VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide电子书

VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide

Table of Contents

VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting to Work with VirtualBox

Running multiple virtual machines

Installing VirtualBox on Windows

Time for action – downloading and installing VirtualBox on Windows

What just happened?

Have a go hero – experiment with VirtualBox on Windows

Installing VirtualBox on Linux

Time for action – downloading and Installing VirtualBox on Linux

What just happened?

Have a go hero – experimenting with VirtualBox on Linux

Testing VirtualBox

Time for action – creating and testing a Damn Small Linux virtual machine

What just happened?

Have a go hero – creating more virtual machines

Pop quiz – doing the thing

Summary

2. Creating Your First Virtual Machine: Ubuntu Linux

Getting started

Downloading the Ubuntu Linux Live CD

Time for action – downloading the Ubuntu Desktop Live CD

What just happened?

Have a go hero – doing more with the thing

Creating your Ubuntu Linux VM

Time for action – creating a virtual machine

What just happened?

Have a go hero – experimenting with memory and hard disk storage types

Pop quiz – creating virtual machines

Configuring basic settings for your Ubuntu Linux VM

Time for action – basic configuration for your VM

What just happened?

Pop quiz – configuring basic settings on your VMs

Installing Ubuntu Linux on your VM

Time for action – installing Ubuntu Desktop on your VM

What just happened?

Pop quiz – using the auto capture and host key features

Running your Ubuntu Linux VM

Time for action – running Ubuntu Linux

What just happened?

Web browsing with Mozilla Firefox

Time for action – web browsing in your Ubuntu VM

What just happened?

Using OpenOffice.org in your virtual machine

Time for action – using OpenOffice.org

What just happened?

Have a go hero – trying out Ubuntu One: your personal cloud

Have a go hero – sharing information between your VM and your host PC

Have a go hero – instant messaging from your virtual machine

Pop quiz – running your Ubuntu Linux VM

Shutting down your virtual machine

Time for action – shutting down your VM

What just happened?

Pop quiz – your first VM

Have a go hero – experimenting with a KUbuntu virtual machine

Summary

3. Creating Your Second Virtual Machine: Windows 7

Creating your Windows VM

Time for action – creating a virtual machine

What just happened?

Have a go hero – experimenting with memory and hard disk storage types

Pop quiz – creating virtual machines

Booting your Windows 7 installation disk

Time for action – booting your Windows 7 installation disk through the First Run Wizard

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using the First Run Wizard with other operating systems

Installing Windows 7 on your VM

Time for action – installing Windows XP on your VM

What just happened?

Pop quiz – using the auto capture and host key features

Making sound work on your Windows 7 VM

Time for action – enabling audio on your Windows 7 virtual machine

What just happened?

Have a go hero – verifying audio in Windows guests

Removing the installation media from your Windows 7 VM

Time for action – removing installation media from your VM

What just happened?

Web browsing with Internet Explorer

Time for action – web browsing in your Windows 7 VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using other web browsers

Have a go hero – instant messaging from your virtual machine

Using Microsoft Office in your virtual machine

Time for action – using OpenOffice.org

What just happened?

Have a go hero – trying out Microsoft Office Live

Have a go hero – sharing information between your VM and your host PC

Pop quiz – running your Windows 7 VM

Shutting down your virtual machine

Time for action – shutting down your VM

What just happened?

Pop quiz – your first VM

Have a go hero – experimenting with other Windows versions

Summary

4. Installing Guest Additions and Advanced Settings

Introducing Guest Additions

Installing Guest Additions for Windows

Time for action – installing Guest Additions on a Windows XP virtual machine

What just happened?

Installing Guest Additions for Linux

Time for action – installing Guest Additions on Linux Ubuntu

What just happened?

Installing Guest Additions for OpenSolaris

Time for action – installing Guest Additions on OpenSolaris

What just happened?

Pop quiz – Guest Additions

Using the fullscreen feature

Time for action – using the fullscreen and windowed modes

What just happened?

Have a go hero – adjusting the VirtualBox Mini Toolbar settings

Pop quiz – using the fullscreen feature

Sharing folders between your host and guest PCs

Time for action – sharing folders between a Windows XP host and a Ubuntu guest

What just happened?

