virtualBox.rst

Setup of Shared folders with Host OS

• Specify the shared folder in VirtualBox (either storage options, or in the Devices/Shared Folders menu in a

  VM instance)

• In the VM, Set that folder to be automounted each login: * mkdir directory you want to mount to * Add relevant text to /etc/rc.local:

  mount -t vboxsf share /home/<username>/host

  • You might want to add relevant perms options at end of above lines, eg " -o uid=myuser,gid=myuser

• One quick way to get access to automounted folders in /media: run "sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf username" where username is your username on the VM, to get added to the appropriate group.

Refs:

• http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=15868

Need to re-initialise network stuff before/after cloning

For Ubuntu machines - otherwise its very slow to boot and is waiting on network stuff...

Either:

• before cloning:

  sudo rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

• Or after cloning, on the clone, do the same.

Refs:

• http://askubuntu.com/questions/82322/how-do-i-fix-broken-networking-in-cloned-virtual-machines

Setting up a new Ubuntu server in Vbox:

My preferred sources of pre-built VirtualBoxes

http://virtualboxes.org/images/ubuntu-server/

Basic Ubuntu server setup

To make more user-friendly, keyboard, mouse stuff:-

• sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Refs:

• http://askubuntu.com/questions/155424/changing-tty-keyboard-layout-on-a-server