Hello listmates, I am wondering if there is a set of scripts/utilities for automatically starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS 6 server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine. Any help much appreciated. Cheers, Boris.
Boris Epstein <borepstein at ...> writes: a set of scripts/utilities for automatically> starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS 6 > server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine.vagrant?
On 03/26/2015 07:33 PM, Boris Epstein wrote:> Hello listmates, > > I am wondering if there is a set of scripts/utilities for automatically > starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS 6 > server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine. > > Any help much appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Boris.Hi Boris, The command you want is "vboxmanage" Usually I'll start a VM in the usual way (using the GUI), configure networking, and then shut it down. Then, to start it headless (assuming the VM is named "mytestvm1"): vboxmanage startvm mytestvm1 --type headless Other commands that I find useful: vboxmanage list vms (show all the VMs defined) vboxmanage list runningvms (show the VMs that are running) There's lots of other subcommands for changing configuration, etc. Typing just "vboxmanage" will show quite a bit of usage information. You can use "vboxmanage controlvm ..." to enable/disable RDP, for example. -Greg
> I am wondering if there is a set of scripts/utilities for automatically > starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a > CentOS 6 > server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine.You can also get access to a headless VM console via RDP with VRDE (VBox Remote Desktop Extension) available from VBox Extension Pack.
Awesome! Thanks for your replies everybody. I was looking more or less at the same options. Just was wondering if there was a ready-made set of scripts somewhere to set all of this in motion to save me a little time - but if not, I will just make one. Cheers, Boris. On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:16 AM, ????????? ???????? <nevis2us at infoline.su> wrote:> I am wondering if there is a set of scripts/utilities for automatically >> starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS >> 6 >> server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine. >> > > You can also get access to a headless VM console via RDP with VRDE (VBox > Remote Desktop Extension) available from VBox Extension Pack. > >
On 03/26/2015 10:40 PM, Bob Hepple wrote:> Boris Epstein <borepstein at ...> writes: > a set of scripts/utilities for automatically >> starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS 6 >> server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine. > vagrant? > > _______________________________________________ >I'm unfamiliar with vagrant, but it's pretty easy to roll your own. email me off list if you'd like a copy of my Frankenstein scripts. -- public gpg key id: AE60F64C
I use phpVirtualBox on my Centos 6 system. Works very well. http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpvirtualbox/ - A web-based front-end to VirtualBox written in PHP Cheers Mal On 27/03/15 13:33, Boris Epstein wrote:> Hello listmates, > > I am wondering if there is a set of scripts/utilities for automatically > starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS 6 > server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine. > > Any help much appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Boris. >
Thanks Malcolm! I am looking at using this one too. Boris. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:04 AM, Malcolm <fragbaitmm at gmail.com> wrote:> I use phpVirtualBox on my Centos 6 system. > Works very well. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpvirtualbox/ - A web-based front-end to > VirtualBox written in PHP > > Cheers > Mal > > > On 27/03/15 13:33, Boris Epstein wrote: > >> Hello listmates, >> >> I am wondering if there is a set of scripts/utilities for automatically >> starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS >> 6 >> server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine. >> >> Any help much appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Boris. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >