virtualbox

Shrink a vmdk Virtualbox disk image

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I found a solution: First inside the VM fill all free space with zeros: cat /dev/zero > zero.fill;sync;sleep 1;sync;rm -f zero.fill In your Host, install vmware-vdiskmanager from the VMware Knowledge Base: cd /tmp/ wget http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/viewAttachment.do?attachID=1023856-vdiskmanager-linux.7.0.1.zip&documentID=1023856 unp 1023856-vdiskmanager-linux-7.0.1.zip mv 1023856-vmware-vdiskmanager-linux.7.0.1 /usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager chmod +x /usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager Take care, that you have enough free disk-space before you start, you … Read more

is it possible to run virtualbox inside a docker container

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Yes, you can. You’ll need to make sure you have the kernel module on your host system. I’m running Ubuntu, but I’m sure it’d be similar on other distros: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic virtualbox-dkms And make sure the kernel module is loaded: sudo /etc/init.d/virtualbox status VirtualBox kernel modules are loaded. Now, run the docker container, … Read more

How do I resolve ‘The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist’ error in Ubuntu 18.04 [closed]

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It clearly states that you need to install the virtualbox-dkms packages. You can follow these steps to solve the problem. Install the virtualbox-dkms sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms Once you install those packages you also need to do the reconfiguration: sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox If your problem is still not fixed try installing the … Read more

Start VirtualBox and VM in Windows boot

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I have an example of how to autostart a VirtualBox VM during Windows startup. I’m running Windows 10, but it shouldn’t be much different on Windows Server 2016. The startup folder on my system is: C:\Users\chriwill\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup In that folder I placed a batch file kubuntu.bat with following content: “C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe” startvm kubuntu –type headless … Read more

How to set vagrant virtualbox video memory

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You’ll need to use the following config: config.vm.provider “virtualbox” do |v| v.customize [“modifyvm”, :id, “–vram”, “<vramsize in MB>”] end How I found this? I looked at VirtualBox docs but haven’t found anything about ‘Video’ or ‘Memory’ that seem related to video memory. So I ran VBoxManage showvminfo <vm name> command and looked for the line … Read more

Is there any way to clone a vagrant box that is already installed

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The easiest thing to do would be to package the pre-configured vagrant box and transfer the .box file to the other machine, add the box and run vagrant up. So the steps look like below: Package the pre-configured box => vagrant package –base preconfigured_vm –output /path/to/mybox.box. Note that as per the docs, the –base option … Read more