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| - | ===== VirtualBox | + | ===== VirtualBox ===== |
| - | + | VirtualBox is a free/opensource Hypervisor from Sun Microsystems. | |
| - | ==== Commonly-used commands ==== | + | |
| - | To change between "not attached", | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Set the boot order: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Add a shared folder: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Acpi Vm: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Change rdp address: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Change the Authentication type: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | **Note**: option " | + | |
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| - | Change rdp port: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | List all VMs in the server: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | List all running VMs: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
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| - | PORT FORWARDING!! | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | + | |
| - | $ VBoxManage setextradata b3924a0c-70a1-4890-8dff-3cc308cdaf28 " | + | |
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| - | List guest properties: | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in < | + | |
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| ===== Create a VM ===== | ===== Create a VM ===== | ||
| Copy an ISO to your home directory: | Copy an ISO to your home directory: | ||
| - | < | + | < |
| - | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.205 | + | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.200 |
| - | < | + | < |
| * 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 |
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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. | ||
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| + | As of VirtualBox 3.1.2 this is still a [[http:// | ||
| ==== Port Forwarding ==== | ==== Port Forwarding ==== | ||
| - | If your guest OS is using NAT for networking you will need to enable port forwarding. | + | If your guest OS is using NAT for networking |
| < | < | ||
| $ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu " | $ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu " | ||
| - | $ 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. | ||
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| + | [jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ sudo / | ||
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| + | $ yum install virtualbox-3.1 | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | ===== Commonly-used commands ===== | ||
| + | ==== List your VMs ==== | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== List your running VMs ==== | ||
| + | < | ||