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* https://askubuntu.com/questions/914997/install-virtualbox-while-keeping-secure-boot

* https://stegard.net/2016/10/virtualbox-secure-boot-ubuntu-fail/

* Assuming you disable secure boot due to a package installation, even when you re-enable secure boot in your system configuration, you may still see [https://askubuntu.com/questions/726052/ubuntu-booting-in-insecure-mode-with-secureboot-enabled ~~“Booting~~ in insecure ~~mode”~~ with SecureBoot enabled]

* Assuming you disable secure boot due to a package installation, even when you re-enable secure boot in your system configuration, you may still see [https://askubuntu.com/questions/726052/ubuntu-booting-in-insecure-mode-with-secureboot-enabled Booting in insecure mode with SecureBoot enabled]

You'll always find a newer version of VirtualBox [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads using the Oracle ppa], so use that rather than the packaged version that comes with your distro. Warning: if you've already got VirtualBox installed from packages, you should remove it (but not 'completely' meaning don't destroy your existing images). Also, under packaged Ubuntu, you can simply <code>apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso</code>; however with the PPA, you'll need to download it yourself.

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You'll also want to download an ISO or two for your virtual machines http://releases.ubuntu.com/

Note: you don't have to mount the ISO, you can just select it by clicking the little folder icon during setup.

== VirtualBox ==

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=== Getting it ===

<~~source~~ lang="bash">

# prep

# Stop any virtual machines

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wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.26/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.26-108824-Ubuntu-trusty_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.26-108824-Ubuntu-trusty_i386.deb

</~~source~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

If you get a 'conflict with virtualbox' error, remove the existing package and re-try the previous install command

<code>sudo dpkg --remove virtualbox-4.3</code>

You may also need to upgrade vagrant E.g. VirtualBox GUI runs fine, but 'vagrant up' does not. This happened to me when my installed version of vagrant 1.7.1 only supported VirtualBox <= 4.3. Upgrading to vagrant 1.8.5 added support for VirtualBox 5.x

<~~source~~ lang="bash">

sudo dpkg -i /home/greg/Downloads/vagrant_1.8.5_i686.deb

</~~source~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

=== VBoxManage ===

Besides the GUI interface for VirtualBox, you can manage your VirtualBox machines with the <code>[[VBoxManage]]</code> command line tool

Besides the GUI interface for VirtualBox, you can manage your VirtualBox machines with the <code>[[VBoxManage]]</code> command line tool.

=== Important Settings ===

Be sure to [https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#settings-processor enable PAE/NX] in the System -> Processor tab for your Ubuntu guests

== ~~Vagrant~~ ==

== Guest Additions ==

If you have problems with installing Guest Additions, see https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/LinuxAdditionsDebug which describes what the drivers are, what they do, and how to install them manually.

~~"Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments. By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle~~'s ~~VirtualBox (ed.: as well as other virtualization engines), Vagrant provides~~ the ~~tools to create~~ and ~~configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments~~."

<code>lsmod | grep vbox</code> will give you some info on what's installed; which will be different for the host and the guest.

~~http:~~/~~/www~~.~~vagrantup.com/~~

<code>modinfo vboxdrv</code> will give you info about the specific driver; especially the filename and version. The version of the driver should match the version of VirtualBox that you're running.

The ~~MediaWiki project uses vagrant and provides instructions as well as~~ the ~~configuration itself so~~ that you ~~can setup a development instance in a snap~~. ~~See [[MediaWiki-Vagrant]]~~

== Extensions ==

You may need/want to install the "'''Extension Pack'''" for VirtualBox. That's because it provides USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, and NVMe. First download the file (it's a tarball with a .vbox-extpack extension), and then use VBoxManage to install it.

VBoxManage list extpacks

VBoxManage extpack --help

VBoxManage extpack install --replace ~/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.13-122773.vbox-extpack

</syntaxhighlight>

== Shared Folders ==

Once you create a shared folder in the VirtualBox UI, you may need to mount that folder from the guest.

~~Configuring shared folders in virtualbox~~ for ~~Quickstart development~~

E.g. for meza,

~~# Power down the Quickstart virtual machine.~~

cd ~/src/meza

# ~~On the host computer, start~~ the ~~Virtualbox management UI.~~

vagrant ssh # to get onto the guest

~~# right~~-~~click Quickstart~~ -~~> settings~~ -~~> shared folders -> click~~ the folder ~~with the green plus~~ on the ~~right~~

sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) opt_meza /opt/meza

~~# Set~~ the ~~"Folder Path" to a path~~ on the ~~host computer. Give full read~~/~~write access.~~

# now the /home/greg/src/meza folder on the host is available to the vagrant user on the guest at /opt/meza

~~# Set the "Folder Name" to "shared". no caps. no vbox-~~

</syntaxhighlight>

~~# Ok -> Ok -~~> ~~start Quickstart vm and this file should disappear.~~

~~# Test by moving a file in the host computer into the host shared folder.~~

Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images

== Disk Images ==

Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images. All about how VirtualBox stores a 'snapshot' of a guest computer into a file on the host.

