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This has been tested using the following:<br/>
This has been tested using the following:<br/>
<ol>
<li>SME Server Release 8.0</li>
<li>VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_el5-1</li>
<li>Kernel is 2.6.18-308.13.1.el5</li>
</ol>
===Requirements===
===Requirements===
===Access VM outside the Network===
===Access VM outside the Network===
<ol>
<ol>
<li>Login to SME Server Manager page, then add a hostname for your Virtual Machine on <b>Hostnames and addresses</b>.</li>
<li>On SME Server Manager page, on <b>Port Forwarding</b> left menu, open port <b>9000</b> (as per Remote Desktop Server Port under Display) using your desired Source Port:</li>
Protocol: TCP<br/>
Protocol: TCP<br/>
Source Ports: 33900<br/>
Source Ports: 33900<br/>
Destination IP: 192.168.100.60<br/>
Destination IP: 192.168.100.1 ''(which is also the localhost'')<br/>
Destination Port: 3389<br/>
Destination Port: 9000<br/>
Allow Hosts: <you can leave it blank, or place your Public IP so only your IP can access the VM)<br/>
Allow Hosts: <you can leave it blank, or place your Public IP so only your IP can access the VM)<br/>
Rule Comment: <eg. vmXP for SOS><br/>
Rule Comment: <eg. vmXP for SOS><br/>
<li>Make sure you enable Remote Desktop on your VM by going to ''Control Panel'' -> ''System'' -> ''Remote'' -> tick <b>Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop</b> or the last option. Then add the allowed user who can access the VM.</li>
<li>Now you can access your VM thru RDP using this hostname ''domain.com:33900''</li>
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===Upgrading VirtualBox===
<ol>
<li>Remove installed VirtualBox.
<pre>yum remove VirtualBox-4.1</pre></li>
<li>Install the latest VirtualBox, as of this date it is VirtualBox 4.2.
<pre>yum install --enablerepo=virtualbox VirtualBox-4.2</pre></li>
<li>Re-create a '''vbox.cfg''' file on your /etc/vbox/.
<pre>nano /etc/vbox/vbox.cfg</pre>
<p>''vbox.cfg'' should have this content.</p>
<pre>VBOXWEB_USER='root'
VBOXWEB_HOST=127.0.0.1
VBOXWEB_PORT=18083
</pre></li>
<li>Install VirtualBox extension pack, you can find the extension packs [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads here].
<pre>wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.0-80737.vbox-extpack
vboxmanage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.0-80737.vbox-extpack
</pre></li>
<li>Test if your VirtualBox upgrade is successful by starting your existing virtual machine.
<pre>vboxheadless –s vmXP</pre> OR
<pre>/etc/init.d/vbox start</pre></li>
</ol>
===Upgrading phpVirtualBox===
<ol>
<li>Make a directory to save your existing phpVirtualBox folder.
<pre>mkdir –p /tmp/phpvirtualbox-4.1.22</pre></li>
<li>Change directory to your phpvbox ibay then copy all of your phpVirtualBox files.
<pre>cd /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html/
cp –R * /tmp/phpvirtualbox-4.1.22</pre></li>
<li>Download the latest phpVirtualBox to /tmp/ folder.
<pre>cd /tmp
wget http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/phpvirtualbox-4.2-0b.zip
unzip phpvirtualbox-4.2-0b.zip
cd phpvirtualbox-4.2-0b
yes | cp -R * /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html/
</pre></li>
<li>Rename ''config.php.example'' to ''config.php'' and edit the configuration file as per above.
<pre>mv config.php-example config.php</pre></li>
<li>Restart vboxwebservice
<pre>/etc/init.d/vboxweb-service restart</pre></li>
<li>Download the latest VBox Guest Additions and install to your Guest VM.
<pre>cd /opt/VMs/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.0.iso
</pre></li>
</ol>
===Troubleshooting===
===Troubleshooting===
