VirtualBox Headless Configuration on Ubuntu | Virtualbox for server lucid


Step 1. Install your Linux os (used ubuntu)
a. use a lightweight desktop manager if you have only 1 pc (fluxbox)

Step 2. Download VirtualBox package at VirtualBox.org
a. use your appropriate distribution (on me is dpkg)

Step 3. Install VirtualBox ( install your guest os i named my guest xp)

Step 4. Install rdesktop  (I have compiled the source since I think its not available on ubuntu repository. make sure you have compiler. Extract the package and
$   ./configure
$    make

(It will show errors if you don't have compilers installed like gcc etc. just download it using apt-get on ubuntu, yum on fedora etc)


Step 5. Run VirtaulBox at console

VBoxHeadless --startvm XP --vrdp on --vrdpaddress 192.168.1.102 --width 512

Step 6. Run rdesktop 192.168.1.102

Full working Headless VirtualBox

* SO HOW CA YOU LEAVE THE SERVER (GUEST OS RUNNING IN BACKGROUND? USE SCREEN!

SCREEN(1)                                                           SCREEN(1)

NAME
       screen - screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

SYNOPSIS
       screen [ -options ] [ cmd [ args ] ]
       screen -r [[pid.]tty[.host]]
       screen -r sessionowner/[[pid.]tty[.host]]

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