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#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX HOW TO#
#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX INSTALL#
#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX UPDATE#
#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX UPGRADE#

Everything depends on amount of hardware resource allocated to virtual machine. Running any application software or video game on virtual machines is sometimes not as smooth as running them on OS installed on full hardware. This file works as a real hard drive for the guest OS. Virtual hard drive is nothing but the big size file stored on the computer hard drive. VirtualBox creates virtual hard drive and installs guest OS on it. Basically, VB allows user to run guest operating system on another host operating system virtually without need for partitioning of hard drive or running another OS on dual boot which involves risk of crashing host system. Maybe I should make a new version of this guide for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS when I have the time.VirtualBox (VB) is a cross-platform hypervisor or virtualization software developed by Oracle Corporation.

#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX UPGRADE#

I was just about to upgrade my guest to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I found out that CD-ROM mounting no longer works as expected. I used Win 7 while I was testing this so that could be a you very much for the tip. It could be an issue if you're using linux as host.

#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX INSTALL#

Took me this long to notice since I usually don't get notifications when somebody comments on my I was making this I used a fresh new install of Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 LTS with default VM settings on VirtualBox (with Windows 7 SP1 as host) so if you're using a different setup from mine then chances are you might get some different far as I can remember I didn't encountered any issues with Apache with regards to file permissions. To be honest I wrote this just for my own reference and I didn't expect it would rank well on Google and get some traffic. I'm really surprised that my gist was getting some user engagement (comments, stars, forks, etc).

Remove apache's old html directory (WARNING! Backup your data if necessary).

#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX HOW TO#

How to point apache's web directory to our folder in the host.

If it is then congratulations! You successfully linked the directory within your vm with your host folder. Go to your home directory and check to see if the file is highlighted in green.Add the following line to /etc/modules and save.Add the following line to fstab (separated by tabs) and press Ctrl+O to Save.

To make this permanent, we'll set it so that it will mount our ~/shared directory on system startup This directory mount we just made is temporary and it will disappear on next reboot. The host folder should now be accessible inside the VM.Mount the shared folder from the host to your ~/shared directory.Run installation script for the guest additions:.

Sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

Install dependencies for VirtualBox guest additions:.

Use the following command to mount the CD: Once your VM is up and running, go to Devices menu -> Insert Guest Additions CD image menu Uncheck Read-only and Auto-mount, and check Make Permanent On Add Share prompt, select the Folder Path in your host that you want to be accessible inside your VM. Tested on Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Steps: This guide will walk you through steps on how to setup a VirtualBox shared folder inside your Ubuntu Server guest. Mounting VirtualBox shared folders on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS I will no longer respond to the replies to this gist. Please consider switching to the updated guide instead.

#HOW TO SET UP UBUNTU VIRTUALBOX UPDATE#

Update : This guide is ALREADY OUTDATED and might no longer work with new versions of Ubuntu and VirtualBox. Update 28 July 2019: An updated version of this guide for Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS is now available.