Sun Microsystems VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 Step by step creating a virtual machine on a headless server

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7 Alternative front-ends; remote virtual machines

To have the VRDP server use the setting from the VM configuration, as the other front- ends would, use this:

VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuidname> --vrdp=config

7.4.3Step by step: creating a virtual machine on a headless server

The following instructions may give you an idea how to create a virtual machine on a headless server over a network connection. We will create a virtual machine, establish a VRDP connection and install a guest operating system – all without having to touch the headless server. All you need is the following:

1.VirtualBox on a server machine with a supported host operating system; for the following example, we will assume a Linux server;

2.an ISO file on the server, containing the installation data for the guest operating system to install (we will assume Windows XP in the following example);

3.a terminal connection to that host over which you can access a command line (e.g. via telnet or ssh);

4.an RDP viewer on the remote client; see chapter 7.4.1, Common third-party RDP viewers, page 100 above for examples.

Note again that on the server machine, since we will only use the headless server, neither Qt nor SDL nor the X Window system will be needed.

1. On the headless server, create a new virtual machine:

VBoxManage createvm --name "Windows XP" --register

Note that if you do not specify --register, you will have to manually use the registervm command later.

2.Make sure the settings for this VM are appropriate for the guest operating system that we will install. For example:

VBoxManage modifyvm "Windows XP" --memory "256MB" --acpi on --boot1 dvd --nic1 nat

3.Create a virtual hard disk for the VM (in this case, 10GB in size) and register it with VirtualBox:

VBoxManage createhd --

filename "WinXP.vdi" --size 10000 --

remember

4. Set this newly created VDI file as the first virtual hard disk of the new VM:

VBoxManage modifyvm "Windows XP" --hda "WinXP.vdi"

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Sun Microsystems VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 user manual Step by step creating a virtual machine on a headless server