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| - | ==== VirtualBox tips/ | + | ===== VirtualBox tips/tricks ===== |
| ==== Commonly-used commands ==== | ==== Commonly-used commands ==== | ||
| To change between "not attached", | To change between "not attached", | ||
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| List all running VMs: | List all running VMs: | ||
| < | < | ||
| + | List guest properties: | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in < | ||
| - | PORT FORWARDING!! | + | ===== Create a VM ===== |
| - | < | + | Copy an ISO to your home directory: |
| - | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | + | < |
| - | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | + | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.205 |
| + | < | ||
| + | * start the virtualbox application | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | * Follow the wizzard to create a VM with the following properties: | ||
| + | - Base Memory: less than 512 MB | ||
| + | - Network : NAT | ||
| + | - Harddisk size: less than 30Gb | ||
| + | ==== Port Forwarding ==== | ||
| - | List guest properties: | + | If your guest OS is using NAT for networking you will need to enable port forwarding. |
| - | < | + | < |
| - | Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in <guestname>.xml | + | $ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu " |
| + | $ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu " | ||
| + | Then you can log in to the VM from your own computer using the port you've forwarded above: | ||
| + | <code>$ ssh -p 2223 username@172.26.0.205</ | ||