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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>
  
      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>
   <li></li>
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   <li>Install phpVirtualBox</li>
 +
      <pre>cd /tmp<br/>
 +
wget  http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/phpvirtualbox-4.0-6.zip<br/>
 +
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>
 +
  <li>Create a <b>tmp</b> folder inside the /phpvbox/html folder.</li>
 +
      <pre>cd /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html<br/>
 +
mkdir tmp
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</pre>
 +
  <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>
 +
      <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/>
 +
</pre>
  
 +
  <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>
 +
      <pre>vboxmanage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null</pre>
 +
  <li>Install VirtualBox extension pack to enable support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards.</li>
 +
      <pre>wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack<br/>
 +
vboxmanage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack</pre>
 +
 +
  <li>Go to http://your_server’s_ip/phpvbox (e.g. http://192.168.100.1/phpvbox) to create our virtual machine.
 +
      <ul>
 +
        <li>Create a new virtual machine (e.g. vmXP)</li>
 +
        <li>Enable network card (either NAT or Bridged) so you can connect to your new VM console.</li>
 +
        <li>Open an RDP client (run->mstsc) then type your server’s IP address e.g. 192.168.100.1.</li>
 +
      </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===
 +
 +
<ol>
 +
<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/>
 +
stop()<br/>
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{<br/>
 +
        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/>
 +
        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/>
 +
  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/>
 +
        exit 3<br/>
 +
        ;;<br/>
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esac<br/>
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</pre>
 
</ol>
 
</ol>

Revision as of 07:22, 5 July 2011

  1. Setup SME Server v8 beta 6.
  2. Do a yum update.
  3. yum update<br />
    signal-event post-upgrade<br />
    signal-event reboot
  4. Check your current kernel.
  5. uname -r
  6. Install kernel-devel to get the latest development tree (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE-i686).
  7. Use this command only if you have PAE kernel installed:
    yum install kernel-PAE-devel

    Otherwise,

    yum install kernel-devel


  8. Create a symbolic link
  9. ln –s /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE-i686 /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

    or

    ln –s /usr/src/kernels/’uname  –r’-i686 /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
  10. Install DKMS
  11. wget http://packages.sw.be/dkms/dkms-2.1.1.2-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm<br/>
    yum install  dkms-2.1.1.2-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm
  12. Enable fopen on php.ini (line 65) located on /etc/
  13. allow_url_fopen = On
  14. Install VirtualBox v4.0 (At the time of writing, the latest version is v4.0.8).
  15. wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.8_71778_rhel5-1.i386.rpm<br/>
    yum install VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.8_71778_rhel5-1.i386.rpm -y

    Note: you will get an error message, which you can ignore.

  16. Setup VirtualBox as a service so it starts automatically after a reboot by copying the vboxwebsrv from rc5.d to rc7.d.
  17. cp /etc/rc5.d/S30vboxdrv /etc/rc7.d/.<br/>
    cp /etc/rc5.d/S35vboxballoonctrl /etc/rc7.d/.<br/>
    cp /etc/rc5.d/S35vboxweb-service /etc/rc7.d/.
  18. Create a vbox.cfg file on your /etc/vbox/.
    nano /etc/vbox/vbox.cfg
          vbox.cfg should have this content.
    
    VBOXWEB_USER='root'<br/>
    VBOXWEB_HOST=127.0.0.1<br/>
    VBOXWEB_PORT=18083<br/>

    Note: Without the vbox.cfg, vbox services on your rc7.d folder will not start.

  19. Before we install phpVirtualBox, make sure you install SOAP first.
  20. yum install php-soap
  21. Login to the server-manager page and create an ibay for phpvbox. Don’t forget to assign a password.
  22. Install phpVirtualBox
  23. cd /tmp<br/>
    wget  http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/phpvirtualbox-4.0-6.zip<br/>
    unzip phpvirtualbox-4.0-6.zip<br/>
    cd phpvirtualbox-4.0-6<br/>
    cp –R * /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html
  24. Create a tmp folder inside the /phpvbox/html folder.
  25. cd /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html<br/>
    mkdir tmp
    
  26. Open config.php (located on your /phpvbox/html/ folder) and uncomment some lines & change the tmp location as per below.
  27. nano /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html/config.php
    /* SOAP URL of vboxwebsrv (not phpVirtualBox's URL) */<br/>
    var $location = 'http://127.0.0.1:18083/';<br/>
    <br/>
    // Disable authentication<br/>
    var $noAuth = true;<br/>
    <br/>
    // Host / ip to use for console connections<br/>
    //var $consoleHost = '192.168.100.1';<br/>
    <br/>
    var $enableAdvancedConfig = true;<br/>
    <br/>
    // Authentication library.<br/>
    //var $authLib = 'Builtin';<br/>
    <br/>
    // Allow VDE network configuration. This must be supported by the underlying VirtualBox installation!<br/>
    var $enableVDE = true;<br/>
    <br/>
    // Path<br/>
    var $cachePath = '../tmp';<br/>
    