Have a go hero – comparing file formatting characteristics between host and guest

Have a go hero – creating transient and permanent shared folders

Have a go hero – creating shared folders as a regular user in an Ubuntu guest

Have a go hero – sharing folders between a Windows XP host and an OpenSolaris guest

Have a go hero – sharing folders between an Ubuntu Linux host and a Windows XP guest

Pop quiz – using the folder sharing feature

Activating the Seamless Windows feature

Time for action – activating Seamless Windows with Windows and Linux

What just happened?

Have a go hero – trying the Seamless Windows feature with other VMs

Allowing 3D Hardware Acceleration in your virtual machines

Time for action – using Compiz on your Ubuntu VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using 2D and 3D Hardware Acceleration on a Windows VM

Summary

5. Storing Data in VirtualBox

Using Virtual Disks in VirtualBox

Pop quiz – using virtual disks in VirtualBox

Using an additional VDI hard drive

Time for action – adding a secondary virtual drive to your VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – creating an additional VDI hard disk on a Windows VM

Pop quiz – creating additional virtual disk images

Using a VHD hard drive

Time for action – adding a VHD virtual drive to your VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using a virtual disk image on several virtual machines

Have a go hero – using a virtual disk image on two virtual machines at the same time

Creating multiple virtual machines by cloning

Time for action – cloning an Ubuntu Linux hard disk image

What just happened?

Have a go hero – cloning and registering your virtual disk images at the same time

Have a go hero – cloning and converting virtual disk images to other formats

Pop quiz – virtual storage

Expanding hard disk images on the fly

Time for action – creating a fixed-size hard drive image

What just happened?

Choosing your disk controller type: IDE, SATA, or SCSI

Time for action – using a SATA disk controller on a VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using different types of storage controllers on different guests

Pop quiz – using different storage controller types

Using IDE and SATA drives on a VM

Time for action – using IDE and SATA drives

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using SATA and IDE disks on your Ubuntu VM

Pop quiz – storing data in VirtualBox

Have a go hero – playing with your virtual machines

Summary

6. Networking with Virtual Machines

Connecting to the default NAT mode

Exploring default network adapter types

Time for action – viewing the default network adapter types in your virtual machines

What just happened?

Pop quiz – working with the default network adapter types

Testing the NAT mode

Time for action – accessing the NAT mode in your VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – testing the NAT mode on Windows guests

Using port-forwarding with the NAT mode

Time for action – enabling port-forwarding in NAT mode

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using port forwarding with the NAT networking mode

Testing a server operating system in the bridged networking mode

Accessing your VM's web server from your host PC

Time for action – changing your virtual machine to bridged networking mode

What just happened?

Accessing your VM's web server from another VM

Time for action – accessing your VM's web sever from another VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – testing the bridged mode on Windows guests

Pop quiz – using the bridged networking mode

Using the 'Not Attached' mode

Time for action – isolating a VM with the 'Not Attached' mode

What just happened?

Disconnecting your virtual machine from the network without shutting it down

Time for action – connecting/disconnecting your VM from the network

What just happened?

Have a go hero – don't forget to experiment with Windows guests

Using the Internal Networking mode

Time for action – communicating between VMs only

What just happened?

Have a go hero – testing the Internal Network mode on Windows guests

Pop quiz – using the internal networking mode

Using the Host-Only Networking mode

Time for action – communicating between VMs and your host PC only

What just happened?

Have a go hero – testing the Host-Only mode on Windows guests

Pop quiz – virtual networking

Have a go hero – combining networking modes in several VMs

Summary

7. Using Virtual Appliances

Setting up preconfigured virtual machines in a flash

Importing a virtual appliance

Time for action – using the TurnKey Wordpress virtual appliance

What just happened?

Pop quiz – importing virtual appliances

Exporting a virtual appliance

Time for action – exporting your customized Wordpress virtual appliance

What just happened?

Have a go hero – testing your new customized virtual appliance

Have a go hero – exporting your UbuntuVB virtual machine as a virtual appliance

Have a go hero – importing and exporting more virtual appliances

Pop quiz – exporting virtual appliances

Working with virtual appliances

Using virtual images from VirtualBox® Images

Time for action – using a PuppyLinux VM in VirtualBox

What just happened?

Have a go hero – installing Guest Additions on PuppyLinux

Using virtual appliances from BitNami

Time for action – using the BitNami Drupal virtual appliance

What just happened?

Have a go hero – trying out other virtual appliances from Bitnami.org

Pop quiz – working with virtual appliances

Using the Turnkey Linux File Server appliance

Time for action – using the Turnkey Linux File Server appliance

What just happened?

