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===== VirtualBox tips/tricks ===== | ===== VirtualBox tips/tricks ===== | ||
+ | VirtualBox is a free/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | * VirtualBox homepage: 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!! | ||
- | < | ||
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | ||
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | ||
- | |||
- | List guest properties: | ||
- | < | ||
- | Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in < | ||
===== Create a VM ===== | ===== Create a VM ===== | ||
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* start the virtualbox application | * start the virtualbox application | ||
< | < | ||
- | * Follow the wizzard | + | * Follow the wizard |
- Base Memory: less than 512 MB | - Base Memory: less than 512 MB | ||
- Network : NAT | - Network : NAT | ||
- | - Harddisk | + | - Hard disk size: less than 30Gb |
- | ==== Port Forwarding | + | ===== Networking ===== |
- | If your guest OS is using NAT for networking you will need to enable port forwarding. | + | ==== Bridged Networking ==== |
- | < | + | If your guest is using bridged |
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata < | + | < |
- | $ VBoxManage setextradata < | + | |
+ | ==== 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: | 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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% | ||
+ | [jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ sudo / | ||
+ | |||
+ | $ yum install virtualbox-3.1 | ||
+ | </file> |