The provider 'vmware_desktop' could not be found on macos m1

Question

• install both vagrant and vmware via homebrew

brew install --cask vagrant
brew install --cask vmware-fusion

• verify that everything is installed

➜  ~ vmrun -T ws list

Total running VMs: 0
➜  ~ vagrant -v

Vagrant 2.3.0

• set the default provider as vmware_desktop in my .zshrc (and "sourced" it)

export VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER=vmware_desktop

• initialize a folder and add a box following official get started

vagrant init hashicorp/bionic64
vagrant box add hashicorp/bionic64

and select the option 3) vmware_desktop

• finally run vagrant up from the initialised folder and observe the error

The provider 'vmware_desktop' could not be found, but was requested to
back the machine 'default'. Please use a provider that exists.

Vagrant knows about the following providers: docker, hyperv, virtualbox

did I make some mistake in the setup

Answer 1

You miss to install the Vagrant VMWare plugin

First you need to install Vagrant VMware Utility

Then you can install the plugin

vagrant plugin install vagrant-vmware-desktop