  28. 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.
  29. vboxmanage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null
  30. Install VirtualBox extension pack to enable support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards.
  31. wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack<br/>
    vboxmanage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack
  32. Go to http://your_server’s_ip/phpvbox (e.g. http://192.168.100.1/phpvbox) to create our virtual machine.
    • Create a new virtual machine (e.g. vmXP)
    • Enable network card (either NAT or Bridged) so you can connect to your new VM console.
    • Open an RDP client (run->mstsc) then type your server’s IP address e.g. 192.168.100.1.
         Virtual box.jpg
    
  33. 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.

Automatically Start Virtual Machine in case Power Failure

  1. Create a file (e.g. startXP) on /etc/init.d/
  2. nano /etc/init.d/startXP

    startXP code should look like this:

    vboxmanage startvm --type headless vmXP
  3. Edit your vbox file on /etc/sysconfig/
  4. nano /etc/sysconfig/vbox

    vbox code should look like this:

    # Virtual box machines to autostart<br/>
    # Example to start 2 machines<br/>
    #       VBOX_AUTOSTART = "MachineName1 MachineName2"<br/>
    <br/>
    VBOX_AUTOSTART="vmXP"<br/>
    
  5. Edit your vbox file located on /etc/init.d/
  6. #!/bin/sh<br/>
    #<br/>
    # chkconfig: - 91 35<br/>
    # description: Starts and stops vbox autostart VMs.<br/>
    <br/>
    ### BEGIN INIT INFO<br/>
    # Provides: vbox<br/>
    # Required-Start: $network $named $vboxdrv<br/>
    # Required-Stop: $network $named<br/>
    # Default-Start:<br/>
    # Default-Stop: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6<br/>
    # Short-Description: Autostart some Virtual Box VMs<br/>
    # Description: Autostart some Virtual Box VMs that are mentioned in /etc/sysconfig/vbox file<br/>
    # Written by Alex Amiryan<br/>
    ### END INIT INFO<br/>
    <br/>
    . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions<br/>
    <br/>
    MANAGE_CMD=vboxmanage<br/>
    <br/>
    [ -r /etc/sysconfig/vbox ] && . /etc/sysconfig/vbox<br/>
    <br/>
    prog=$"Virtual Box Machines"<br/>
    <br/>
    start()<br/>
    {<br/>
            echo -n $"Starting $prog: "<br/>
            RETVAL=0<br/>
    <br/>
            for vbox_name in ${VBOX_AUTOSTART}<br/>
            do<br/>
                SERVS=1<br/>
                echo -n "${vbox_name} "<br/>
                daemon $MANAGE_CMD startvm "${vbox_name}" -type headless >/dev/null 2>&1<br/>
                RETVAL=$?<br/>
                [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] || break<br/>
            done<br/>
            if [ -z "$SERVS" ]; then<br/>
                echo -n "no virtual machines configured "<br/>
                failure<br/>
                RETVAL=6<br/>
            else<br/>
                if [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ]; then<br/>
                    success $"vbox startup"<br/>
                    touch /var/lock/subsys/vbox<br/>
                else<br/>
                    failure $"vbox start"<br/>
                fi<br/>
            fi<br/>
            echo<br/>
            return "$RETVAL"<br/>
    }<br/>
    <br/>
    stop()<br/>
    {<br/>
            echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "<br/>
            for vbox_name in ${VBOX_AUTOSTART}<br/>
            do<br/>
                echo -n "${vbox_name} "<br/>
                runuser root -c "$MANAGE_CMD -q controlvm "${vbox_name}" savestate" >/dev/null 2>&1<br/>
            done<br/>
            RETVAL=$?<br/>
            [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && success $"vbox shutdown" || \<br/>
                failure $"vbox shutdown"<br/>
            echo<br/>
            [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/vbox<br/>
            return "$RETVAL"<br/>
    }<br/>
    <br/>
    status()<br/>
    {<br/>
            for vbox_name in ${VBOX_AUTOSTART}<br/>
            do<br/>
                echo -n "${vbox_name} "<br/>
                $MANAGE_CMD showvminfo "${vbox_name}"|grep "^State:\s*.*$"<br/>
            done<br/>
    }<br/>
    <br/>
    case "$1" in<br/>
      start)<br/>
            start<br/>
            ;;<br/>
      stop)<br/>
            stop<br/>
            ;;<br/>
      restart|force-reload)<br/>
            stop<br/>
            start<br/>
            ;;<br/>
      status)<br/>
            status<br/>
            ;;<br/>
      *)<br/>
            echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2<br/>
            exit 3<br/>
            ;;<br/>
    esac<br/>