Have a go hero – exploring your virtual file server appliance

Have a go hero – exploring the other Turnkey Linux virtual appliances

Pop quiz – virtual appliances

Summary

8. Managing your Virtual Machines from a Remote Computer

Managing virtual machines from alternative front-ends

Using the VBoxManage frontend

Time for action – using VBoxManage to start a virtual machine

What just happened?

Controlling your virtual machines through VBoxManage

Time for action – pausing, resuming, and saving your virtual machine's state

Have a go hero – using VBoxManage with your UbuntuVB virtual machine

Pop quiz – using the VBoxManage interface

Using the VBoxSDL simplified interface

Time for action – using VBoxSDL to start a virtual machine

What just happened?

Have a go hero – experiment with the VBoxSDL interface

Setting up your very own VirtualBox headless server

Setting up Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS

Time for action – downloading and installing Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS

What just happened?

Pop quiz – setting up your own VirtualBox headless server

Accessing your headless server from a remote PC

Time for action – using PuTTY to access your Ubuntu server remotely

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using SSH from an Ubuntu PC to connect to your VB headless server

Installing VirtualBox on your Ubuntu server through apt-get

Time for action – installing VirtualBox through apt-get on your Ubuntu server

What just happened?

Creating, managing, and running your first remote virtual machine on the Ubuntu headless server

Enabling FTP to upload guest images to your headless server

Time for action – enabling proftp on your Ubuntu headless server

What just happened?

Uploading an ISO guest image to your Ubuntu server

Time for action – uploading a guest ISO image to your headless server

What just happened?

Have a go hero – uploading ISO images to your headless server

Have a go hero – using other FTP clients

Pop quiz – enabling FTP and uploading ISO images on your headless server

Creating a virtual machine in your Ubuntu headless server

Time for action – creating a virtual machine with VBoxManage

What just happened?

Have a go hero – creating more remote virtual machines

Have a go hero – creating remote virtual appliances

Using a Remote Desktop client and running your remote VM

Time for action – using an RDP viewer and starting your VM

What just happened?

Have a go hero – installing Guest Additions on your other remote virtual machine

Have a go hero – running two remote virtual machines at the same time

Enabling sound on your remote virtual machines

Time for action – enabling audio on your remote virtual machine

What just happened?

Have a go hero – selecting the audio controller for your remote VM

Have a go hero – choosing audio controllers in other hosts

Using shared folders on your remote virtual machine

Time for action – creating and accessing a shared folder on your Ubuntu headless server

What just happened?

Have a go hero – sharing other types of files

Setting up your own remote virtual LAMP server

Time for action – running your very own remote virtual LAMP server

What just happened?

Have a go hero – exploring your new Turnkey LAMP remote virtual server

Have a go hero – using port-forwarding instead of the bridged mode

Have a go hero – using two remote virtual servers at the same time

Pop quiz – remote virtual machines and alternative frontends

Summary

A. Using Snapshots

Reverting changes to your virtual machine

Time for action – saving the state of your Ubuntu virtual machine by taking a snapshot

What just happened?

Have a go hero – using several Snapshots in your virtual machines

Pop quiz – using the folder sharing feature

Creating alternate realities in your virtual machines

Time for action – using branching snapshots in your VMs

What just happened?

Have a go hero – creating more alternate realities for your VMs

Pop quiz – creating alternate realities for your VMs

Summary

B. Pop Quiz Answers

Chapter 1

Doing the thing

Chapter 2

Creating virtual machines

Configuring basic settings on your VMs

Using the auto capture and host key features

Running your Ubuntu Linux VM

Your first VM

Chapter 3

Creating virtual machines

Using the auto capture and host key features

Running your Windows 7 VM

Your first VM

Chapter 4

Guest Additions

Using the fullscreen feature

Using the folder sharing feature

Chapter 5

Using virtual disks in VirtualBox

Creating additional virtual disk images

Virtual storage

Using different storage controller types

Storing data in VirtualBox

Chapter 6

Working with the default network adapter types

Using the bridged networking mode

Using the internal networking mode

Virtual networking

Chapter 7

Importing virtual appliances

Exporting virtual appliances

Working with virtual appliances

Virtual appliances

Chapter 8

Using the VBoxManage interface

Setting up your own VirtualBox headless server

Enabling FTP and uploading ISO images on your headless server

Remote virtual machines and alternative front-ends

Appendix A

Using the folder sharing feature

Creating alternate realities for your VMs

Index