Questions tagged [virtualbox]

Oracle VM VirtualBox is a desktop virtualization product for x86, AMD64 and Intel64 processor architectures.

Oracle VM VirtualBox is a desktop virtualization product for x86, AMD64 and Intel64 processor architectures.

The VirtualBox host software runs on Windows, Linux, Apple Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts.

The host software supports a wide variety of guest operating systems.

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What would happen if I were to install VMware tools/VirtualBox Additions on a real (non-virtualized) computer?

I've wanted to know about this for a while, but I haven't had a computer that I would risk trying it out on. What might happen if I were to install virtualization 'assist' software, meant to be run on an OS inside a virtual machine, on a real,…
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is it possible to clone or export a VM from a hyper-v cloud?

I would like to know how I can get a clone of a machine that we have in our cloud? We are running hyper-v and are using microsoft virtual machine manager console as a client to manage our virtual hosts and virtual machines. I know there are options…
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Give an external IP to a Virtual Machine

I've a Windows Server 2008 R2 with 8 public IPs assigned (fixed), recently i've installed VirtualBox and create a VirtualMachine with OpenBSD. I would like to give one IP to the VM, but every try that i tested this fails. In Windows there's a public…
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how do I install pdsh on centos 6?

I'm following a tutorial on how to configure a centos machine to be a node in a hadoop cluster for HortonWorks. I'm doing this on a virtual machine on VirtualBox. Sadly, since I am a linux beginner, I am stuck on some very basic steps: 2.4.…
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Ansible/Chef/Puppet to manage personal VMs

Does it make sense? I know it's useful when we have many servers/virtual machines, but I wanted to use these tools to manage my personal virtual machines. I'm using virtualbox. sometimes I have to write something in Ruby, later in Python, from time…
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Can I bridge between two different networks?

I have a VirtualBox VM which has: eth0: 10.0.2.15/24 default-gateway: 10.0.2.2/24 Within that VM I have 2 LXC containers (i.e. two other virtual machines) VM1 - eth0: 10.50.50.50/16 (connects to br0) VM2 - eth0: 10.50.50.51/16 (connects to…
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Getting 2 Guest VirtualBoxes Talking to Each Other

Here's my setup of my Virtualbox. I have a Windows XP as my host and Ubuntu as my guest OS. I'm wondering if it is possible for 2 Ubuntu guests in Virtualbox to talk to each other. For example, ssh to each other?
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VirtualBox | Allow guest host access internet and main host access guest host web server via HTTP

As I describe in the title of this question, I like to allow my guest computer access the internet, and allow my host computer access via HTTP the guest computer. In depth, I have a Windows 7 OS installed in my host computer, and I have installed…
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Using Virtualbox Guest OS to Access a Server Running on the Host Machine

I run a web server locally on my Mac. I use Virtualbox to run various Windows guest OSes thanks to http://www.modern.ie/virtualization-tools The server on my host machine is running WordPress in a multi-site set-up and requires a host name in the…
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Ubuntu - VirtualBox instllation issues

I'm new to linux. I'm trying to install VirtualBox in my Ubuntu 12.04 but while installing from terminal the installation stopped with the below error. http://pastebin.com/6d3Ux9qG So I tried to install it from Ubuntu Software center, but it tells…
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Can't install vbox additions on a server 2008

Today I find myself unable to update the vbox additions on a Windows 2008, I was running it with Administrator account, but it still complains about it.
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How to set up VirtualBox Guest as Server on Different Subnets?

First, my server only has two public IP addresses. eth1 188.138.124.244 netmask 255.255.255.192 eth1:0 85.25.110.198 netmask 255.255.255.192 default gateway: 188.138.124.193 How can I set up VirtualBox so that the Guest can be a server and use…
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Access server running in VirtualBox

I use Windows 7 but I run Linux Ubuntu in a VirtualBox. I have installed a LAMP server on Ubuntu but I am not sure how to access it. Right now I have my router set up to Port forward to my IP but that IP is only good for my HOST computer. Is…
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VirtualBox VT-x virtualization already in use

My host OS: Mac OSX 10.8.2 (just upgraded from 10.8.1) Virtualbox: 4.2.0 rc80737 Vagrant: 1.0.4 I just upgraded my OS with the latest OSX upgrade/patch. Now, I'm unable to use my VMs: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine…
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how to transfer files and folders from windows (host) to linux (virtual machine)

Please I wish to transfer files and folders from Windows (host) to Linux (virtual machine) using WinSCP. Any ideas?
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