VirtualBox Virtual Machine Creation
Internal
Linux VM Creation
From the VirtualBox Manager -> New -> Expert Mode (it may already start in Expert Mode, and in that case, you'll see a button named "Guided Mode" at the bottom of the screen).
The VM creation process with create the corresponding files in a directory associated with the VM, in ~/VirtualBox VMs/<vm-name>.
The VID (VirtualBox disk image) is a file with .vdi extension.
Name: master31-1.openshift.local
Type: Linux
Version: Red Hat (64-bit)
Memory Size:
Create a virtual hard disk now
Create
File Location: <vm-name> in ~/VirtualBox VMs/<vm-name>/<vm-name>
Will get the .vdi extension.
File size:
Hard disk file type: VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)
Storage on physical hard disk: Dynamically allocated
Create
After this step, the VM should be created and you can review configuration in the right pane.
!!!VM Post-Creation Configuration
__Note:__ Click OK often, if you go through many changes and successive tabs and don't click OK, Cancel will discard all changes.
!!Settings -> System -> Motherboard
Boot Order: Optical, Hard Disk (deselect Floppy)
Chipset: ICH9
Pointing Device: USB Tablet (so I don't need to Left Command to release the mouse)
Extended Features: Enable I/O APIC
Extended Features: Hardware Clock in UTC Time
!!Settings -> System -> Processor
Processors(s)
Execution Cap:
Extended Features: Enable PAE/NX
!!Settings -> System -> Acceleration
Paravirtualization Interface: Default
Hardware Virtualization: Enable VT-x/AMD-v, Enable Nested Paging.
!!Settings -> Display -> Screen
Video Memory: 128 MB.
HiDPI Support: Use Unscaled HiDPI Output
!!Settings -> Storage
Controller IDE
Name: IDE
Type: ICH6
Use Host I/O Cache
Empty -> Leave it IDE Secondary Master.
No Live CD/DVD
Controller SATA
Type AHCI
Port Count 1
Don't use Host I/O Cache
*.vdi -> Hard Disk SATA Port 0
Solid-state Drive (if it's a Solid-state Drive)
!!Settings -> Network
See [VirtualBox Networking Concepts], but usually we we want to add a Host-only adapter and a NAT (in this order).
Before adding the Host-only network adapter, go to VirtualBox -> Preferences -> Network -> Host-only Networks and add a Host-only network, if required. If one already exists and you plan to share it, you're all set. If there isn't any, add "vboxnet0". Configure it as described here: [VirtualBox Host-Only Networking Configuration].
For all adapters:
Advanced -> Paravirtualized Network (virtio-net)
Promiscuous Mode: Deny
Cable connected: yes
!!!Linux Guest OS Installation
Select the VM -> Settings -> Storage -> Controller: IDE -> Select drive -> Attributes: Optical Drive: IDE Primary Master -> click on the Disk icon -> Choose Virtual Disk File -> Select the OS iso file.
Start -> Normal Start
From now on go to [RHEL7] to perform the guest OS installation and then return here to continue with Guest Additions.
!!!Guest Additions
The guest additions are special software packages that are shipped with VirtualBox but designed to be installed inside a VM to improve the performance of the guest OS and add extra features.
Guest Additions are supposed to be installed inside the virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed:
Download Template:VBoxGuestAdditions 5.0.4.iso from the same place, then mount the image as a local filesystem: Select the VM -> Settings -> Storage -> Controller IDE -> Disk icon -> Choose Virtual Optical Disk File
Then I found the content under: /dev/disk/by-label/VBOXADDITIONS_5.0.4_102546
Then I mounted it
{{{ mount /dev/disk/by-label/VBOXADDITIONS_5.0.4_102546 /mnt }}}
Installation as root:
{{{
yum update yum install bzip2 kernel-devel gcc
cd /mnt ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run }}}
!!!Reboot to Make Sure the Host Starts
!!!Still TODO
Set shared folders and write down the procedure. Manual page 70.
!!!Windows VM Creation
Lessons learned so far:
- The screen resolution does not seem great and the mouse interaction is choppy.
- It is probably best if I access it over Remote Desktop
- Some way to exchange files/
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