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VirtualBox tips/tricks
Commonly-used commands
To change between "not attached", NAT,Bridged,internal network and host olny adapter:
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--nic<1-N> none|null|nat|bridged|intnet|hostonly]
Set the boot order:
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--boot<1-4> none|floppy|dvd|disk|net>]
Add a shared folder:
VBoxManage sharedfolder add <vmname>|<uuid> --name <name> --hostpath <hostpath> [--transient] [--readonly]
Acpi Vm:
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid>|<name>pause|resume|reset|poweroff|savestate|acpipowerbutton|acpisleepbutton|
Change rdp address:
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--vrdpaddress <host>]
Change the Authentication type:
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--vrdpauthtype null|external|guest]
Note: option "external" will limit access to individual users, The user will be required to use rdesktop-vrdp with username and password:
rdesktop-vrdp -u <username> -p - <host ip address>:<vrdp port>
Change rdp port:
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--vrdpport <port>]
List all VMs in the server:
VBoxManage list vms
List all running VMs:
VBoxManage list runningvms
List guest properties:
VBoxManage list -l vms
Note: All the guest parameters(configuration) are in <guestname>.xml
Create a VM
Copy an ISO to your home directory:
$scp <dist>.iso <username>@172.26.0.205:~/
- SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.205
$ ssh <username>@172.26.0.205
- start the virtualbox application
$ VirtualBox
- 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
If your guest OS is using NAT for networking you will need to enable port forwarding. There is no GUI for this in VirtualBox, but you can use VBoxManage setextradata
to make the required changes. If you want to SSH to your VM, for example:
$ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/HostPort" 2223 $ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/GuestPort" 22 $ VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/Protocol" TCP Then you can log in to the VM from your own computer using the port you've forwarded above: <code>$ ssh -p 2223 username@172.26.0.205