This software is known as a hypervisor. A host machine, host computer, or just host refers to physical machines equipped with a hypervisor, such as the kernel-based virtual machine (KVM). Guest machines, guest computers, and guest operating systems are the countless VMs that use your resources. The compute resources CPU, memory and storage are treated by the hypervisor as a set of resources that can be easily shared by existing guests or transferred to new virtual machines.
Creating a Linux virtual machine with VirtualBox is easy. First, create a new virtual machine and name it something unique like “Linux VM”. Then, follow these steps:
- In the VirtualBox window, click on the “Create a new VM” button.
- Type in the following information into the “VM Name” field: a. The name of your computer b. Your operating system of choice (Linux or Windows) c. The location of your hard drive (C:) d. The size of your hard drive (GPT) e. The type of processor you are using (AMD64 or Intel 64) f. If you are using an Nvidia graphics card, enter its information into the “GPU” field g. Choose a language for your virtual machine (English or French) h. Click on the “Create” button and wait for the VM to start up!
Steps to Create a Linux Virtual Machine with VirtualBox
Download and install Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution that is easy to use and effective for cloud, Internet of Things, and other applications.
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution that can be used to create one or more virtual machines. Depending on your computer architecture, you can select the 32 bit or 64-bit versions. In general, 64-bit architecture is faster than 32-bit equivalents, but 64-bit allows you to give the system access to many more resources. For its scalability, 64-bit is often the choice. ..
Install VirtualBox
You can use virtualization software such as VirtualBox to run a virtual machine on a physical computer. This free software has many benefits, including the ability to run the virtual machine without having to reinstall the operating system. Along with these benefits, you can expect strong community support and a wealth of productivity tools. VirtualBox works on all contemporary systems as well as a premium alternative like VMware. ..
Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack and VirtualBox can be used together to create a virtual machine that can run any Oracle software. You can follow the installation instructions and choose default options when prompted. If you have firewall and antivirus software permission, you can also run VirtualBox.
Create a virtual machine
Step 2: In the VirtualBox window, click on the New button. Step 3: In the New Virtual Machine window, type a name for your virtual machine and click on the Next button. Step 4: In the Select Operating System window, select an operating system to install and click on the Next button. Step 5: In the Select Hard Drive window, select a hard drive to use for your virtual machine and click on the Next button. Step 6: In the Type of Installation window, select a type of installation and click on the Next button. Step 7: In the Select Memory Size window, select a memory size for your virtual machine and click on the Next button. Step 8: In the Type of Networking window, select a type of networking for your virtual machine and click on the Next button. Step 9: In the Connect to Virtual Network Adapter window, specify an adapter name or IP address to use for your virtual network and click on OK to continue. If you are using a wired network connection, specify an Ethernet adapter name or IP address; if you are using a wireless network connection, enter an SSID (network name) or IP address for your network. Click on OK to continue. If you are using NAT (Network Address Translation), in Step 9 enter either an external IP address or hostname that will be used by VirtualBox when it creates a NAT pool; if you are not using NAT, leave this field blank. Click on OK to continue. In step nine we set up our networking information such as what adapter we will be using (in my case eth0), what our external ip is going to be (192.168..) as well as our wireless information if we have one (SSID=MyNetwork). After filling out all of these fields we hit next which brings us down to setting up our operating system! We ..
Step 3: create a new VM using the same name as your corporate name. Step 4: copy the contents of your corporate VM to the new VM.
Step 3: Then select Linux in type and Ubuntu in the version drop-down lists. Remember to select 32 bit or 64 bitbased on what you downloaded.
Step 4: Naming the virtual machine vaguely isn’t great, but it can be improved. Set a naming standard first!
VirtualBox will prompt you to select the memory you want to provide for your VM. This can be a little tricky. Make sure you add enough memory to your VM and at the same time leave enough for your host OS🇧🇷 If you have many VMs, allocate only the minimum necessary to run each one first. You can scale up as needed later, once you know the overhead of your resources. ..
Create a virtual hard disk for your VM. Choose how much hard disk space your VM needs and choose accordingly. Often the minimum requirement is between 8 GB to 15 GB.
To create a VDI, you first need to select the hard disk type. VirtualBox offers three options: a physical hard drive, a virtual hard drive, or a USB flash drive. ..
There are a variety of hard drive types to choose from, depending on your needs. If you’re looking for a high-capacity drive, we recommend choosing an SSD as your hard drive type. If you’re only interested in data storage and don’t need the speed or capacity of a hard drive, we recommend choosing a HDD.
Start the virtual machine
Step 2: After the VM is up and running, you can use the following commands to explore it:
ls -l /usr/local/bin
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 5 Aug 9 17:12 /usr/local/bin
On the first screen, select the two checkboxes and click Continue🇧🇷 On the next screen, select the “Erase the disk and install Ubuntu” option. This will just erase the contents of the virtual hard disk you created earlier and it will not affect the host OS. click on the install now button in the lower right corner.
- Choose your localization and keyboard layout in the next two steps.
- Finally, give your VM a name and password.
After you create a new VM, you will need to enter the password you created to have all changes propagated. Once your VM restarts, enter the password to continue using your VM.
Final Words
VirtualBox is a free and open source virtualization software. It enables multiple virtual environments to run on a single machine. VirtualBox manages the hardware resources of the virtual environments. Physical environment resources are partitioned to VMs as needed. The hypervisor schedules a request to physical system resources when the virtual machine is running and a user or program requests additional resources from the physical environment so that the operating system and virtual machine applications can access the shared pool of physical resources. ..