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| - | ===== VirtualBox | + | ====== VirtualBox |
| - | ==== Commonly-used commands | + | VirtualBox is a free, open-source hypervisor from Oracle. |
| - | To change between "not attached", | + | |
| - | < | + | * [[http:// |
| - | Set the boot order: | + | * [[http:// |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Add a shared folder: | + | ====== Tips ====== |
| - | < | + | ===== Optimal settings for Linux guests ===== |
| - | Acpi Vm: | + | Guest operating systems are not like host operating systems. |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Change rdp address: | + | |
| - | < | + | * Edit the grub command line to set the default IO scheduler, usually in /// |
| - | Change the Authentication type: | + | * Install guest additions (VirtualBox or VMware) |
| - | < | + | * Run a virtual machine-specific kernel: |
| - | **Note**: option " | + | * Ubuntu: linux-image-virtual |
| - | < | + | |
| - | Change rdp port: | + | |
| - | < | + | ===== Networking ===== |
| - | List all VMs in the server: | + | ==== Bridged Networking ==== |
| - | < | + | If your guest is using bridged networking you MUST use this command |
| - | List all running VMs: | + | < |
| - | < | + | 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://www.virtualbox.org/ |
| - | Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in < | + | |
| - | ===== Create a VM ===== | ||
| - | Copy an ISO to your home directory: | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | * 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 ==== | ==== 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: | ||
| - | < | + | < |
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| - | === Upgrading VirtualBox === | + | |
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| - | 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% | + | ===== Commonly-used commands ===== |
| - | [jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv stop | + | ==== List your VMs ==== |
| + | < | ||
| + | ==== List your running VMs ==== | ||
| + | < | ||
| - | $ wget http://download.virtualbox.org/ | + | ===== Updating VirtualBox ===== |
| - | $ rpm -Uvh VirtualBox-3.0.12_54655_rhel5-1.i386.rpm | + | === Stop any running VMs === |
| - | </file> | + | Either shut down or "save state" for any running VMs. First, find any users who have " |
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| + | jmagochi | ||
| + | jmagochi | ||
| + | aorth 18431 9.7 | ||
| + | As the user who owns the VM, save the VM's state: | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | $ VBoxManage controlvm nobu savestate | ||
| + | $ VBoxManage controlvm lims savestate | ||
| + | $ exit | ||
| + | # su - aorth | ||
| + | $ VBoxManage controlvm b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f savestate | ||
| + | $ exit</ | ||
| + | === Update VirtualBox === | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | === Resume VMs === | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | $ VBoxHeadless -s nobu & | ||
| + | $ VBoxHeadless -s lims & | ||
| + | $ exit | ||
| + | # su - aorth | ||
| + | $ VBoxHeadless -s b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f -v off &</ | ||