Ubuntu: Virtualisation Server
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This is not a complete howto. At the moment it contains only random thoughts. I will tidy this up later.
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VirtualBox
Install
sources.list
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian natty contrib deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic contrib non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy contrib non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze contrib non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny contrib non-free
Add the signing key
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Install Virtualbox
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0
Configure
We need to create a user that the headless virtualbox instance will run as, and that user needs access to raw disks if you want to use a block device as the storage for a VM.
adduser vbox adduser vbox disk adduser vbox vboxusers
Virtualbox Extension Pack
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack".
Virtualbox Web Service
mkdir -p /etc/vbox
/etc/vbox/vbox.cfg
VBOXWEB_USER=vbox #VBOXWEB_HOST= #VBOXWEB_PORT= #VBOXWEB_TIMEOUT= #VBOXWEB_CHECK_INTERVAL= #VBOXWEB_THREADS= #VBOXWEB_KEEPALIVE= #VBOXWEB_LOGFILE=/tmp/virtualbox.log
Start the service
/etc/init.d/vboxweb-service restart
phpVirtualbox
Installation
Get the latest version
cd /var/www wget `wget -q -O - http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/LATEST.txt` -O phpvirtualbox-latest.zip unzip phpvirtualbox-latest.zip ln -s phpvirtualbox-4.0-6 phpvirtualbox
Configure
cd /var/www/phpvirtualbox mv config.php-example config.php vi config.php
You will want to change the password for the vbox user to match its login credential.
/* Username / Password for system user that runs VirtualBox */ var $username = 'vbox'; var $password = 'pass'; var $consoleHost = '192.168.20.10';
Advanced
Use a LVM logical volume as a virtual storage device
sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /data/virt/centosraw.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/vg0/centos sudo chown vbox:vboxusers /data/virt/centosraw.vmdk
Import a VM from KVM
- Make sure you have PAE NX turned on
- Make sure that you have IO-APIC turned on
- Make sure that the IDE controller is PIIX-3
