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- | ==== VirtualBox | + | ===== VirtualBox ===== |
+ | VirtualBox is a free/ | ||
- | ==== Commonly-used commands | + | * [[http:// |
- | To change between "not attached", | + | ===== Create a VM ===== |
- | < | + | Copy an ISO to your home directory: |
- | Set the boot order: | + | < |
- | < | + | |
- | Add a shared folder: | + | < |
- | < | + | * start the virtualbox application |
- | Acpi Vm: | + | < |
- | < | + | * Follow the wizard |
- | Change rdp address: | + | - Base Memory: less than 512 MB |
- | < | + | - Network |
- | Change | + | - Hard disk size: less than 30Gb |
- | < | + | |
- | **Note**: option " | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Change rdp port: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | List all VMs in the server: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | List all running VMs: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | PORT FORWARDING!! | + | ===== Networking ===== |
- | < | + | ==== Bridged Networking ==== |
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | + | 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: |
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | + | < |
+ | Each and every VM using bridged networking must use this command. | ||
- | List guest properties: | + | As of VirtualBox 3.1.2 this is still a [[http:// |
- | < | + | |
- | Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in <guestname>.xml | + | ==== Port Forwarding ==== |
+ | |||
+ | 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 Ubuntu " | ||
+ | $ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu " | ||
+ | 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 | ||
+ | <file>[jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ VBoxManage controlvm CentOS savestate | ||
+ | VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.8 | ||
+ | (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, | ||
+ | All rights reserved. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% | ||
+ | [jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ sudo / | ||
+ | |||
+ | $ yum install virtualbox-3.1 | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ===== Commonly-used commands ===== | ||
+ | ==== List your VMs ==== | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | ==== List your running VMs ==== | ||
+ | < |