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   <li>Install kernel-devel to get the latest development tree (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE-i686).</li>
 
   <li>Install kernel-devel to get the latest development tree (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE-i686).</li>
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      Use this command only if you have PAE kernel installed:<br/>
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Use this command only if you have PAE kernel installed:<br/>
 
       <pre>yum install kernel-PAE-devel</pre>
 
       <pre>yum install kernel-PAE-devel</pre>
      Otherwise,
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Otherwise,
 
       <pre>yum install kernel-devel</pre>
 
       <pre>yum install kernel-devel</pre>
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   <li>Login to the server-manager page and create an ibay for <b>phpvbox</b>. Don’t forget to assign a password.</li>
 
   <li>Login to the server-manager page and create an ibay for <b>phpvbox</b>. Don’t forget to assign a password.</li>
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   <li>Install phpVirtualBox</li>
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      <pre>cd /tmp<br/>
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wget  http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/phpvirtualbox-4.0-6.zip<br/>
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unzip phpvirtualbox-4.0-6.zip<br/>
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cd phpvirtualbox-4.0-6<br/>
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cp –R * /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html</pre>
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  <li>Create a <b>tmp</b> folder inside the /phpvbox/html folder.</li>
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      <pre>cd /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html<br/>
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mkdir tmp
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</pre>
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  <li>Open config.php (located on your /phpvbox/html/ folder) and uncomment some lines & change the tmp location as per below.</li>
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      <pre>nano /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html/config.php</pre>
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      <pre>/* SOAP URL of vboxwebsrv (not phpVirtualBox's URL) */<br/>
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var $location = 'http://127.0.0.1:18083/';<br/>
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<br/>
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// Disable authentication<br/>
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var $noAuth = true;<br/>
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<br/>
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// Host / ip to use for console connections<br/>
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//var $consoleHost = '192.168.100.1';<br/>
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<br/>
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var $enableAdvancedConfig = true;<br/>
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<br/>
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// Authentication library.<br/>
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//var $authLib = 'Builtin';<br/>
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<br/>
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// Allow VDE network configuration. This must be supported by the underlying VirtualBox installation!<br/>
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var $enableVDE = true;<br/>
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<br/>
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// Path<br/>
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var $cachePath = '../tmp';<br/>
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</pre>
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  <li>Disable authentication of vboxwebsrv (this is not recommended, but at this stage, this is the only setup that works). Login to the server’s SSH and type this command.</li>
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      <pre>vboxmanage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null</pre>
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  <li>Install VirtualBox extension pack to enable support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards.</li>
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      <pre>wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack<br/>
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vboxmanage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack</pre>
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  <li>Go to http://your_server’s_ip/phpvbox (e.g. http://192.168.100.1/phpvbox) to create our virtual machine.
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      <ul>
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        <li>Create a new virtual machine (e.g. vmXP)</li>
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        <li>Enable network card (either NAT or Bridged) so you can connect to your new VM console.</li>
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        <li>Open an RDP client (run->mstsc) then type your server’s IP address e.g. 192.168.100.1.</li>
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      </ul>
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      [[File:virtual_box.jpg]]
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</li>
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<li>Download VirtualBox Guest Addition from here http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.8.iso and install it to your newly setup VM.</li>
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</ol>
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===Automatically Start Virtual Machine in case Power Failure===
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<ol>
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<li>Create a file (e.g. startXP) on /etc/init.d/</li>
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<pre>nano /etc/init.d/startXP</pre>
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startXP code should look like this:
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<pre>vboxmanage startvm --type headless vmXP</pre>
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<li>Edit your <b>vbox<b> file on /etc/sysconfig/</li>
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<pre>nano /etc/sysconfig/vbox</pre>
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vbox code should look like this:
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<pre>
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# Virtual box machines to autostart<br/>
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# Example to start 2 machines<br/>
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#      VBOX_AUTOSTART = "MachineName1 MachineName2"<br/>
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<br/>
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VBOX_AUTOSTART="vmXP"<br/>
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</pre>
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<li>Edit your vbox file located on /etc/init.d/</li>
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<pre>
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#!/bin/sh<br/>
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#<br/>
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# chkconfig: - 91 35<br/>
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# description: Starts and stops vbox autostart VMs.<br/>
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<br/>
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### BEGIN INIT INFO<br/>
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# Provides: vbox<br/>
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# Required-Start: $network $named $vboxdrv<br/>
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# Required-Stop: $network $named<br/>
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# Default-Start:<br/>
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# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6<br/>
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# Short-Description: Autostart some Virtual Box VMs<br/>
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# Description: Autostart some Virtual Box VMs that are mentioned in /etc/sysconfig/vbox file<br/>
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# Written by Alex Amiryan<br/>
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### END INIT INFO<br/>
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<br/>
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. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions<br/>
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<br/>
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MANAGE_CMD=vboxmanage<br/>
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<br/>
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[ -r /etc/sysconfig/vbox ] && . /etc/sysconfig/vbox<br/>
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<br/>
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prog=$"Virtual Box Machines"<br/>
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<br/>
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start()<br/>
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{<br/>
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        echo -n $"Starting $prog: "<br/>
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        RETVAL=0<br/>
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<br/>
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        for vbox_name in ${VBOX_AUTOSTART}<br/>
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        do<br/>
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            SERVS=1<br/>
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            echo -n "${vbox_name} "<br/>
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            daemon $MANAGE_CMD startvm "${vbox_name}" -type headless >/dev/null 2>&1<br/>
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            RETVAL=$?<br/>
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            [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] || break<br/>
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        done<br/>
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        if [ -z "$SERVS" ]; then<br/>
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            echo -n "no virtual machines configured "<br/>
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            failure<br/>
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            RETVAL=6<br/>
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        else<br/>
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            if [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ]; then<br/>
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                success $"vbox startup"<br/>
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                touch /var/lock/subsys/vbox<br/>
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            else<br/>
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                failure $"vbox start"<br/>
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            fi<br/>
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        fi<br/>
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        echo<br/>
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        return "$RETVAL"<br/>
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}<br/>
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<br/>
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stop()<br/>
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{<br/>
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        echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "<br/>
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        for vbox_name in ${VBOX_AUTOSTART}<br/>
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        do<br/>
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            echo -n "${vbox_name} "<br/>
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            runuser root -c "$MANAGE_CMD -q controlvm "${vbox_name}" savestate" >/dev/null 2>&1<br/>
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        done<br/>
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        RETVAL=$?<br/>
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        [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && success $"vbox shutdown" || \<br/>
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            failure $"vbox shutdown"<br/>
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        echo<br/>
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        [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/vbox<br/>
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        return "$RETVAL"<br/>
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}<br/>
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<br/>
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status()<br/>
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{<br/>
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        for vbox_name in ${VBOX_AUTOSTART}<br/>
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        do<br/>
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            echo -n "${vbox_name} "<br/>
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            $MANAGE_CMD showvminfo "${vbox_name}"|grep "^State:\s*.*$"<br/>
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        done<br/>
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}<br/>
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<br/>
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case "$1" in<br/>
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  start)<br/>
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        start<br/>
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        ;;<br/>
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  stop)<br/>
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        stop<br/>
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        ;;<br/>
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  restart|force-reload)<br/>
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        stop<br/>
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        start<br/>
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        ;;<br/>
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  status)<br/>
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        status<br/>
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        ;;<br/>
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  *)<br/>
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        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2<br/>
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        exit 3<br/>
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        ;;<br/>
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esac<br/>
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</pre>
 
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