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- | ==== VirtualBox tips/ | + | ===== VirtualBox tips/tricks ===== |
+ | VirtualBox is a free/ | ||
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+ | * [[http:// | ||
==== Commonly-used commands ==== | ==== Commonly-used commands ==== | ||
- | To change between "not attached", | + | List your VMs: |
- | < | + | |
- | Set the boot order: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Add a shared folder: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Acpi Vm: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Change rdp address: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Change the Authentication type: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | **Note**: option " | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Change rdp port: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | List all VMs in the server: | + | |
< | < | ||
List all running VMs: | List all running VMs: | ||
< | < | ||
- | PORT FORWARDING!! | + | ===== Create a VM ===== |
- | < | + | Copy an ISO to your home directory: |
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata | + | < |
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata | + | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.205 |
+ | < | ||
+ | * start the virtualbox application | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | * Follow the wizard to create a VM with the following properties: | ||
+ | | ||
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+ | ===== Networking ===== | ||
+ | ==== Bridged Networking ==== | ||
+ | If your guest is using bridged networking you MUST use this command to allow other users to use the host's physical network card. Make sure your virtual machine is shut down and then run this command: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | Each and every VM using bridged networking must use this command. | ||
+ | |||
+ | As of VirtualBox 3.1.2 this is still a [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Port Forwarding ==== | ||
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+ | If your guest OS is using NAT for networking and you want to access services like Apache or SSH, you will need to enable port forwarding. | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ VBoxManage setextradata | ||
+ | $ VBoxManage setextradata | ||
+ | Then you can log in to the VM from your own computer using the port you've forwarded above: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updating VirtualBox ==== | ||
+ | To update VirtualBox to a new version you must shutdown all the running VMs. You can do this by first looking to see which VMs are running ('' | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.8 | ||
+ | (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, | ||
+ | All rights reserved. | ||
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+ | [jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ sudo / | ||
- | List guest properties: | + | $ yum install virtualbox-3.1 |
- | < | + | </file> |
- | Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in < | + |