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- | ===== VirtualBox | + | ====== VirtualBox |
- | VirtualBox is a free/opensource Hypervisor | + | VirtualBox is a free, open-source hypervisor |
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
- | ==== Commonly-used commands | + | ====== |
- | List your VMs: | + | ===== Bridged |
- | < | + | |
- | List all running VMs: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ===== Create a VM ===== | + | |
- | Copy an ISO to your home directory: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.205 | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | * start the virtualbox application | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | * Follow the wizard to create a VM with the following properties: | + | |
- | - Base Memory: less than 512 MB | + | |
- | - Network : NAT | + | |
- | - Hard disk size: less than 30Gb | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ===== 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: | 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. | ||
- | ==== Port Forwarding ==== | + | As of VirtualBox 3.1.2 this is still a [[http:// |
+ | |||
+ | ===== 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. | 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. | ||
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- | ==== Updating VirtualBox ==== | + | ====== Commonly-used commands ====== |
- | To update VirtualBox to a new version you must shutdown all the running VMs. | + | ===== List your VMs ===== |
- | <file>[jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ VBoxManage controlvm | + | < |
- | VirtualBox | + | ===== List your running VMs ===== |
- | (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, | + | < |
- | All rights reserved. | + | |
+ | ====== Updating VirtualBox | ||
+ | === Stop any running VMs === | ||
+ | Either shut down or "save state" for any running VMs. | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | jmagochi | ||
+ | jmagochi | ||
+ | aorth 18431 9.7 1.7 998940 36160 ? Sl Oct11 129:54 / | ||
+ | As the user who owns the VM, save the VM' | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code># su - jmagochi | ||
+ | $ VBoxManage controlvm | ||
+ | $ VBoxManage controlvm lims savestate | ||
+ | $ exit | ||
+ | # su - aorth | ||
+ | $ VBoxManage controlvm b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f savestate | ||
+ | $ exit</ | ||
+ | === Update | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | === Resume VMs === | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ VBoxHeadless -s nobu & | ||
+ | $ VBoxHeadless -s lims & | ||
+ | $ exit | ||
+ | # su - aorth | ||
+ | $ VBoxHeadless -s b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f -v off &</ | ||
- | 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% | + | ====== Optimal settings for Linux guests ====== |
- | [jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ sudo / | + | |
- | $ yum install virtualbox-3.1 | + | * Set the IO scheduler to '' |
- | </file> | + | * Edit the grub command line to set the default IO scheduler, usually in /// |
+ | * Install guest additions (VirtualBox or VMware) | ||
+ | * Run a virtual machine-specific kernel: | ||
+ | * Ubuntu: linux-image-virtual | ||
+ | * Mount filesystems with '' |