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046

== Other Projects using VirtualBox ==

See [[Drupal/virtualization]]

* See [[Drupal/virtualization]]

* VirtualBox is the default 'provider' (virtualization system) used by HashiCorp's [[Vagrant]]

* The MediaWiki project uses vagrant so that you can setup a development instance in a snap. See [[MediaWiki-Vagrant]]

[[Category:Virtualization]]

[[Category:Development]]

[[Category:DevOps]]

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 * https://askubuntu.com/questions/914997/install-virtualbox-while-keeping-secure-boot
 * https://stegard.net/2016/10/virtualbox-secure-boot-ubuntu-fail/
-* Assuming you disable secure boot due to a package installation, even when you re-enable secure boot in your system configuration, you may still see [https://askubuntu.com/questions/726052/ubuntu-booting-in-insecure-mode-with-secureboot-enabled “Booting in insecure mode” with SecureBoot enabled]
+* Assuming you disable secure boot due to a package installation, even when you re-enable secure boot in your system configuration, you may still see [https://askubuntu.com/questions/726052/ubuntu-booting-in-insecure-mode-with-secureboot-enabled Booting in insecure mode with SecureBoot enabled]
 You'll always find a newer version of VirtualBox [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads using the Oracle ppa], so use that rather than the packaged version that comes with your distro.  Warning: if you've already got VirtualBox installed from packages, you should remove it (but not 'completely' meaning don't destroy your existing images). Also, under packaged Ubuntu, you can simply <code>apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso</code>; however with the PPA, you'll need to download it yourself.
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 You'll also want to download an ISO or two for your virtual machines http://releases.ubuntu.com/
+Note: you don't have to mount the ISO, you can just select it by clicking the little folder icon during setup.
 == VirtualBox ==
@@ Line 21: / Line 22: @@
 === Getting it ===
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 # prep
 # Stop any virtual machines
@@ Line 29: / Line 30: @@
 wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.26/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.26-108824-Ubuntu-trusty_i386.deb
 sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.26-108824-Ubuntu-trusty_i386.deb
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 If you get a 'conflict with virtualbox' error, remove the existing package and re-try the previous install command
 <code>sudo dpkg --remove virtualbox-4.3</code>
 You may also need to upgrade vagrant E.g. VirtualBox GUI runs fine, but 'vagrant up' does not.  This happened to me when my installed version of vagrant 1.7.1 only supported VirtualBox <= 4.3.  Upgrading to vagrant 1.8.5 added support for VirtualBox 5.x
-<source lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 sudo dpkg -i /home/greg/Downloads/vagrant_1.8.5_i686.deb
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 === VBoxManage ===
-Besides the GUI interface for VirtualBox, you can manage your VirtualBox machines with the <code>[[VBoxManage]]</code> command line tool
+Besides the GUI interface for VirtualBox, you can manage your VirtualBox machines with the <code>[[VBoxManage]]</code> command line tool.
 === Important Settings ===
 Be sure to [https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#settings-processor enable PAE/NX] in the System -> Processor tab for your Ubuntu guests
-== Vagrant ==
+== Guest Additions ==
+If you have problems with installing Guest Additions, see https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/LinuxAdditionsDebug which describes what the drivers are, what they do, and how to install them manually.
-"Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments.  By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle's VirtualBox (ed.: as well as other virtualization engines), Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments."
+<code>lsmod | grep vbox</code> will give you some info on what's installed; which will be different for the host and the guest.
-http://www.vagrantup.com/
+<code>modinfo vboxdrv</code> will give you info about the specific driver; especially the filename and version. The version of the driver should match the version of VirtualBox that you're running.
-The MediaWiki project uses vagrant and provides instructions as well as the configuration itself so that you can setup a development instance in a snap.  See [[MediaWiki-Vagrant]]
+== Extensions ==
+You may need/want to install the "'''Extension Pack'''" for VirtualBox.  That's because it provides USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, and NVMe. First download the file (it's a tarball with a .vbox-extpack extension), and then use VBoxManage to install it.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+VBoxManage list extpacks
+VBoxManage extpack --help
+VBoxManage extpack install --replace ~/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.13-122773.vbox-extpack
+</syntaxhighlight>
 == Shared Folders ==
+Once you create a shared folder in the VirtualBox UI, you may need to mount that folder from the guest.
-Configuring shared folders in virtualbox for Quickstart development
+E.g. for meza,
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
-# Power down the Quickstart virtual machine.
+cd ~/src/meza
-# On the host computer, start the Virtualbox management UI.
+vagrant ssh # to get onto the guest
-# right-click Quickstart -> settings -> shared folders -> click the folder with the green plus on the right
+sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) opt_meza /opt/meza
-# Set the "Folder Path" to a path on the host computer.  Give full read/write access.
+# now the /home/greg/src/meza folder on the host is available to the vagrant user on the guest at /opt/meza
-# Set the "Folder Name" to "shared".  no caps.  no vbox-
+</syntaxhighlight>
-# Ok -> Ok -> start Quickstart vm and this file should disappear.
-# Test by moving a file in the host computer into the host shared folder.
-Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images
+== Disk Images ==
+Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images.  All about how VirtualBox stores a 'snapshot' of a guest computer into a file on the host.
 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046
 == Other Projects using VirtualBox ==
-See [[Drupal/virtualization]]
+* See [[Drupal/virtualization]]
+* VirtualBox is the default 'provider' (virtualization system)  used by HashiCorp's [[Vagrant]]
+* The MediaWiki project uses vagrant so that you can setup a development instance in a snap.  See [[MediaWiki-Vagrant]]
 [[Category:Virtualization]]
 [[Category:Development]]
 [[Category:DevOps]]