# Provision failing running existing project

**URL:** <https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225>\
**Category:** trellis\
**Tags:** trellis\
**Created:** [April 24, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225 "2023-04-24T08:38:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/user_avatar/discourse.roots.io/yano1978/32/10823_2.png) [@yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/u/yano1978)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225/1 "2023-04-24T08:38:10Z")

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Good morning, I am sharing this for reference, in case someone else is also experiencing this too.  
After cloning an existing project on a new macbook laptop, on running Trellis up command, I was experiencing this error:

```plaintext
TASK [ferm : ensure iptables INPUT rules are added] ****************************
fatal: [default]: FAILED! => {"msg": "invalid or malformed argument: ' '"}

```

Following this thread [https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-at-ferm-ensure-iptables-input-rules-are-added/24875/7?u=yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-at-ferm-ensure-iptables-input-rules-are-added/24875/7) and applying changes of the pull request  
seemed to have initially have solved the issue, but then provision was getting stuck on the

```plaintext
TASK [wordpress-install : Create web root of sites].

```

Not sure if it’s the best approach, (I am new at Trellis) but removing the , type: ‘nfs’ references from Vagrantfile as mentioned here [https://discourse.roots.io/t/vagrant-reprovision-stuck-on-task-wordpress-install-change-site-owner-to-user/22723/4?u=yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/t/vagrant-reprovision-stuck-on-task-wordpress-install-change-site-owner-to-user/22723/4)  
solved the issue for me, I hope it helps!

Ernesto

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**Author:** ![stefanlindberg](https://discourse.roots.io/user_avatar/discourse.roots.io/stefanlindberg/32/1850_2.png) [@stefanlindberg](https://discourse.roots.io/u/stefanlindberg)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225/2 "2023-04-27T18:07:34Z")

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Yeah I get the same on some projects from time to time. Mounting disks on Mac OSX seems a bit inconsistent. However I tried `vagrant suspend` then `vagrant reload --provision` a second time and it worked the second time…?

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**Author:** ![ben](https://discourse.roots.io/user_avatar/discourse.roots.io/ben/32/11377_2.png) [@ben](https://discourse.roots.io/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225/3 "2023-04-28T14:48:15Z")

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Thanks for posting your issue and a resolution!

Just wanted to also say that it’s well worth giving [Lima a shot with Trellis](https://roots.io/introducing-lima-to-trellis-for-faster-local-development/) as it drops Vagrant, NFS, and Virtualbox/Parallels

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**Author:** ![yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/user_avatar/discourse.roots.io/yano1978/32/10823_2.png) [@yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/u/yano1978)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225/4 "2023-04-28T15:53:29Z")

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No problem, always happy to share! 😉 Thanks for letting me know about Lima, it looks very promising, although, it’s my understanding that it is only available on MacOS Ventura, could you confirm this please?

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**Author:** ![swalkinshaw](https://discourse.roots.io/user_avatar/discourse.roots.io/swalkinshaw/32/6288_2.png) [@swalkinshaw](https://discourse.roots.io/u/swalkinshaw)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225/5 "2023-04-30T20:25:04Z")

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Yep, that’s the requirement.

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**Author:** ![yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/user_avatar/discourse.roots.io/yano1978/32/10823_2.png) [@yano1978](https://discourse.roots.io/u/yano1978)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.roots.io/t/provision-failing-running-existing-project/25225/6 "2023-05-05T19:44:56Z")

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Well I guess I will update to Ventura soon then, thanks for letting me know!