VirtualBox 4.0 on SME Server v8 beta 6

From SME Server
Revision as of 06:22, 5 July 2011 by Compsos (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search
  1. Setup SME Server v8 beta 6.
  2. Do a yum update.
    3. yum update<br />
signal-event post-upgrade<br />
signal-event reboot
  3. Check your current kernel.
    4. uname -r
  4. Install kernel-devel to get the latest development tree (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE-i686).
    5. Use this command only if you have PAE kernel installed:
    yum install kernel-PAE-devel

    Otherwise, 

    yum install kernel-devel


  5. Create a symbolic link
    6. 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
  6. Install DKMS
    7. 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
  7. Enable fopen on php.ini (line 65) located on /etc/
    8. allow_url_fopen = On
  8. Install VirtualBox v4.0 (At the time of writing, the latest version is v4.0.8).
    9. 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.

  9. Setup VirtualBox as a service so it starts automatically after a reboot by copying the vboxwebsrv from rc5.d to rc7.d.
    10. 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/.
  10. 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.

  11. Before we install phpVirtualBox, make sure you install SOAP first.
    12. yum install php-soap
  12. Login to the server-manager page and create an ibay for phpvbox. Don’t forget to assign a password.
  13. Install phpVirtualBox
    14. 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
  14. Create a tmp folder inside the /phpvbox/html folder.
    15. cd /home/e-smith/files/ibays/phpvbox/html<br/>
mkdir tmp
  15. Open config.php (located on your /phpvbox/html/ folder) and uncomment some lines & change the tmp location as per below.
    16. 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/>
  16. 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.
    17. vboxmanage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null
  17. Install VirtualBox extension pack to enable support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards.
    18. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  2. Edit your vbox file on /etc/sysconfig/
    3. 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/>
  3. Edit your vbox file located on /etc/init.d/
    4. #!/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/>
Retrieved from "https://wiki.koozali.org/index.php?title=VirtualBox_4.0_on_SME_Server_v8_beta_6&oldid=15715"