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| - | ====== VirtualBox ====== | ||
| - | VirtualBox is a free/ | ||
| - | * [[http:// | ||
| - | * [[http:// | ||
| - | ====== Create a VM ====== | ||
| - | Copy an ISO to your home directory: | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.200 | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | * 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 | ||
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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:// | ||
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| - | ===== Port Forwarding ===== | ||
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| - | 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: | ||
| - | < | ||
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| - | ====== Commonly-used commands ====== | ||
| - | ===== List your VMs ===== | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | ===== List your running VMs ===== | ||
| - | < | ||
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| - | ====== Updating VirtualBox ====== | ||
| - | ===== Stop any running VMs ===== | ||
| - | Either shut down or "save state" for any running VMs. First, find any users who have " | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | jmagochi | ||
| - | jmagochi | ||
| - | aorth 18431 9.7 1.7 998940 36160 ? Sl Oct11 129:54 / | ||
| - | As the user who owns the VM, save the VM's state: | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | $ VBoxManage controlvm nobu savestate | ||
| - | $ VBoxManage controlvm lims savestate | ||
| - | $ exit | ||
| - | # su - aorth | ||
| - | $ VBoxManage controlvm b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f savestate | ||
| - | $ exit</ | ||
| - | ===== Update VirtualBox ===== | ||
| - | ==== CentOS ==== | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | ===== Resume VMs ===== | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | $ VBoxHeadless -s nobu & | ||
| - | $ VBoxHeadless -s lims & | ||
| - | $ exit | ||
| - | # su - aorth | ||
| - | $ VBoxHeadless -s b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f -v off &</ | ||
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| - | ===== Mount a CD to a running VM ===== | ||
| - | Attach an ISO to a running VM. The CD/DVD device is on the Secondary IDE controller (--port 1), and it is the slave device (--device 1). | ||
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| - | ===== Optimal settings for a guest ===== | ||
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| - | * Notes about '' | ||
| - | * Set the IO scheduler to '' | ||
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