072\"]\n\nStderr: Failed to resize: This virtual hard disk cannot be resized because it has one or more snapshots. To resize the disk, delete the snapshots and try again.\nFailed to configure the virtual machine.\n">

Please fix this customization and try again.

What do I need to change to make this work?

Creating a ubuntu vm using Parallels Pro with Vagrant and Ansible with a HD size of 128GB

EricG14