virtualbox.md

Installing Virtualbox 4.3 on Ubuntu Server 13.10 64-bit

First install Virtualbox

1. Add deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib to /etc/apt/sources.list
2. wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo apt-get install dkms unzip vim linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential virtualbox-4.3 -y
5. wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.14/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.14-95030.vbox-extpack
6. sudo VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.14-95030.vbox-extpack

Prepare the user which vboxweb-service use,you must create the user's home directory

1. sudo useradd -m -G vboxusers vbox
2. sudo passwd vbox set the password of vbox and record it

Install apache,PHP and Other components

1. sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php-soap -y
2. sudo service apache2 restart

Install and config phpvirtualbox

1. wget 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/phpvirtualbox/phpvirtualbox-4.3-1.zip' -O phpvirtualbox.zip
2. sudo unzip phpvirtualbox.zip
3. sudo mv phpvirtualbox-4.3-1 /var/www/html/phpvirtualbox
4. sudo mv /var/www/html/phpvirtualbox/config.php-example /var/www/html/phpvirtualbox/config.php
5. sudo vi /var/www/html/phpvirtualbox/config.php and make $username and $password match the user you created earlier

Config virtualbox webservice

1. sudo vi /etc/default/virtualbox
2. Add VBOXWEB_USER=vbox
3. sudo /etc/init.d/vboxweb-service start
4. In a browser, go to http://your-server/phpvirtualbox and login with username 'admin' and password 'admin' (you can change it when login into phpvirtualbox)

Installing Virtualbox 4.3 on Ubuntu Server 13.10 64-bit