Difference between revisions of "VirtualBox"

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  KERNEL=="vboxdev", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="vboxusers"
 
  KERNEL=="vboxdev", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="vboxusers"
 
  EOF
 
  EOF
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Create a helper script that will start VBoxSVC and then execute the specified client:
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cat > /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh << "EOF"
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#!/bin/sh
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INSTALL_PATH="/opt/VirtualBox"
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH+:}${INSTALL_PATH}"
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SERVER_GET_PID="eval SERVER_PID=\$(ps -U $(whoami) | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print \$1 }')"
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$SERVER_GET_PID
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if [ "$1" = "shutdown" -a -n "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
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  kill -TERM $SERVER_PID
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  exit 0
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fi
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if [ ! -x "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC" ]; then
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  echo "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC does not exist! Can not continue."
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  exit 1
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fi
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APP=$(which $0)
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APP=${APP##/*/}
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if [ ! -x "$INSTALL_PATH/$APP" ]; then
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  echo "$INSTALL_PATH/$APP does not exist!"
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  exit 1
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fi
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case "$APP" in
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  VirtualBox|VBoxManage|VBoxSDL|VBoxVRDP)
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    EXEC_APP="$INSTALL_PATH/$APP"
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  ;;
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  *)
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    echo "Unknown application - $APP"
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  ;;
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esac
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if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
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    rm -rf /tmp/.vbox-$(whoami)-ipc
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    "$INSTALL_DIR/VBoxSVC" --daemonize
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fi
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$SERVER_GET_PID
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if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
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  echo "VBoxSVC failed to start. Can not continue"
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  exit 1
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fi
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exec "$EXEC_APP" "$@"
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EOF
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A script similar to the one above is shipped with the binary version.
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Link the binaries we want to run to the script:
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for file in VirtualBox VBoxManage VBoxSDL VBoxVRDP; do
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  [ -f "/opt/VirtualBox/$file" ] && ln -sfv "../../opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh" "/usr/bin/$file"
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done

Revision as of 07:41, 16 April 2007

Download Source: http://www.virtualbox.org/download/1.3.8/VirtualBox-OSE-1.3.8.tar.bz2

Introduction to VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.[1]

Dependencies

VirtualBox only supports x86 and x86_64.

Required

Optional

Creating the vboxusers Group

groupadd -g 29 vboxusers

Users that are going to use VirtualBox should be added to this group.

Non-Multilib

Compile VirtualBox: 

sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@${XORG_PREFIX}@g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *) &&
./configure --with-xerces="-lpthread -lxerces-c" \
    --with-qt-dir=$QTDIR &&
source env.sh &&
kmk

Build the kernel module: 

cd out/linux.*/release/bin/src &&
make

Install the kernel module: 

make install

Install VirtualBox: 

cd .. &&
install -m755 -d -v /opt/VirtualBox &&
cp -av * /opt/VirtualBox

Multilib

ToDo

Configuring

The kernel module needs to be loaded for VirtualBox to function. Make sure it gets loaded on boot: 

echo "vboxdrv" >> /etc/sysconfig/modules

Also lets create a udev rule so that /dev/vboxdev can be accessed by the users in the vboxusers group. 

cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/90-vboxdev.rules << "EOF"
KERNEL=="vboxdev", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="vboxusers"
EOF

Create a helper script that will start VBoxSVC and then execute the specified client: 

cat > /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/sh

INSTALL_PATH="/opt/VirtualBox"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH+:}${INSTALL_PATH}"

SERVER_GET_PID="eval SERVER_PID=\$(ps -U $(whoami) | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print \$1 }')"

$SERVER_GET_PID
if [ "$1" = "shutdown" -a -n "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
  kill -TERM $SERVER_PID
  exit 0
fi

if [ ! -x "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC" ]; then
  echo "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC does not exist! Can not continue."
  exit 1
fi

APP=$(which $0)
APP=${APP##/*/}

if [ ! -x "$INSTALL_PATH/$APP" ]; then
  echo "$INSTALL_PATH/$APP does not exist!"
  exit 1
fi
case "$APP" in
  VirtualBox|VBoxManage|VBoxSDL|VBoxVRDP)
    EXEC_APP="$INSTALL_PATH/$APP"
  ;;
  *)
    echo "Unknown application - $APP"
  ;;
esac

if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
   rm -rf /tmp/.vbox-$(whoami)-ipc
   "$INSTALL_DIR/VBoxSVC" --daemonize
fi

$SERVER_GET_PID
if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
  echo "VBoxSVC failed to start. Can not continue"
  exit 1
fi

exec "$EXEC_APP" "$@"
EOF

A script similar to the one above is shipped with the binary version.

Link the binaries we want to run to the script: 

for file in VirtualBox VBoxManage VBoxSDL VBoxVRDP; do
  [ -f "/opt/VirtualBox/$file" ] && ln -sfv "../../opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh" "/usr/bin/$file"
done
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